New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) Nanoplastics derived from single-use PET bottles can directly disrupt key biological systems that are vital for human health, according to a study led by the Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali (INST), an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), on Thursday.Nanoplastics, found in food and water, are a global concern and are increasingly being detected inside the human body. But their exact effects remain poorly understood.While …

New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) UK researchers have found a common childhood virus that can trigger DNA damage leading to bladder cancer later in life.Tackling the virus early could open the door to preventing bladder cancer later, said the team from the University of York.The study, published in Science Advances, revealed that after being contracted in childhood, the BK virus usually lies dormant in the kidney.BK virus infections do not have obvious symptoms, but physicians have learned a lot about the…

New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Wednesday met BJP national president and Union Health Minister J. P. Nadda in New Delhi and invited him to lay the foundation stones of four new medical colleges in the state. Yadav, accompanied by Indore Lok Sabha MP Shankar Lalvani, met Nadda at the Parliament late in the evening. Talking to IANS, the Chief Minister said the colleges will be established under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model in Panna, Katni, Dhar an…

Dhaka, Dec 3 (IANS) As many as five more people have died due to dengue in Bangladesh in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, raising the death toll from the mosquito-borne disease in the country in 2025 to 391, local media reported. According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the fatalities have been reported in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), and Mymensingh Division. During the same period, 490 more people were admitted to hospital with…

New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) About 34 per cent of children aged under 5 are stunted, while 15 per cent are underweight, the government on Wednesday informed the Parliament, citing its ‘Poshan Tracker’ data.In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Women and Child Development Savitri Thakur noted significant improvement in the malnutrition indicators in children across the country.As per data till October, more than 6.44 crore children between 0 – 5 years, enrolled in Anganwadis…

New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached two immovable properties, worth Rs 2.58 crore, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in a case linked to bribery, corruption, forgery, and disproportionate assets involving Himachal Pradesh’s Assistant Drug Controller, Nishant Sareen, and his associate Komal Khanna.The attached assets include a residential flat in Sector-20, Panchkula (Haryana) and a residential building in Shimla.The money-launderi…

New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) The bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which causes the world’s most infectious disease Tuberculosis (TB), can survive antibiotic treatment and live longer by changing their outer fat coating, according to a new study led by researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay on Wednesday.Even with effective antibiotics and widespread vaccination campaigns, TB continues to take lives.Globally, 10.7 million people developed TB and 1.23 million died from th…

New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare JP Nadda sensitised the Members of Parliament from across party lines on the TB-Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan and urged them to boost awareness and mobilise communities to eliminate the world’s most infectious disease.In the first of a series of interactions with Parliamentarians, with a special focus on MPs from Uttar Pradesh, Nadda underscored the important leadership roles of the MPs in achieving the goal of TB elimination.The MPs w…

New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) The Union government is set to launch a 100-day intensive awareness campaign for a child marriage-free India, the Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) said on Wednesday.The Campaign will be formally launched tomorrow at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, to mark one year of the Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat campaign — initiated by the Ministry of WCD on November 27, 2024.“May every daughter’s dream be fulfilled, may every daughter become self-reliant. Eradicating evil practice…

Mumbai, Dec 3 (IANS) The Indian stock market opened on a quiet note on Wednesday, with both benchmark indices showing minimal movement in early trade.The Sensex inched up by just 12 points to 85,151, while the Nifty slipped 18 points to 26,014.Most of the major Sensex stocks were trading in the red, dragging the indices sideways. Shares of HUL, Titan, Tata Motors PV, NTPC, BEL, Trent, Bajaj Finserv, Kotak Bank, Ultratech Cement, Maruti Suzuki, L&T, Power Grid, and ITC were among the top lose…