Tag: World
Dr Poonam K Singh gets 2nd term as Regional Director of...
The World Health Organization's Executive Board has unanimously endorsed Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, who was earlier also unanimously nominated by 11 Member countries of the Region for another five years
World AIDS Day: Why you should know your HIV status?
HIV testing is important to know your status, for expanding treatment and ensuring that all people with HIV can lead a healthy and productive life.....................
Prof M S Swaminathan receives World Agriculture Prize, institutes fellowship with...
The financial amount associated with this prize instituted by the ICFA, will be used for creating fellowships at MS Swaminathan Research Foundation at the post-graduate level for women and men scientists...………...
National policy on biofuels: Govt targets 20% blending of ethanol in...
The Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Mr Dharmendra Pradhan, has informed that improvement in the supply of ethanol for the blending programme that has resulted in supplies jumping from 38 crore litres in 2013-14 to about 141 crore litres in the ongoing season...…………...
World Biofuel Day: PM Modi reveals the plan to set up...
Addressing a diverse gathering of stakeholders on the eve of World Biofuel Day in New Delhi, the Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modi informed that the government's target is to take save about Rs 12,000 crore worth foreign exchange through ethanol blending programme over the next four years......................
WHO calls for urgent action across South East Asia to tackle...
Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia in her World Hepatitis Day message called for an urgent action to find, test and treat the missing millions suffering viral hepatitis and achieve the time-bound targets of regional action plan...…………….
WHO includes ‘gaming disorder’ as mental health condition
The World Health Organization has taken cognizance of studies suggesting the deteriorating of physical or psychological health due to enormous time spent in playing games rather than any physical activity................
Voluntary blood donation, safety with NAT PCR testing key to patient...
On ‘World Blood Donor Day’, Roche Diagnostics India has issued a statement encouraging the use of NAT PCR tested blood to contain spread of transfusion-transmitted infections....................
Andhra Pradesh to use auto disable syringes for all clinical purposes...
Andhra Pradesh will become the first Indian state to pass an order to use auto-disable Syringes for all clinical purposes as the state government will declare itself as “Safety Injection Use State” from World Hepatitis Day on 28 July 2018..............
Interactive billboard to detect smokers, warn them of its harms
Launched to coincide with World No Tobacco Day, “This is what you are doing to your heart right now” digital billboard installed in Gurugram shows what happens inside the body of a smoker when they smoke...............