Supreme Court seeks details on cost, availability of NAT in hospital to prevent transfusion related infectionThe Supreme Court is seeking more information on the cost and availability of Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing in government hospitals na...
25 Feb, 2026, 01.32 PM IST
'Robots will become less metal, humans more machine': Sci-fi writer’s eerie 1965 warning goes viralIsaac Asimov's 1965 BBC interview has resurfaced, revealing his prediction of a future where humans and machines merge. His vision of robot...
28 Mar, 2025, 04.46 PM IST
England to rollout world's first seven-minute cancer treatment injectionAtezolizumab - made by Genentech, a Roche company - is an immunotherapy drug that empowers a patient's own immune system to seek and destro...
31 Aug, 2023, 01.11 PM IST
Lung abnormalities found in long COVID patients with breathlessnessResearchers used a novel xenon gas scan method to pick up lung abnormalities in coronavirus patients who have not been hospitalised but sti...
29 Jan, 2022, 06.55 PM IST
'Pollution in Delhi akin to smoking 15-20 cigarettes a day'To showcase the ill effects of air pollution, an installation depicting human lungs was unveiled at a city hospital Saturday.
03 Nov, 2018, 06.50 PM IST
Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina in list of top 100 athletesWhile Kohli is placed in the 13th spot and Dhoni in the 15th, Yuvraj and Raina have been ranked 90th and 95th respectively, said a media re...
31 May, 2017, 04.17 PM IST
- Must assess pollution impact: Centre to all ministries01 Mar, 2017, 10.20 AM IST
40% Indians exposed to second hand smoke at home: World Health OrganizationDespite India's regulation on public smoking, 30 per cent adults are found exposed to second hand tobacco smoke at work, the study said.
21 Sep, 2015, 12.04 PM IST
- 40% of Delhi schoolkids fail lung capacity test: Study
More than a third of schoolchildren in four big cities of India suffer from reduced lung capacity, with Delhi showing the worst results, cl...
05 May, 2015, 08.16 AM IST
Pollution affecting lungs of 35 per cent kids: SurveyThe survey, carried out in four cities, revealed that the kids in Delhi were the worst-affected with 40 per cent of them falling under the ...
04 May, 2015, 06.41 PM IST
- Pollution affecting lungs of 35 per cent kids: survey
Around 35 per cent of school children in Indian cities are suffering from poor lung health, according to a survey.
04 May, 2015, 06.16 PM IST
'Implement large graphic health warnings on tobacco packs'Large graphic warnings have proved highly effective in warning people about the health hazards of tobacco, irrespective of the audience's l...
02 Apr, 2015, 09.15 PM IST
- Check air pollution at home, WHO tells members
World Health Organization discussed air pollution with its member countries in the southeast Asia region on Thursday.
12 Dec, 2014, 02.40 AM IST
- Air pollution affecting even foetal growth
Studies show it’s causing host of diseases, including lung cancer, and premature deaths
05 Dec, 2014, 02.10 AM IST
- Government to launch fresh campaign against smoking
Government will launch a fresh campaign against tobacco smoking to warn people about the health hazards and the penalties to be faced by vi...
30 Sep, 2013, 10.15 PM IST
- Bill Gates bigger funder of WHO than US govt?
A look at GAVI's list of donor contributions and commitments shows that the Gates Foundation has given over $1.14 billion from 1999 to 2009...
28 Jun, 2010, 08.48 AM IST
- North campus to be a smoke-free zone
World Lung Foundation plans to make North campus a smoke-free zone within the next two years.
25 Aug, 2007, 07.50 PM IST