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APEDA facilitates export of bananas from India to Russia via sea
Updated : 2 years ago IST
A consignment of 20 MT (1540 boxes) of bananas was flagged off on 17th February 2024 from Maharashtra by Chairman, APEDA, Abhishek Dev in a collaborative effort with the Central Institute of Sub-tropical Horticulture (CISH). APEDA highlighted the development of sea protocol employed for this
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"Two-thirds of total patients of NTDs are in India": Former DG of ICMR
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
In view of the increased number of NTDs in India, Nirmal Kumar Ganguly, former director general of the ICMR, said that there are 172 million patients with NTDs worldwide, of which India has the highest number of patients.
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Israeli researchers unravel mysteries of biodiversity
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Led by PhD student Tal Raz and Professor Shai Meiri of Tel Aviv University and Professor Uri Roll of Ben-Gurion University in the Negev, the researchers gave further confirmation that tropical regions near the equator serve as centers of high biodiversity for land vertebrates.
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Apparel manufacturer signs MoU with Indian Navy for supply of technically
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Taking to social media, the spokesperson for the Indian Navy posted on X, "MoU signed between Indian Navy and M/s Arvind Limited for supply of a technically advanced uniform fabric for Navy. Specifications of the new anti-fungal, anti-microbial, and anti-bacterial fabric specially developed
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Research shows logging, climate change threaten montane birds
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) analysed data from over ten years to investigate the effects of forest logging and climate change on bird populations in tropical mountains.
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Logging, climate change threaten montane birds: Research
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) examined over ten years of data to study the effects of forest logging and climate change on bird groups in tropical mountains.
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PM Modi says Centre stands with flood-hit in TN, CM Stalin urges calamity
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Saying that he was deeply pained and moved by the plight of the flood-hit people of Tamil Nadu, in the aftermath of the devastating tropical cyclone 'Michaung', Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday assured that the Centre stands with them at this difficult time and would extend every p
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Nourish Your Hair from Within with QR678: Embrace Radiant Locks
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 26: As we embrace the mildness of tropical winters, our hair often bears the brunt of the intense humidity, dryness, styling products and chemical treatments. The toll can leave our strands parched, damaged, and lifeless. Fret not, for there is a key to
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Tropical cyclone Jasper rapidly intensifies off Australia's northern coast
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
A tropical cyclone, Jasper, has rapidly intensified off the northern coast of Australia, as per CNN.
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WHO South-East Asia to strengthen regional collaboration to innovate, expa
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Member countries deliberated on strengthening comprehensive actions for the prevention and control of cardiovascular disease, elimination of neglected tropical diseases, enhancing regional health security, and promoting data-driven policymaking for advancing universal health coverage based o
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Bangladesh eliminates visceral leishmaniasis, Maldives interrupts leprosy
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Bangladesh has become the first country globally to be validated for the elimination of visceral leishmaniasis or kala-azar, a life-threatening neglected tropical disease.
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Specific gut bacteria raise risk of severe malaria: Research
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine have found many types of bacteria that, when present in the stomach, are associated with an elevated risk of getting severe malaria in humans and mice. Their findings, which were recently published in Nature Communications, could pave the
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