Climate change- Need for systematic, long-term approaches to food crisis: Report
Kathmandu: There is a need to develop systematic and long-term approaches to food crisis response as climate change threatens to make 72 million more people undernourished by 2050, said a global report launched here on Monday. The “Global Food Policy Report (GFPR)” released by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) called for a proactive […]
Development happening at fast pace in JK: Union Minister Puri
Udhampur/Jammu: Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday said after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019, Jammu and Kashmir is witnessing development in all sectors. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a programme in Udhampur in the Union Territory, he also hit out at Delhi Minister and AAP leader Atishi on her remark […]
Groundwater pumping tilting Earth’s spin, may impact climate: Study
New Delhi: Groundwater pumping has shifted such a large mass of water that the Earth tilted nearly 80 centimetres east between 1993 and 2010 alone, which could impact our planet’s climate, according to a study. The research, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, found that during the study period, the most water was redistributed […]
Govt initiates process for appointment of chairperson, members of child rights panel
Srinagar: The administration has set the ball rolling for appointment of chairperson and members of State Commission for Protection of Child Rights. To begin with, the J&K’s Social Welfare Department has constituted a five-member committee to shortlist candidates for key statutory positions of chairperson and members of the body entrusted with the protection of child […]
Equitable access to vaccines could have prevented more than half of global Covid deaths: Study
New Delhi: A more equitable access to Covid vaccines could have prevented more than 50 per cent of COVID-19 deaths in 20 lower income countries, according to a new study. Scientists from the Northeastern University, US, have estimated 518,000 deaths could have been averted if the 20 countries in the study had received the vaccines […]
One-shot chikungunya vaccine found safe, effective in first phase 3 trial: Lancet Study
New Delhi: A single-dose vaccine for chikungunya was found safe and produced a strong immune response against the viral disease, according to the results of the first phase 3 trial of the preventive published in The Lancet journal. However, the researchers were unable to investigate whether the VLA1553 vaccine, developed by French biotech company Valneva, […]
NMC regulations: Students pursuing MBBS need to complete course within 9 years from date of admission
New Delhi: Students pursuing MBBS need to complete the course within nine years from the date of admission, while they will get only four attempts to clear the first year, according to the new regulations issued by the National Medical Commission. In the newly issued Graduate Medical Education Regulations 2023 or GMER-23, the National Medical […]
Chief Justice visits court complex Char-e-Shreef
Pays obeisance at Ziyarat of Sheikh ul Aalam
BUDGAM: Chief Justice, High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, N. Kotiswar Singh, Saturday visited the Court Complex, Char-e-Shreef. He was received by Principal District and Sessions Judge, Budgam, Khalil Ahmad Choudhary and Fakrun Nisa, Munsif/ judicial Magistrate Char-e-Shreef and members of bar. On the occasion, Chief Justice was accorded ceremonial guard of honour […]
Over 11 per cent Indians diabetic, 36 per cent have hypertension: Lancet Survey
New Delhi: The prevalence of diabetes in India is 11.4 per cent, while 35.5 per cent and 15.3 per cent of people suffer from hypertension and prediabetes respectively, according to the findings of a nationwide survey published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal. The largest epidemiological study on diabetes and non-communicable diseases (NCD) estimates […]
National level NEOCON-2023 conference to be held at SKICC
150 top neonatologists of country to participate
Srinagar: For the very first time a national level conference on neonatology is being held in SKICC Srinagar on Friday, officials said. The conference will be organised by NNF- Kashmir, a city/ UT branch of NNF India. A doctor, who is part of the organizing committee wishing not to be named, said that as an […]
