SKUAST launches agri-entrepreneurship startup training programme
Srinagar: The Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST) on Monday launched a skill training programme for creating the next generation of agri-entrepreneurs in Jammu and Kashmir. The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) has granted 550 skill training programmes to SKUAST for implementation in the current year, officials said. “We have […]
Institutional collaboration precursor to solution finding: CJI Chandrachud
New Delhi: Institutional collaboration is the way forward in facilitating access to justice, Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud said on Saturday and highlighted the need for engagement between nations, institutions and individuals. The CJI, addressing the inaugural ceremony of the Bar Council of India’s two-day ‘International Lawyers Conference 2023’ here, spoke about setting […]
Cough sounds analysed for assessing Covid severity in patients in a new study
New Delhi: A cough analysis could soon reveal disease severity in COVID-19 patients, researchers said. Differences in cough sounds depending on the severity of the respiratory condition were observed, the research team led by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), Barcelona, Spain, said. The results indicated that analysing coughs could help categorise Covid patients […]
World’s largest Cedar tree found in Doda: Officials
Bhaderwah: A Cedar tree, having 54 feet trunk and 35 feet breast diameter, was found in Chanti Bala in the Bhalessa forest range in Jammu and Kashmir Doda district, which forest officials claim is the world’s largest and perhaps the oldest Cedar tree. The officials want the location of the Cedar tree to be declared […]
5.8 million Patients under hypertension treatment: WHO Report
Says drug availability biggest challenge
New Delhi: Around 5.8 million hypertension patients across 27 states were being treated under the Indian Hypertension Control Initiative (IHCI’s) as of June 2023, the World Health Organization said in a recent report and pointed to the availability of medicines as the “biggest challenge”. The IHCI aims to achieve the government’s objective of reducing premature […]
Current global ‘mess’: UN chief says people are looking to leaders for action and way out
United Nations: Leaders of a world fractured by war, climate change and persisting inequality gathered under one roof Tuesday to hear the UN chief summon them to take united action on humanity’s huge challenges and to start delivering their own assessments on the most global of stages. “Our world is becoming unhinged. Geopolitical tensions are […]
Financial frauds accounted for over 75 pc cyber crimes since 2020: Study
Noida: Financial frauds accounted for over 75 per cent of cyber crimes in the country from January 2020 till June 2023, with nearly 50 per cent cases related to UPI and internet banking, according to a new study by an IIT Kanpur-incubated start-up. Social media-related crimes such as cheating by impersonation, cyber-bullying, sexting and email […]
Special UN summit: Protests, week of talk turn up heat on fossil fuels and global warming
United Nations: The heat is about to be turned up on fossil fuels, the United States and President Joe Biden. As a record-smashing and deadly hot summer draws to a close, the United Nations and the city that hosts it are focusing on climate change and the burning of coal, oil and natural gas that […]
‘Eris’ Covid variant better at escaping immunity than other strains: Lancet Study
New Delhi: The EG.5.1 variant of SARS-CoV-2 can escape neutralising antibodies better than other currently circulating strains, giving it an advantage in infecting vaccinated or previously infected people, according to a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal. However, the researchers found that the increase in the ability to escape antibodies is rather moderate […]
SLT use is more prevalent then Tobacco in pregnant, lactating Indian women: Lancet Study
New Delhi: Smokeless tobacco (SLT) use is more prevalent than smoked tobacco use in pregnant and lactating women in India, even as SLT use is steadily declining over the last few years, new research published in The Lancet Regional Health Southeast Asia journal said. Overall, 719 (2.5 per cent) of currently pregnant women and 3426 […]
