Every year, around 17.9 million people die to Cardiovascular diseases, which accounts to the third of the total deaths in the planet. And, around 85 % of these deaths are triggered by heart disease and stroke. World Heart Day is celebrated every year on September 29, to observe a day to cater to the heart…
Chief Minister Yeddyurappa has invited farmer leaders to discuss land reform and amendment of APMC Act across Karnataka. “I have got first hand experience of APMCs as I have sold my produce at these marketing yards and also served as chairman of APMC. They are in the clutches of middlemen,” he told a press conference…
Every year from 2007, September 28 has been marked as ‘World Rabies Day’ for global health observance to raise awareness about rabies and taking necessary precautions pertaining to its severity. Incidentally, September 28 is also the death anniversary of Louis Pasteur. He is a French chemist and microbiologist, who first developed a vaccine for rabies….
President Ram Nath Kovind has given his assent and approved the three contentious farm bills on Sunday which the opposition parties termed as ‘anti-farmer’ and ‘corporate friendly’. The government has notified the information stating that these legislations will support the farmers in terms of making them self-reliant. This move comes even after a dozen opposition…
The Coronavirus global emergency has hit the most strategic interventions associated to tuberculosis programmes which has given the outcome of 35 % decrease in TB cases notification in 2020 as compared to the records of Karnataka of the previous year. Tuberculosis is a serious condition which may cause mortality and morbidity significantly. It is an…
Israeli crowd in huge numbers led a protest around Israel Prime Minister BejanminNetanyahu’s residence on Saturday strongly demanding for him to quit over his mishandling and mismanagement during Covid-19. A lot of them were angry citing the government attempts which were used in for lockdown measures to stifle demonstrations. The protests erupted a day post…
Iran and Iraq on Saturday have jointly collaborated on enhancing the border cooperation and trade between the neighbouring countries which have been affected by the pandemic’s crisis. As per the data collected from a government website, President Hassan Rouhani told Fuad Hussein (Iraqi Foreign Minister), “We remain committed to increasing political, economic and cultural cooperation…
Kerala’s Health Minister KK Shailaja has been awarded as the winner of the World’s Top 50 Thinkers of Covid-19 Age by UK-based Prospect Magazine. Shailaja has won over Jacinda Arden, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, who won the second place. Her relentless efforts for fighting and restricting the contagion of the novel Coronavirus in…
Every year from September 27, 1980, the United Nations World Tourism Organization has commemorated the occasion as World Tourism Day with the objective of raising more awareness about the role tourism plays in terms of impacting socially, culturally, politically and economically. Travel and tourism is a very vast sector such that one in every 10…
“Rivers are the arteries of our planet, they are lifelines in the truest sense.” – Mark Angelo A river is not just a scenic water body amid the lands being our primary source of water. It plays an extremely significant role in the lives of living beings and its importance cannot be ignored. It is…
