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Discovery of haemoglobin in epidermis throws light on skin’s protective features: Study

California , November 18 (ANI): Researchers have discovered that haemoglobin, a protein found in red blood cells that binds oxygen, is also present in...

New cancer therapy appears to be effective against TB

Washington DC , November 17 (ANI): A promising new cancer treatment appears to be particularly effective against one of the world's most lethal infectious...

Research shows air cleaners don’t stop you getting sick

Washington DC , November 17 (ANI): According to new research from the University of East Anglia, air filtration systems do not reduce the risk...

Research shows children’s brains are shaped by their time on tech devices

Washington DC , November 17 (ANI): According to a review of 23 years of neuroimaging research, time spent watching television or playing computer games...

How to tackle India’s snakebite problem — go beyond ‘big 4’, overhaul 100-year-old protocol

Snakebites in India considered a ‘poor man’s problem’ with little investment in their prevention & treatment. Experts flag need to improve medical infra & focus on community awareness.

India among 10 countries with most infants who missed 1st measles shot — report by WHO & US CDC

Findings come nearly a year after several Indian states had outbreaks. Reported measles incidence increased 72 percent worldwide in 2021-2022, says report.

Researchers find how hunger hormones impact decision-making brain area to drive behavior

London , November 16 (ANI): A hunger hormone generated in the gut can directly influence a decision-making area of the brain, according to a...

World’s 1st vaccine against chikungunya primed for launch in India, says French drugmaker Valneva

VLA1553, commercially known as Ixchiq, has received USFDA clearance and will be launched in India — which has seen high number of chikungunya cases — after ‘regulatory talks with DCGI’.

Researchers identify genetic variations that cause rare, deadly illness

Tokyo , November 15 (ANI): Many illnesses are caused by genetic variants; worse, the genetic origin of the majority of ailments is unknown.Researchers have...

India planned reboot for the good old family doctor 40 years ago. Why they remain a shrinking tribe

Doctors equipped to tend to all family members for a range of symptoms were ubiquitous in India at one point. Family-medicine doctors say years of neglect have done the stream in.

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New labour codes make India’s workforce competitive with China—and build Viksit Bharat

By consolidating 29 laws into four codes, compliance is streamlined and regulations are simplified, improving “ease of doing business”. This is bound to improve investor confidence.

Vehicles, TVs, mobile phones—PM EAC report shows Rural India is catching up with urban consumers

Rural ownership of motor vehicles jumped from 19 percent in 2011-2012 to 59 percent in 2023-2024, while urban rose from 40 percent to 68 percent during the same time period, study by two members of PM-EAC says.

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.