The White House plans to correct errors in a high-profile federal report led by US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The report, titled Make America Healthy Again, takes aim at the nation’s food supply, pesticide use and pharmaceutical industry. Released last week, the sweeping document cites hundreds of studies to support…
NEW DELHI: In a significant step towards river-sensitive urban development, the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) – a central nodal agency for river rejuvenation – has approved an action plan for 145 cities, located along different rivers across the country, which is to be implemented in 2025 for keeping stretches of the respective rivers…
PM Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emphasized that India and China should engage in a “healthy and natural” competition while ensuring that differences do not escalate into disputes. Speaking on India-China relations during the podcast with Lex Fridman, PM Modi highlighted the deep historical ties between the…
NEW DELHI: India’s first microbiological nanosatellite RVSAT-1, which was launched on board Isro’s PSLV C-60 last December as part of the SPADEX/POEM-4 mission, has been designed and developed by a team of students of Bengaluru-based RV College of Engineering in order to explore the growth of the gut bacterium in space.For the students’ group Team…
Scientists in China have successfully bred mice with two male parents that can survive to adulthood in a groundbreaking study published on January 28, 2025, in Cell Stem Cell. This achievement comes after a similar effort by Japanese researchers in 2023 who used a different approach to produce two-dad mice. But the Chinese team’s work…
It’s not exactly the best moment to pitch ultraprocessed foods as healthy and delicious, but that’s exactly what two major producers of plant-based meat are trying to do. Beyond Meat wants to convince people that its vegan versions of meat products are good for you. So does its competitor, Impossible Foods, which recently changed its…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday extended wishes to Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on his 84th birthday and prayed for his long and healthy life. “Birthday wishes to Rajya Sabha MP and senior leader Sharad Pawar Ji. I pray for his long and healthy life,” posted PM Modi on X….
NEW DELHI: The Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT-Roorkee) and Kyoto University (KU) announced the inauguration of their joint research laboratory, INitiative for INtelligent ChemBioInformatics (IN-CBI), on Tuesday. Located at KU’s Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), the lab is dedicated to addressing global health and environmental challenges, with an initial focus on healthy aging…