Superbugs could kill millions and trigger $2 trillion economic meltdown by 2050A recent study highlights an impending global catastrophe: antimicrobial resistance threatens to claim millions of lives. By 2050, the glob...
Pilot killed in trainer aircraft crash in Gujarat’s Amreli district: Investigation underwayA trainee pilot tragically died in Amreli, Gujarat, when a trainer aircraft from a private aviation academy crashed in a residential area n...
Superbug crisis: Antibiotic-resistant superbugs may kill 4 crore people worldwide, claims new studySuperbugs: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) could claim over 39 million lives globally by 2050, warns a study in The Lancet. The report highl...
Study flags antimicrobial resistance in bloodstream infections in IndiaA recent study in Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia warned that rising antimicrobial resistance (AMR) threatens global health goals b...
Can Kerala's antibiotic abuse project inspire India's antimicrobial resistance fight?In 2019, nearly 300,000 deaths in India were due to AMR. Over 1 million deaths were linked to drug resistance, making infections more chall...
Govt asks doctors, pharmacists to mention reasons for prescribing antibioticsThe Union Health Ministry has called for doctors to mention the indication and reason for prescribing antibiotics. This is in response to t...
Antibiotic (mis)use needs proper regulationIndia consumes a high volume of broad-spectrum antibiotics - drugs that treat a wide range of common bacterial infections and should be use...
How India can nip the looming threat of antimicrobial resistance in the budThe National Action Plan on AMR and the Andhra Pradesh's State Action Plan have also called for stringent limits for antibiotic residues fr...
Bugworks Research bags $18 million in funding round led by Lightrock India, othersBugworks Research said it will continue to invest in its proprietary drug discovery platforms GYROX (for AMR) and DARE (for Immuno-oncology...
Cyclone Tauktae: 46 dead, PM Modi announces ₹1,000 cr as immediate relief for GujaratModi made an aerial survey over Una (Gir Somnath), Jafrabad (Amreli), Mahua (Bhavnagar) and Diu and held a meeting with the chief minister ...
Rise in deaths of Asiatic lions in Gujarat: GovernmentJavadekar said that in 2013, the total number of deaths were 76 while in 2014, 78 lions died. The death figure increased to 91 in 2015.
Gujarat flash floods killed 10 lions, about 90 spotted deerThe recent flash floods, which wreaked havoc in some parts of Gujarat, led to the death of ten lions, more than 1,600 blue bulls, and nearl...
- Five more lion carcasses found in Rajkot
The worst fears of wildlife conservationists are slowly coming true as flood waters receded.
Parimal Nathwani seeks railways' help to prevent accidents of Asiatic lionsNathwani, in a letter written to Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, has also requested for construction of an under passage for the movement o...
Gujarat lost 66 lions in one yearThe Gujarat government has accepted on the floor of the state assembly that 66 lions had died in the past one year and, of these, 55 had di...
66 lions died in Gujarat last year; not a single one poached: GovtThe Forest Minister also listed some steps taken by government to stop unnatural deaths of lions, like construction of fence along the of r...
Accidents killed 13 lions in 1 year in GujaratThe state government has admitted that 13 lions died in accidents in Gir-Somnath, Amreli and Jungadh districts in the year beginning June 1...