Tamil Nadu is grappling with an acute shortage of Village Health Nurses (VHNs), who play a crucial role in maternal and child healthcare. Not only is the percentage of vacancy nearing 50% in some districts, the existing VHNs — some of whom are handling over two Health Sub Centres (HSCs) each — are struggling to
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A first image is expected soon. CEO Jason Kim later confirmed that the spacecraft was “stable and upright” — in contrast to the first private landing last February, which came down sideways. A US company successfully landed its spacecraft on the Moon on Sunday after a long journey through space, marking only the second
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About 84 per cent of Information Technology (IT) employees have Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Fatty Liver Disease (MAFLD), revealed a study conducted by scientists at the University of Hyderabad. The study noted that the IT sector in India employs over 5.4 million people. The study also found that approximately 71 percent of IT employees were obese and
Finally, there’s some good news on the climate apocalypse front. Climate experts have long believed that a volcanic supereruption—a mind-bendingly powerful explosion capable of altering Earth’s atmosphere—could wipe out a significant portion of life. But a new survey of geological records suggests the aftermath wouldn’t be quite as apocalyptic. It would still be bad—just not
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India and EU to finalise free trade agreement by year-end By Bhuvan BAGGA New Delhi (AFP) Feb 28, 2025 India will finalise a “mutually beneficial” free trade deal with the European Union by the end of this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Friday after meeting with EU chief Ursula von der Leyen.
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Nicknamed ‘Ghost Riders in the Sky,’ the mission comes just over a year after the first-ever commercial lunar landing and is part of a NASA partnership with industry to cut costs and support Artemis, the program aiming to return astronauts to the Moon. | Photo Credit: AFP After a long journey through space, a U.S.
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The B-50 Bomber “Lucky Lady II” touches down on runway at Carswell Air Force Base on March 2, 1949, 94 hours and one minute after it took off at the base on February 26th. The B-50, a postwar version of the B-29 Superfortress, flew an estimated 23,452 miles (37,742 km) on the non-stop world-girdling hop
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Traffic can contribute up to 40% of total organic aerosols at urban roadside A study published in the journal Nature Communications has investigated the sources and health impacts of PM2.5 in Northern India, particularly in the Indo-Gangetic Plain. The study has examined PM2.5 composition and oxidative potential, a key indicator of its health risks, using samples from
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Intake of excessive selenium leads to a condition called selenosis, which is characterised by sudden hair loss | Photo Credit: CDC Three Zika virus cases in Gujarat detected between November 2016 and February 2017 were kept under wraps till WHO announced the outbreak on May 26, 2017; the Health Ministry had informed WHO about the three
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Researchers have identified another great reason to drink tea: it naturally purifies water. Researchers from Northwestern University have found that tea leaves absorb certain harmful metals from water, such as lead and cadmium, preventing us from ingesting them. The researchers emphasize that tea leaves shouldn’t replace water filters, but their work sheds light on how
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