amarnath yatra

Heli bookings for Amarnath Yatra to begin on May 1

With the holy Amarnath pilgrimage to commence from July, the registration has already started and online bookings for helicopter tickets will commence on May 1, according to officials. The Amarnathji Shrine Board has made arrangements...
Have you ever experienced that everything hurts after a sleepless night? A recent study has uncovered a neurotransmitter, N-arachidonoyl dopamine (NADA), linked to the pain caused by sleep deprivation, offering potential avenues for treatment. In sleep-deprived mouse models, researchers found reduced NADA levels in a brain region associated with sensory processing and arousal. Administering NADA to this area effectively alleviated the heightened pain response.

Loss of 16 minutes sleep to hamper work

Sleeping just 16 minutes less a day can hamper your performance at workplace, according to a study by the University of South Florida. The researchers say that workers who lose 16 minutes of sleep are...
In India, medical graduates used to function as family physicians in cities while in villages, a registered medical practitioner (RMP) played that role. With significant advancement in medical knowledge, having only an MBBS degree is no longer considered enough for providing optimum care as a family physician. Accordingly, patients now usually approach specialists even for trivial problems.

Rajasthan to be India’s first to introduce Right to Health Care

Rajasthan is all set to become the first state in India to come up with the Right to Health Care Bill, which is aimed at ensuring the best service to the people. The process of...
ravi

Sundaram Ravi only Indian among umpires for WC

Sundaram Ravi is the only Indian among the match officials for World Cup 2019 that would kickstart on May 30. Another interesting thing of this year’s selection of umpires is the choice of three...
bhopal

Bhopal tragedy, a major accident of 20th century: UN

The United Nations has termed the Bhopal Gas tragedy of 1984 as one of the major industrial accidents that the world has seen in the 20th century. The report – Safety and Health at the...
WHO and WMO report warns climate change-induced heat stress threatens billions of workers globally, urging urgent protective measures and heat-health policies.

2.78 million Deaths related to work related diseases

Around 2.78 million workers die of work related diseases and occupational incidents the world over every year, according to a report of the International Labour Organization (ILO). The report – Safety and Health at the...
ilo

Digitalisation, IT brings in new challenges to workforce

With digitalisation and Information technology changing the world of the workforce and the world going through a fourth industrial revolution, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has said that the changes in the work pattern...
hajj

Kerala women pilgrims top in going all alone to Haj

About 85 per cent of the women who travel to perform Haj this year from India without Mehram (male companion), a rule that was relaxed last year, is from the southern state of Kerala. Of...
environment

Who will follow the Etihad way of cleaning the skies from plastic?

In recent times, people are seen to be much worried about the accumulation of plastics in the oceans. But they never thought about the plastic that is used in the skies until Etihad Airways...
Gavi and UNICEF’s new agreement will reduce the cost of a leading malaria vaccine to $2.99 per dose, enabling protection for millions more children across Africa by 2030.

New Malaria vaccine to drive out killer disease from globe

A new vaccine against Malaria that was in the making for the long thirty years has now been introduced for the first time to the world. The vaccine has now been used first in...