China's Kaiwa Technology develops pregnancy humanoid robot with artificial womb technologyChinese firm Kaiwa Technology plans world's first pregnancy humanoid robot with artificial womb for 2026 launch at $14,000. The Guangzhou c...
18 Aug, 2025, 12.58 PM IST
Millions of flies to rain from US planes? Here’s why Washington may make this wild moveThe United States has temporarily closed its southern border to livestock imports due to the northward spread of the New World screwworm fl...
12 Jul, 2025, 09.05 PM IST
What is New World screwworm fly? US halts Mexican livestock imports over growing threatThe US has halted livestock imports from Mexico as the New World screwworm fly spreads closer to the southern border. The parasitic insect ...
11 Jul, 2025, 11.57 PM IST
The US is spending $8.5 mn to breed flies in Texas near Mexico border. Reason: 'man-eater' screwwormsThe U.S. is investing $8.5 million to build a fly-breeding facility in Texas, aiming to combat the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating para...
19 Jun, 2025, 10.27 AM IST
Flesh-eating screwworms in cattle could raise US beef pricesThe New World Screwworm, a parasite devastating to livestock, is spreading north through Mexico, prompting the U.S. to halt cattle imports....
02 Jun, 2025, 04.55 PM IST
Controversial Olympic Games founder Pierre de Coubertin to get wax figure in ParisThe wax likeness of the French baron, who was born in Paris in 1863, will be unveiled at the famed museum in July, before the start of the ...
05 Apr, 2024, 11.54 PM IST
Long-lasting, reversible contraceptive for men coming soon. ICMR study shows promising resultsICMR has conducted a groundbreaking study on male contraception and found that a non-hormonal injectable contraceptive called RISUG is both...
19 Oct, 2023, 03.37 PM IST
Male contraceptive pill found 99% effective in miceEver since the female birth control pill was first approved in the 1960s, researchers have been interested in a male equivalent.
24 Mar, 2022, 01.01 AM IST
India's population is stabilising as total fertility rate declines across statesOf the 17 states analysed in the NFHS-5 data, except for Bihar, Manipur and Meghalaya, all other states have a TFR of 2.1 or less, which im...
15 Dec, 2020, 05.14 PM IST
Vistara says actress didn’t want to file a complaintThe airline said it asked the actress and her mother whether they wanted to file a complaint or first information report (FIR) but they ref...
14 Dec, 2017, 11.56 AM IST
- Google's machine-raised mosquitoes to shrink vector's numbers
San Francisco, July 23 (IANS) Google's parent company Alphabet and scientists in the US have teamed up to release 20 million machine-raised...
23 Jul, 2017, 01.47 PM IST
Will GM mustard be able to survive the challenges ahead after approval?After the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee’s approval became public, activists and pressure groups against genetically-modified crop...
01 Jun, 2017, 12.16 AM IST
Government to go ahead with birth control injectionsDrugs Technical Advisory Board's recommendations are based on studies conducted by the ICMR in India for injectable contraceptives.
27 Sep, 2015, 11.03 AM IST
Population Foundation of India wants to include family planning in SDGsThe country needs to do much more to promote reproductive rights of females, which is critical for sustainable development said the NGO.
10 Jul, 2015, 04.47 PM IST
Female sterilization up 36%, males’ dips 24%A botched health camp in Chhattisgarh where sterilization were conducted under dubious circumstances left 11 women dead and 40 in shock and...
04 Feb, 2015, 11.15 AM IST
Poor semen quality linked to hypertension, heart diseasePoor semen quality is linked to a higher chance of having hypertension, heart disease, skin disease and endocrine disorders, according to a...
11 Dec, 2014, 05.15 PM IST
2.2 % Indian males underwent sterilisation surgery in 2013-14The data, which was submitted in Parliament today, states that 97.9 per cent women underwent sterilisation operation for birth control in 2...
02 Dec, 2014, 04.58 PM IST