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Swedish drama 'The Square' wins Palme d'Or at Cannes film festival
Swedish drama 'The Square' wins Palme d'Or at Cannes film festival

Mumbai sees 20 organ donations in five months

Thane, May 25 (UNI) Mumbai witnessed its 20th cadaver organ donation this month when the family of a 24-year-old brain-dead girl, consented to donate her heart, kidneys and liver.

Over 300 cases of diarrohea diagnosed in Poonch, health staff on alert

Jammu, May 23 (UNI) Over 300 cases of diarrohea in the past one-week were reported in bordering belt of Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, while the district administration has sounded an alert and cancelled the leaves of health officials.

Suspected Ebola cases in Congo rise to 29 - WHO

GENEVA, May 19 (Reuters) The number of suspected Ebola cases in Congo has risen to 29, up from 21, World Health Organization spokesman Christian Lindmeier told a regular UN briefing in Geneva today.

Punjab launches campaign to sensitise people about ill effect of hypertension

Chandigarh, May 18 (UNI) The Punjab Health department today commenced a consistence awareness campaign to drive home the citizens of the state about the healthy lifestyle practices besides sensitising them about the ill effects of hypertension.

2 more test positive for swine flu in Kangra

Kangra, May 16 (UNI) Two more patients have tested positive for Swine Flu in Kangra district's Dr Rajinder Prasad Govt Medical College Tanda.

Science

KIMS Hospitals sets new precedent in organ donation with ‘swap registry’

Hyderabad, Apr 11 (UNI) The Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) Hospitals has set new standards in organ donation and transplant by creating a ‘swap registry’.

In a rare neo-natal surgery, doctors remove huge tumour from 12-day-old infant's spine

WHO holds regional consultation on Depression

Mah young scientists make place in world competition Google Lunar X Prize

Zika caused twenty-fold spike in birth defects -US study

New knee replacement implant introduced in Aurangabad

Health & Medicine

Mumbai sees 20 organ donations in five months

Thane, May 25 (UNI) Mumbai witnessed its 20th cadaver organ donation this month when the family of a 24-year-old brain-dead girl, consented to donate her heart, kidneys and liver.

Over 300 cases of diarrohea diagnosed in Poonch, health staff on alert

Suspected Ebola cases in Congo rise to 29 - WHO

Punjab launches campaign to sensitise people about ill effect of hypertension

2 more test positive for swine flu in Kangra

20-lakh women die due to abortion every year : Survey

Astronomy and Space Sciences

Miniature lab begins science experiments in outer space

HERZLIYA, Israel, Mar 16 (Reuters) Orbiting the earth at more than 500 kilometres, a tiny satellite with a laboratory shrunk to the size of a tissue box is helping scientists carry out experiments that take gravity out of the equation.

Solving the star-formation puzzle

Black hole feeding frenzy breaks previous records

Study reveals substantial evidence of holographic universe

Hubble captures brilliant star death in 'rotten egg' nebula

Celestial cat & cosmic lobster – one at ‘War,’ other at ‘Peace’

Agriculture

Nano-particle fertilizer could lead to new 'green revolution'

New Delhi, Jan 26 (UNI) Sri Lankan scientists report having developed a simple way to make a benign, more efficient fertilizer – described as nano-particle fertilizer - that could contribute to a second food revolution across the globe.

Make provisions of Food Security Act universal: Swaminathan

Gene editing ripens fruits faster, increasing yield

Neolithic Syrians were first to domesticate cereals

Herbicide-resistant 'superweeds' and GM crops

Rice a 'summer crop' of multi-cropping Indus Valley farmers

Business & Society

Broken pebbles offer clues to Palaeolithic funeral rituals

New Delhi, Feb 9 (UNI) Humans may have ritualistically "killed" objects to remove their symbolic power, some 5,000 years earlier than previously thought, a new international study of marine pebble tools from an Upper Palaeolithic burial site in Italy suggests.

Oscar Awards biased towards America & American culture

Retail therapy for jealous partners

Bilingualism may save brain resources as you age

104th Indian Sciance Congress to begin tomorrow

Celebrated Scientist CNR Rao's Autobiography released

Environment

Fiscal incentives may help reduce emissions in developing countries

New Delhi, Feb 7 (UNI) Fiscal policies introduced by the Governments in developing countries can have a significant effect on lowering harmful carbon emissions and help countries with fulfilling their commitments under the UNFCCC Paris Agreement, a study has found.