Training informal health providers can boost healthcare, reveals study
Training of informal health providers, a major component of primary care, can help fill the gap in the rural healthcare system due to huge shortage of medical professionals, a study has suggested.
Oct 23, 2016, 10:45 AM IST
Scientists come up with detailed map of Milky Way using fully steerable radio telescopes
The study reveals fine details of structures between stars in the Milky Way for the first time, said Professor Lister Staveley-Smith from the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research in Australia.
Oct 20, 2016, 17:23 PM IST
NASA's New Horizons spots cloud candidates on Pluto
Scientists belonging to NASA's New Horizons mission claim to have spotted some clouds on Pluto after keenly looking at some images.
Oct 19, 2016, 15:06 PM IST
Chinese astronauts set foot in space station as Shenzhou-11 docks with Tiangong-2 orbital lab
As per reports, the Shenzhou-11 which was successfully launched on Monday morning from China's Gobi Desert, docked with the space lab at 3.31 a.m on Wednesday.
Oct 19, 2016, 09:50 AM IST
Beware! Increasing waist size indicates liver cancer
The findings showed that for every 5 kg/m2 increase in BMI, there was a 38 and 25 per cent increase in the risk for liver cancer in men and women, respectively.
Oct 16, 2016, 15:12 PM IST
Remarkable! Researchers identify new molecule to fight obesity
Activating the oestrogen -- the primary female sex hormone -- receptor-beta protein with a chemical has the potential to increase metabolism as well as help reduce obesity, say researchers including one of Indian-origin.
High cholesterol capable of causing bone loss: Experts
High cholesterol, which is a known factor for the decrease in heart health may harm more than our cardiovascular systems and lead to bone loss, say researchers including one of Indian-origin.
Oct 16, 2016, 14:21 PM IST
Chinese authorities gear up for Shenzhou-11 manned spacecraft launch
The spacecraft will take two male astronauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong into space, said Wu Ping, deputy director of China's manned space engineering office, at a press conference at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre.
Oct 16, 2016, 11:00 AM IST
Truth unfurled! Female chimps don't fight for rank as males
While male chimpanzees actively challenge their superiors to win higher rank, females accept their position in the social pecking order, waiting until more senior group members die before moving up the ladder, new research has found.
Oct 16, 2016, 08:55 AM IST
Appalling! Five out of six kids under two receive inadequate nutrition: Unicef
As per a latest UN Children's Fund (Unicef) report, at least five out of six children globally under two years of age do not receive adequate nutrition for physical and mental development.
Oct 15, 2016, 13:09 PM IST
Decision to put NASA's Juno spacecraft closer to largest planet halted
Mission managers for Juno probe to Jupiter have decided to delay the upcoming burn of its main rocket motor - designed to put the spacecraft closer to the largest planet in our solar system - until December, the US space agency said on Saturday.
Unbelievable! Now ice cream, cookies from seaweed extracts will fight climate change
Cookies baked from extracts of local seaweed abundant in the Sundarbans mangroves have 17 per cent higher protein content than those available commercially, says a team of scientists who harnessed the marine plant-like organisms for local climate change adaptations in the central part of the archipelago.
Oct 15, 2016, 09:32 AM IST
Researchers to roll out cellular signals-based navigation for driverless cars soon
In a significant addition to the field of science, a team of US researchers will soon roll out cellular signals-based navigation for driverless cars.
Oct 14, 2016, 18:08 PM IST
Comet strike may have initiated ancient warming event, says research
Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), a rapid warming event may have been caused by an accumulation of atmospheric carbon dioxide 56 million years ago, suggests new research.
Truth unfurled: Universe contains 20 times more galaxies than thought
The study reveals that universe has a staggering two trillion galaxies, which makes the count 20 times more than previously thought, say researchers.
Oct 14, 2016, 13:20 PM IST
Pampore attack is deep-rooted conspiracy to Talibanise J&K, say exiled PoK leaders
Kashmiri leaders have strongly condemned a terrorist attack on the premises of the Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute (JKEDI) at Pampore located on the outskirts of Srinagar, describing it as an attack on the future of Kashmiri youth.
Oct 13, 2016, 16:33 PM IST
Cabinet approves MoU with Hungary on water management
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday cleared the way for signing an MoU with Hungary for cooperation in water management.
Oct 13, 2016, 13:18 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi to attend Guru Gobind Singh's 350th birth anniversary
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to participate in the 350th birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Gobind Singh in Patna Sahib, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said here.
Oct 13, 2016, 13:00 PM IST
Two US policemen injured during shootout, suspect killed: Police
The police officers were fired at on Wednesday night when they responded to a call about a "person with a gun", the police confirmed.
Oct 13, 2016, 12:46 PM IST
More than 50 million Pakistanis suffer from mental disorder: Experts
If reports are to be believed, more than 50 million people suffer from mental disorder in Pakistan.
Oct 09, 2016, 15:28 PM IST
