News for 'School of Medicine'

10,000 RSS shakhas added in last decade; 6,000 in last 1 year

10,000 RSS shakhas added in last decade; 6,000 in last 1 year

Rediff.com4 Nov 2015

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has added about 10,000 shakhas during the last decade and more than half of these came up in the last one year.

Stalin Prepares For Battle Of 2024

Stalin Prepares For Battle Of 2024

Rediff.com6 May 2022

The going is not going to be easy for the DMK and its allies in Elections 2024. Despite the seats sweepstake in the 2021 assembly polls, the vote-share difference of 5.6% (DMK's 45.38% versus AIADMK-BJP's 39.72%) is not insurmountable on a bad day, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.

Now get medical education for Rs 1000 a month

Now get medical education for Rs 1000 a month

Rediff.com22 Aug 2012

Eight years since it was first announced by the NDA, admissions have commenced in six institutes in the country offering the course to medical aspirants.

Dronacharya awardee boxing coach O P Bhardwaj dies

Dronacharya awardee boxing coach O P Bhardwaj dies

Rediff.com21 May 2021

Tokyo-bound AFI medical commission chairman AK Mendiratta dies of COVID-19.

Why young moms love to binge drink

Why young moms love to binge drink

Rediff.com28 Nov 2019

As per a study, there is a startling rise in the number of women who binge drink after becoming parents.

How to protect your heart from diabetes

How to protect your heart from diabetes

Rediff.com15 Oct 2018

Study finds how teens with type 1 diabetes can guard their hearts.

Is your teen depressed? 5 tips to help

Is your teen depressed? 5 tips to help

Rediff.com10 Mar 2021

Setting short term goals and helping them achieve those, reinforces self-confidence, and builds hope, ultimately helping them come out of the dark phase.

Oxford vaccine doing 'everything expected': Study

Oxford vaccine doing 'everything expected': Study

Rediff.com22 Oct 2020

A team at Bristol University used recently developed techniques to validate that the vaccine accurately follows the genetic instructions programmed into it by the Oxford University team.

Scientists identify ways of preventing next pandemic

Scientists identify ways of preventing next pandemic

Rediff.com4 Jan 2021

There can be no one answer to the question at the centre of an anxious debate across a world coping with COVID-19 and wondering what will happen if another one comes, but the global scientific community has been working on multiple tracks to ensure that humankind is better prepared.

Over 9 lakh newborns die annually in India: Study

Over 9 lakh newborns die annually in India: Study

Rediff.com31 Aug 2011

Despite a significant increase in women and child healthcare in India, more than nine lakh children in the country still die every year before becoming one-month-old, says a new global report.

44 killed in stampede at Jewish religious festival in Israel

44 killed in stampede at Jewish religious festival in Israel

Rediff.com30 Apr 2021

The mass gathering was organised to celebrate the Lag B'Omer holiday at Mount Meron.

31 amazing innovations from young Indians

31 amazing innovations from young Indians

Rediff.com8 Dec 2015

The National Innovation Foundation India (NIF), Ahmedabad shared the ideas that shined at the IGNITE 2015.

British-Indian professor knighted in New Year's honours

British-Indian professor knighted in New Year's honours

Rediff.com31 Dec 2016

Balasubramanian, 50, Herchel Smith Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at Cambridge University, has been recognised for his work as a co-inventor of Next Generation DNA sequencing, described as the most transformational advance in biology and medicine for decades.

'I used to scratch the letters 'IAS' on the desk'

'I used to scratch the letters 'IAS' on the desk'

Rediff.com30 Sep 2015

Atheela Abdullah, who grew up in a small village in the Malabar region of Kerala shares her inspiring success story.

The Man Who Changed Lives

The Man Who Changed Lives

Rediff.com10 Sep 2019

This Teacher's Day, students remember Syed Feroze Ashraf, 'Uncle' who changed the lives of many children forever.

Bharat Gaurav Award for cancer specialist

Bharat Gaurav Award for cancer specialist

Rediff.com1 Mar 2011

Past recipients of the award include Mother Teresa, cricketer Sunil Gavaskar, actors Dev Anand, Shammi Kapoor and Rajesh Khanna, among others.

10 TIPS to achieve your FITNESS goals

10 TIPS to achieve your FITNESS goals

Rediff.com16 Mar 2021

Embrace a daily sport. Cook and eat your meals with love. Ditch the pills. Hydrate well.

Nitish may become Bihar CM but with depleted strength

Nitish may become Bihar CM but with depleted strength

Rediff.com11 Nov 2020

The performance of Janata Dal-United has down compared its performance in the 2015 elections and the ruling party could not win even half of the number of seats it contested in this election.

'Lockdown-like' restrictions come into force in Maharashtra

'Lockdown-like' restrictions come into force in Maharashtra

Rediff.com14 Apr 2021

Section 144 of CrPC, prohibiting assembly of five or more people at one spot, will be in force during the period, Thackeray had said, but refrained from terming the new curbs as a lockdown.

Study abroad tips: How to apply for scholarship

Study abroad tips: How to apply for scholarship

Rediff.com17 Oct 2015

International education consultant NNS Chandra offers advice on how to pick the right international course and college.

