Khajuraho to Kolkata: 25 Day Yoga Mahotsav 2026 Countdown Begins to IDY Celebrations

Yoga Mahotsav 2026

Recently, Union Minister Prataprao Jadhav announced the commencement of Yoga Mahotsav 2026 at Khajuraho (Madhya Pradesh), a 25-day countdown to the International Day of Yoga (IDY). The function will be organised by Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (New Delhi), MDNIY, Ministry of Ayush, on 21st June 2026, under the theme of ‘Yoga for Healthy … Read more

India Announces SEHAT Mission: Agri-Health Revolution

SEHAT Mission

The SEHAT Mission was launched jointly by Union Ministers JP Nadda and Shivraj Singh Chouhan on 11th May, 2016, linking agriculture with health through ICAR-ICMR collaboration.  Named as ‘Science Excellence for Health through Agricultural Transformation’,  it is based on the ‘Healthy Food, Healthy Farms, Healthy India’ concept to address malnutrition and lifestyle diseases. ALSO READ- … Read more

Hantavirus Killed 3 on Atlantic Cruise Ship: Know About the Deadly Virus, Symptoms and Prevention

Hantavirus Killed 3

On Sunday, an outbreak of hantavirus disease was reported on a cruise ship that has caused the deaths of three people and one under extensive supervision, according to the World Health Organisation. The MV Hondius was the vessel that was carrying 150 passengers while travelling from Argentina to Cape Verde, and it took the lives … Read more

One Health Approach: Uniting Humans, Animals & Planet for Complete Safety

One Health Approach

On World Health Day, Indian experts called for the One Health Approach, which protects the country from pandemics, superbugs and climate-related health emergencies. The combined strategy, which connects human, animal, and environmental health needs, needs to be executed immediately due to the dangerous zoonotic threats, including Nipah and bird flu. As India rolls out its … Read more

Is COVID Returning to India? Latest Updates on Cicada COVID Variant BA.3.2

Cicada COVID Variant BA.3.2

Cicada COVID Variant BA.3.2 has rapidly spread across 20+ nations, which include 30 states in the U.S.A., some parts of Europe and Asia. This has raised a major concern about whether India is at risk or not from this variant. Earlier, the COVID-19 pandemic created havoc with breathing disorders and deaths that led to worldwide … Read more

Kent Outbreak of Meningitis B: Origin, Symptoms, Prevention & Vaccines Explained

Outbreak of Meningitis B

In March 2026, headlines were flooded with the outbreak of Meningitis B (MenB) in Kent, a place in the U.K. On 17 Mar, 15 cases of meningococcal disease were reported, which required immediate hospitalisation, along with 2 deaths, which led to the emergence of concerns over raising awareness and vaccinating against this disease by the … Read more

Sepsis: UK Woman Lost Four Limbs After Dog Lick

Sepsis

As per the reports, there are 1.7 million cases of Sepsis in the United States (leading to 350,000 deaths) and 250,000 victims in the UK. One such case of Manjit Sangha, a 56 yrs old woman who lived in Penn on the border of Wolverhampton and Staffordshire, who developed Sepsis after being licked by her … Read more

FDA Approves First AI Tool AIM-NASH to Advance Liver Disease Trials

First AI Tool to Advance Liver Disease Trials

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has reached a groundbreaking regulatory milestone by officially qualifying AIM-NASH as the world’s first AI-based drug development tool for assessing metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), a severe and progressive type of fatty liver disease. This qualification marks one of the significant milestones in the integration of artificial intelligence into clinical … Read more

India Launches Nafithromycin for Respiratory Health

India Launches Nafithromycin

This Nafithromycin revolutionises drug discovery in India, a watershed moment in the country’s development of drugs. Developed by the Government of India’s Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and Wockhardt Ltd, Nafithromycin is a new-generation antibiotic designed for targeting drug-resistant respiratory infections.  Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology Dr Jitendra Singh unveiled this … Read more