Cervical cancer awareness- Effective communication needed, faking death is dramatic: Experts
New Delhi: Medical experts have advocated the need for effective communication and evidence-based strategies to raise awareness about cervical cancer, rather than hinging on sensational tactics like faking death. In a commentary three doctors, including two from AIIMS, said the deceitful attempt to raise awareness about cervical cancer by faking death garnered significant attention on […]
Use of renewable energy can revolutionise agriculture in Hindu Kush Himalayas: Experts
Kathmandu: Harnessing renewable energy could revolutionise food security in the mountainous region of the Hindu Kush Himalayas, experts, including from India, said here on Tuesday. The remarks were made at a regional conference titled “Advancing Productive Uses of Renewable Energy in Agriculture in the Hindu Kush Himalayas” and hosted by the International Centre for Integrated […]
Extreme events of 2023 predicts a warmer world: Study
New Delhi: Multiple regions across the world simultaneously experiencing heat extremes could become an “emerging feature” of a warmer planet, according to a new study. The new research that reviewed the weather and climate of 2023 also said that many of the extreme events experienced last year are consistent with predictions previously made about a […]
Govt forms task force on brain healthcare
New Delhi:The Union Health Ministry has constituted a ‘National Task Force on Brain Health’ to improve accessibility and quality of brain healthcare at primary, secondary and tertiary level. According to an office memorandum issued on Saturday, brain health is an emerging and growing concept that encompasses preventive, promotive and rehabilitative domains to provide and ensure […]
IMF applauds India for maintaining fiscal discipline in election year
Washington: The International Monetary Fund has applauded India for maintaining fiscal discipline in an election year, saying that the Indian economy is doing well and continues to be the world’s bright spot. “At this point in time, India’s economy is doing well. Growth at 6.8 per cent is very good. Inflation’s coming down. We have […]
Need to re-introduce Indian Medical Services to boost public healthcare sector: Experts
New Delhi: Medical experts representing public and private sector have underscored the need to re-introduce Indian Medical Services, akin to Indian Administrative Service, to boost the public healthcare sector and address the wide gap between demand and delivery. They have submitted a five-point agenda to the government to roll-out of IMS. Think Change Forum (TCF), […]
British envoy says Israel is ‘making a decision to act’
Iran vows to respond to any incursion Jerusalem: British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said Wednesday that Israel “is making a decision to act” in response to Iran’s missile and drone attack over the weekend, while Iran warned that even the “tiniest” invasion of its territory would bring a “massive and harsh” response. Israel has vowed […]
Breast cancer to cause a million deaths a year by 2040: Lancet Commission
New Delhi: Breast cancer is now the world’s most common carcinogenic disease with the ailment likely to cause a million deaths a year by 2040, according to a new Lancet Commission on breast cancer. Around 7.8 million women were diagnosed with breast cancer in the last five years until 2020 and about 685,000 women died […]
Iran upends decades of shadow warfare in direct attack on Israel
Dubai: Iran’s direct attack on Israel over the weekend upended decades of its shadowy warfare by proxy, something Tehran has used to manage international repercussions for its actions. But with both economic and political tensions at home boiling, the country’s Shiite theocracy chose a new path as changes loom for the Islamic Republic. Supreme Leader […]
Middle East crisis: Air India suspends Tel Aviv flights; airlines avoid Iranian airspace
New Delhi: With the Middle East tensions flaring up, Air India has temporarily suspended its Tel Aviv flights and airlines have charted alternative flight paths to avoid the Iranian airspace. Longer flight paths will result in increased operational costs for the carriers, and the situation could also push airfares higher. Air India, Vistara, IndiGo and […]