Beware of Chinese honey!

Beware of Chinese honey!

Rediff.com26 Dec 2020

Chinese companies have 'designed' the sugar syrup which is used to adulterate honey so that it can pass Indian laboratory tests, reveals Sunita Narain.

'The faster one vaccinates, the lower the infections'

'The faster one vaccinates, the lower the infections'

Rediff.com1 Mar 2021

'We are not yet out of the woods.' 'If India sees the South African or Brazilian type of mutations, our numbers will rapidly rise.'

Maximum dope cheats in athletics

Maximum dope cheats in athletics

Rediff.com29 Aug 2017

Over 30 per cent of athletes who competed at the 2011 world championships admitted to having used banned substances in the past, according to a World Anti-Doping Agency-commissioned study released on Tuesday.

After Odisha, Punjab extends lockdown till May 1

After Odisha, Punjab extends lockdown till May 1

Rediff.com11 Apr 2020

Amarinder said predictions by health experts about the spread of the pandemic are 'horrendous and frightening'.

How one man is changing young lives in India

How one man is changing young lives in India

Rediff.com4 Jun 2020

An initiative to fund the education of bright Indian youngsters undertaken by two Indian-Americans has now acquired a momentum of its own, discovers Anjuli Bhargava.

Now a computer that your thoughts can control

Now a computer that your thoughts can control

Rediff.com8 Apr 2011

In tests, reported in the Journal of Neural Engineering, volunteers were found to be able to move a cursor on a screen simply by 'saying' words in their heads.

Amid COVID-19 crisis, hundreds stranded outside AIIMS, Safdarjung

Amid COVID-19 crisis, hundreds stranded outside AIIMS, Safdarjung

Rediff.com10 Apr 2020

Patients have been waiting for days, weeks and sometimes months for appointments for dialysis, chemotherapy and other emergency procedures.

'75,000 kids for National Sports Talent Search Scheme'

'75,000 kids for National Sports Talent Search Scheme'

Rediff.com19 Dec 2014

Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said that his ministry will identify 75,000 boys and girls for the planned National Sports Talent Search Scheme.

Budget 2020: Farm experts pitch for scrapping GST on agri-inputs

Budget 2020: Farm experts pitch for scrapping GST on agri-inputs

Rediff.com18 Dec 2019

Bharat Krishak Samaj demanded that the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana should be replaced with a new crop insurance and compensation scheme.

Cold weather 'linked to heart attack risk'

Cold weather 'linked to heart attack risk'

Rediff.com11 Aug 2010

Cold weather can raise a person's risk of getting a heart attack, says a study led by an Indian-origin researcher.

Indians far from achieving herd immunity against COVID-19: Vardhan

Indians far from achieving herd immunity against COVID-19: Vardhan

Rediff.com27 Sep 2020

Vardhan said the ICMR is actively researching on reports of COVID-19 reinfection and although the number of such cases is negligible at this moment, the government is fully seized of the importance of the matter, the health ministry said in a statement.

Why some women can't reach an orgasm

Why some women can't reach an orgasm

Rediff.com19 Apr 2016

For females, a new study has revealed, physical anatomy plays more of an important role.

Heavy rains causes floods in Satna; army begins rescue operations

Heavy rains causes floods in Satna; army begins rescue operations

Rediff.com8 Jul 2016

Army was helping them in relief operation, Pal said, adding that around 1,200 people affected by flood were staying in five camps, including four put up in the city, he said.

US scholars coming to learn ayurveda's power

US scholars coming to learn ayurveda's power

Rediff.com16 Jan 2010

A high-powered US delegation of top-notch American educators and researchers from six major medical schools, including Harvard, Johns Hopkins and Georgetown, will visit India on an ayurveda study-tour that could possibly lead to the incorporation of this ancient herbal remedies in the US medical curricula.

10 offbeat careers you should consider

10 offbeat careers you should consider

Rediff.com1 Jun 2010

A look at some of the more unconventional, but nevertheless rewarding careers out there.

Phone lines in Kashmir to be restored over weekend

Phone lines in Kashmir to be restored over weekend

Rediff.com16 Aug 2019

Schools in the Valley will reopen next week, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary B V R Subrahmanyam said.

Big bucks for Indian American professor

Big bucks for Indian American professor

Rediff.com11 Dec 2004

Dipak C Jain, dean of Kelloggs School of Management, is the fourth highest paid official in Northwestern University, according to a new study.

Nobel winner does not own a car, cycles to work

Nobel winner does not own a car, cycles to work

Rediff.com8 Oct 2009

Nobel prize winner Venkatraman Ramakrishnan's proud father recollects his son's remarkable story.

Life lessons from WOMEN who INSPIRE

Life lessons from WOMEN who INSPIRE

Rediff.com8 Mar 2021

The women who inspired them...

Women who worry about sex enjoy it less

Women who worry about sex enjoy it less

Rediff.com9 Mar 2009

A new study has confirmed what many women already knew: paying too much attention on performance during sex could inhibit sexual desire.