NEW DELHI: The capabilities India has acquired to provide quality and affordable healthcare comparable to the best in the west has been brought to the fore once again with a team of surgeons at a Delhi hospital successfully removing three maggots (larvae) of the human botfly…
The sterling mettle of Kerala’s public healthcare sector was on full view a few weeks ago when dangerous growth of a tumour called sacral chordoma was removed by a multi-disciplinary team of doctors of the Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, in south Kerala, through…
For Sajna Sabah, a 22-year old trainee at the National Coir Training and Design Centre, Alappuzha, Kerala, life became a voiceless void, in January this year, when her shawl caught the spinning wheel, almost strangulating her. She was rushed to the Government Medical College,…
Comprehensive digital repository of nutrition advice for behavioural change to combat malnutritionNITI Aayog, the premier policy thinktank of the Government of India, has launched an ambitious initiative to combat malnutrition in the country. Named Poshan Gyan, the initiative…
ITB Berlin continues to be the leading platform for the global travel industry even in these times of the pandemic. Reflecting this, around 65,700 users from all parts of the world gathered on ITB Berlin’s new and entirely virtual platform at ITB Berlin NOW for the five-day…
The chances for a rapid recovery of the international tourism industry are high as a global survey found the outbound travel, picking up this year itself.As per the latest World Travel Monitor findings of IPK International, published during the recently concluded ‘ITB Berlin…
New Covid-19 vaccines, including ones that don’t require needles and can be stored at room temperature, may be ready for use later this year or next year, the World Health Organization’s top scientist said.Six-to-eight new immunizations may complete clinical studies and…