Jammu, Dec 4 (IANS) Free dialysis service for families below the poverty line (BPL) under the Pradhan Mantri Dialysis Program has alleviated the sufferings of lakhs of kidney patients across the country, with Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) being no exception.
Kabul/New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) Reaffirming its steadfast support for the Afghan people, India on Thursday delivered 63,734 doses of Influenza and Meningitis vaccines to Kabul.
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) Malaria infected an estimated 282 million people and claimed 6,10,000 lives worldwide in 2024, according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) annual World Malaria Report on Thursday, which highlighted drug resistance as a major threat to elimination efforts.
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) Air Quality Index in the Delhi NCR region has seen significant improvement this year during the October-November period, the government informed the Parliament on Thursday.
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) Nanoplastics derived from single-use PET bottles can directly disrupt key biological systems that are vital for human health, according to a study led by the Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali (INST), an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), on Thursday.
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) UK researchers have found a common childhood virus that can trigger DNA damage leading to bladder cancer later in life.
Dhaka, Dec 3 (IANS) As many as five more people have died due to dengue in Bangladesh in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, raising the death toll from the mosquito-borne disease in the country in 2025 to 391, local media reported.
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) About 34 per cent of children aged under 5 are stunted, while 15 per cent are underweight, the government on Wednesday informed the Parliament, citing its ‘Poshan Tracker’ data.
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) The bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which causes the world’s most infectious disease Tuberculosis (TB), can survive antibiotic treatment and live longer by changing their outer fat coating, according to a new study led by researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay on Wednesday.
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) The Union government is set to launch a 100-day intensive awareness campaign for a child marriage-free India, the Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) said on Wednesday.
