Piped drinking water to all households in Bihar in five yrs
Patna, Apr 01, 2016 : The Bihar government will provide piped drinking water to all households in the state in the next five years ...
Road rage linked to brain parasite
New York: People infected with a common brain parasite transmitted through the faeces of infected cats, undercooked meat or ...
Vitamin B3 supplements may keep ageing on hold
London: Use of nutritional supplements for Vitamins B and its derivatives may serve as potential tools for delaying the ageing ...
68% of milk adulterated : Government
New Delhi : Over 68% of milk in the country does not conform to standards laid down by the food regulator and the most common ...
271 Delhiites bitten everyday by dogs
At least 271 persons in the national capital were bitten by dogs on an average everyday in the past one year, Rajya Sabha was told ...
Indigenous diagnostic tool for TB likely in a year: ICMR
HYDERABAD: An indigenous and cost-effective diagnostic tool for tuberculosis (TB) is expected to be available in a year, Indian ...
Brazil reports 5,909 microcephaly cases since October,2015
SAO PAULO : Brazil’s Health Ministry says it’s received reports of 5,909 cases of microcephaly since the Zika virus ...
Male smokers in India cross 100 million
New Delhi : More men are smoking in India than ever before, with the number rising by more than a third from 79 million in 1998 to 108 ...
Neem extract may cure pancreatic cancer: study
Houston: A natural extract derived from the neem tree, commonly found in India, could potentially be used to treat pancreatic cancer ...
‘Bionic spine’ could enable paralysed patients to walk
Melbourne : Australian scientists hope that a tiny device just 3cm long and a few millimetres wide will enable paralysed patients to ...