Air pollution adding to India’s diabetes burden: Study
A new study published in The Lancet Planetary Health reports, PM2.5 impacts disease burden of diabetes. The study linking PM2.5 to diabetes was grounded on...
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Heart disease, stroke and cancer double in 25 years in India
India witness an alarming rise in the occurrence of heart disease, stroke, diabetes and cancers in the past 25 years, a series of new studies...
From hypertension to cancers –alarm bells ringing in India’s tribal belts
Diabetes, hypertension, heart disease and cancers are often dubbed lifestyle diseases and seen largely as problems of city folks. A new investigation into tribal health...
IISc research on inflammation could lead to slower ageing and better cancer treatment
An Indian Institute of Science research identifies molecular players that regulate chronic inflammation caused by damage. The researchers have found the mechanism which enhances inflammation...
New migrant pest threatens major crops
Farm scientists find a new migrant insect in Karnataka that can potentially causes losses to dozens of crops. The pest has been damaging maize plants...
ICAR scientists develop high-yielding pea varieties
ICAR scientists develop high-yielding pea varieties Scientists at ICAR- Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi develop high-yielding varieties of pea, both in terms of quality...
India may miss SDG target on reducing child mortality: study
A study by a team of Indian and Austrian scientists show, India may not achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target of reducing deaths...
Indian scientists develop new sensor to measure sea surface temperatures
Indian scientists develop a new sensor to measure sea surface temperature. There are many types of drifting buoys with different sensors, buy most of them...
Indian scientists develop new method to synthesize bio-conjugates
Indian scientists develop a new method to synthesize antibody-drug conjugates (ADC) using the chemical route. ADCs combine drugs with antibodies that specifically target tumour markers...
Antibiotic resistant genes found in Kerala mangrove ecosystem
Indian scientists find antibiotic resistant genes in microbial populations of mangrove ecological systems along Kerala coast. These genes have been found both in pristine environmental...