Based on inputs by Prerna Mahrotra Gupta To promote a healthy lifestyle, Nepal government has made yoga mandatory for school children in a bid to promote a healthy lifestyle. The course will be implemented in the school curriculum from the upcoming academic sessions. This will al and will be timely revised if needed. Nepal’s Ministry of Education, Science and technology have
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In April, the Taliban had banned both the ICRC and the World Health Organization (WHO) from operating in Afghan regions under the Islamist militia’s control.
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai has said “AI offers us the potential for new, less invasive tests for heart health — predicting cardiovascular results from retinal images with computer vision
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The protected region is expected to help the Canadian government surpass its goal to protect 10 per cent of marine and coastal regions by 2020.
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The Cleveland Hospital has said that it has delivered the first baby in North America after a womb transplant from a dead donor. Uterine transplants have enabled more than a dozen women to give birth, usually with wombs donated from a living donor such as a friend or relative. In December, doctors in Brazil reported the world’s first birth using
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The Sydney’s Metro line line was inaugarated by Transport Minister Andrew Constance and Premier Gladys Berejiklian have opened . The Metro North West Line is Stage 1 of Sydney Metro that includes 36 km of track, 13 stations and a depot.
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A German government commision has said that Germany, one of the world’s biggest consumers of coal, will shut down all 84 of its coal-fired power plants over the next 19 years to meet its international commitments in the fight against climate change.
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The scientisis from Nasa have discovered high amount of methane on Mar’s surface. The high amount could indicate life on the Red planet. The discovery was made by Nasa’s Curiousity Rover. Although the gas can be generated by geological processes much of it is released by micro-organisms known as methanogens, some of which live in the guts of certain mammals.
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As part of improvement of SOS alerts to Google Maps, the company has introduced navigation features that will not only warn about crises
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A genetically modified fungus has wiped out malaria-carrying mosquitoes in a month and a half, in trial runs in west Africa. Researchers from Burkina Faso and the University of Maryland supercharged a naturally occurring parasite of the anopheles mosquitoes, a major carrier of the malaria parasite which kills 400,000 people a year. It wiped out more than 99% of mosquitoes
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