Slowing the rise of antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” may take more than just curbing overuse of antibiotics or eliminating antimicrobial chemicals from household products like soap and cosmetics, a new study suggests. It may also require taking a closer look at antimicrobial chemicals like triclosan that are found in indoor dust, said ... Read More »
Making a strong pitch against terrorism, India on Sunday sought “concrete action” and setting up of a mechanism by the 120 member countries of the NAM to ensure effective cooperation to combat the menace. Vice President Hamid Ansari, who is leading the Indian delegation at the 17th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) ... Read More »
Even preemies who receive breathing treatments to improve lung function early in life may have respiratory challenges as children and adolescents, an Australian study suggests. Researchers focused on the most vulnerable subset of premature babies: those born at no more than 28 weeks gestation. These babies are too frail and ... Read More »
Condemning the “cowardly” terror attack on an Army camp in Uri, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday assured the nation that those behind the “despicable” strike won’t go unpunished. He saluted the soldiers who were martyred in the attack and said their service to the nation will always be remembered. ... Read More »
– Fiat Chrysler is recalling between 1.4 and 1.9 million cars over a computer issue that might keep air bags from deploying and seat belts restraining passengers in a crash. The computer glitch has been linked to three deaths. The automaker said the”occupant restraint control module” is the problem. The ... Read More »
A senior army officer said terrorists may have set tents on fire in the Uri army Base, and as soldiers ran out, shot them. He also hinted that they are combing through the base carefully, with the presumption that at least two more terrorists are holed up inside the station. ... Read More »
U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc’s breast cancer drug, Ibrance, should be given marketing approval, an advisory committee at the European Medicines Agency recommended. The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) gave a positive opinion for Ibrance to be used in combination with two existing therapies in women who have ... Read More »
Home Minister Rajnath Singh, on Sunday, postponed his visit to Russia and the U.S in the wake of the terror attack on an Army camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Uri district. Mr. Singh was to leave for Russia on Sunday for a four-day visit. After Russia, he was to leave ... Read More »
Seventeen soldiers were killed in a militant attack in Uri area of Baramulla district on Sunday morning. Police sources said that fidayeen militants stormed an Army camp in Uri near the Line of Control (LoC) around 4 a.m. Four militants were killed in the encounter. “A group of heavily armed ... Read More »
– Three new oil developments in the Fort McMurray area could add up to 95,000 barrels of oil per day to current output, Alberta’s government said. The provincial government approved three oil sands developments, two of which involved the use of steam stimulation. Collectively, the government said the projects represent ... Read More »
U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden on Friday announced new measures to help cancer patients navigate the clinical trials process as part of the administration’s “Cancer Moonshot” initiative to speed new treatments to market. In a statement released ahead of a planned speech at Rice University in Houston, Biden said clinical ... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Justice asked Deutsche Bank, Germany’s biggest lender, to pay $14 billion to settle an investigation into the sale of residential mortgage-backed securities. The company said it has “no intent” to pay the huge sum tied to the bank’s sale of mortgages between 2005 and 2007 and ... Read More »
