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New York, May 24 (Just Earth News): At the opening of the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) in Istanbul on Monday, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon joined the President of Turkey, relief activists and international celebrities to urge the global community to shape a different future for the world. more
Ordinances on NEET (UG) give it firm statutory support to bring in transparency in examinations: Nadda

New Delhi, May 24 (IBNS) Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare J P Nadda stated here on Tuesday that The Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 2016 and The Dentists (Amendment) ...

UN health agency spotlights role of health in sustainable development as governing body begins session

New York, May 24 (Just Earth News): Health holds a prominent and central role that benefits the entire sustainable development agenda, because the ultimate objective of all development activ ...

Food safety authority initiating steps to ban toxic chemical use in bread

New Delhi. May 24 , The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) announced it is initiating steps to ban the use of potassium bromate in making bread in India, a move that has be ...

On International Day, UN urges end of obstetric fistula ‘within a generation’

New York, May 24 (Just Earth News): Obstetric fistula is a preventable and treatable condition causing added suffering and isolation to at least two million poor and marginalized women and g ...

Indian bread manufacturers use toxic chemicals claims CSE

New Delhi, May 23 , The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has claimed that a recent study conducted in Delhi by its Pollution Monitoring Laboratory (PML) has revealed that one of urb ...

Govt. promises action on CSE report that Indian bread manufacturers use toxic chemicals

New Delhi, May 24 (Just Earth News) Union Health Minister JP Nadda has directed his officials to probe the findings of Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) findings that the ...

Birmingham boost for global efforts to enhance treatments for disease and ageing

London, May 23 , Global efforts to tackle key medical challenges, such as disease diagnosis, identification of the right treatments and improving the health of ageing populations, have bee ...

Zika ‘on doorstep of Africa,’ UN health agency warns after virus confirmed in Cabo Verde

New York, May 21(Just Earth News): The United Nations health agency on Friday confirmed that the Zika virus strain circulating in Cabo Verde, an island nation off the northwest coast of Afri ...

UN study urges governments to develop guidelines that promote ‘win-win’ diets

New York, May 20(Just Earth News): Only a handful of governments have issued guidelines promoting “win-win” diets that can help tackle two of the most urgent challenges of on Thursday: s ...