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A mother came out in support of hundreds of premature and critically ill infants whom she will never meet by donating more than 300 litres of breast milk.
A team of University of Texas at El Paso biologists have conducted a study which discovered that nighttime caffeine consumption can increase impulsive behaviour, potentially leading to reckless actions.
Dehradun/IBNS: The death toll in the flash floods caused by cloudburst in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi rose to five while several others are still missing, media reports said.
Nine soldiers are missing after an army camp in Uttarakhand's Harshil was hit by flash floods on Tuesday, media reports said.
Delhi Zoo is expected to attract more footfall after six Bengal Tiger cubs were born on Monday morning, the largest litter born at the facility in two decades.
Delhi Zoo is expected to attract more footfall after six Bengal Tiger cubs were born on Monday morning, the largest litter born at the facility in two decades.
A cloud burst and resultant massive landslide in Uttarkashi’s Dharali village in Uttarakhand on Tuesday left at least four people dead and 50 others missing, media reports said.
A cloud burst and resultant massive landslide in Uttarkashi’s Dharali village in Uttarakhand on Tuesday left at least four people dead and 50 others missing, media reports said.
A cloud burst and resultant massive landslide in Uttarkashi’s Dharali village in Uttarakhand on Tuesday left at least four people dead and 50 others missing, media reports said.
A cloud burst and resultant massive landslide in Uttarkashi’s Dharali village in Uttarakhand on Tuesday left at least four people dead and 50 others missing, media reports said.
Efforts are getting underway in Geneva to finalize a global agreement to tackle the staggering and growing amount of plastic waste and its impact on human health, marine life and the economy.
Efforts are getting underway in Geneva to finalize a global agreement to tackle the staggering and growing amount of plastic waste and its impact on human health, marine life and the economy.
Blue Origin, the aerospace company founded by Jeff Bezos, completed its latest suborbital space tourism mission, NS-34, on Sunday.
An earthquake measuring 3.0 on the Richter Scale hit New York on Saturday, with no casualties reported due to the tremor that shook the American city.
The Krasheninnikov Volcano in Kamchatka has erupted for the first time in 600 years and experts have connected it to the huge earthquake that rocked Russia's Far East last week, Russia's RIA state news agency reported on Sunday.
Kolkata: A large-scale mega health check-up camp was successfully organized in the heart of Basanti Colony, Ultadanga — one of the most densely populated urban slums in Kolkata — delivering free medical services to over 230 underprivileged individuals.
Bengaluru/Salem: When the GSLV-F16 lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on the evening of July 30, scores of researchers at the SonaSPEED laboratories in Salem and Bengaluru rejoiced, as the Simplex Permanent Magnet Stepper Motors developed and built by them had successfully powered the first ISRO–NASA Earth Observation Mission.
Strong tsunami waves hit across the Pacific Ocean in Japan and Hawaii following the 8.8 magnitude that struck Russia's Far East early Wednesday, media reports said.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday launched the NISAR satellite, marking the Indian space research organisation's maiden collaboration with NASA.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday launched the NISAR satellite, marking the Indian space research organisation's maiden collaboration with NASA.
An earthquake measuring 8.8 on the Richter Scale, one of the strongest recorded in recent times, hit Russia's Far East on Wednesday, triggering a tsunami in the northern Pacific region.
The American space agency NASA is expected to lose around 20 percent of its workforce after it accepted the President Donald Trump-led administration's "deferred resignation" (DRP) option, media reports said.
A comprehensive new study analysing data from over 160,000 adults finds that walking approximately 7,000 steps per day is associated with reductions in the risk of several serious health outcomes, including all-cause mortality.
Severe monsoon-related incidents in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region have left at least 13 people, including nine children, dead in the past 48 hours, media reports said.
Worldwide, some of the most widespread and damaging drought events in recorded history have occurred in recent years due to climate change and resource depletion.
An experimental mRNA vaccine boosted the tumour-fighting effects of immunotherapy in a mouse-model study, bringing researchers one step closer to their goal of developing a universal vaccine to “wake up” the immune system against cancer.
Kolkata/IBNS: Irregular periods are a growing concern among women, often caused by hormonal imbalances, stress, poor lifestyle, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), or the onset of menopause.
The Indian Cabinet on Wednesday 'welcomed' the return of astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla to Earth after his 18-day stay in the International Space Station.
In 2024, 89% of infants globally – about 115 million – received at least one dose of the diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTP)-containing vaccine, and 85% – roughly 109 million – completed all three doses, according to new national immunization coverage data released today by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF.
Writing a glorious chapter in India's space odyssey, astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla splashed down off California with Ax-4 crew members on Tuesday.
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