Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo wins Nobel Peace Prize for 2024
Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo has been announced the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2024, today, by the Norwegian Nobel Committee. A grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as Hibakusha, the Organisation
BY NTN / Friday, 11 October, 2024
Union Minister George Kurian inaugurates Animal Quarantine & Certification Service at Cochin International Airport in Kerala
Delhi: AQCS to facilitate "Ease of Living" for Pet travellers
BY NTN / Friday, 11 October, 2024
National Regulatory Authority of India meets WHO international standards for vaccine regulations
India’s National Regulatory Authority (NRA) has achieved another milestone by meeting the World Health Organization’s (WHO) standards for a functional vaccine regulatory system. This conclusion was reached by a team of international experts from various countries, led by WHO
BY NTN / Friday, 11 October, 2024
PM Modi meets Lao’s President and Prime Minister, commits to strengthening India-Laos civilizational and contemporary ties
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Thongloun Sisoulith, General Secretary of the Central Committee of Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and President of Lao PDR in Vientiane today. Prime Minister congratulated President Sisoulith for successfully hosting the ASEAN Summit and
BY NTN / Friday, 11 October, 2024
New cancer therapy target could help patients overcome resistant to current treatments
Scientists have identified a promising new target for cancer treatment by activating a DNA repair enzyme called TDP1, suggesting a combination therapy which could be a potential precision medicine especially for those resistant to current cancer remedies, informed the
BY NTN / Friday, 11 October, 2024
Union Government releases tax devolution of ₹1,78,173 cr to State Governments; Nagaland receives 1014 cr
The Union Government has released tax devolution of ₹ 1,78,173 crore to State Governments on October 10, 2024, as against the normal monthly devolution of ₹89,086.50 crore. It includes one advance instalment, in addition to the regular instalment due
BY NTN / Friday, 11 October, 2024
Ministry of Education organises workshop on Mental Health & Cyber Security on World Mental Health Day
The Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSEL), Ministry of Education, organized a national online workshop on Mental Health and Cyber Security for the engagement of youth on World Mental Health Day on October 10. The workshop had two
BY NTN / Friday, 11 October, 2024
Nobel Prize in Literature 2024: Han Kang
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2024 has been awarded to the South Korean author Han Kang, “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” Making the announcement on October 10, the
BY NTN / Thursday, 10 October, 2024
Life could not exist without proteins: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024 awarded to David Baker, Demis Hassabis, John M. Jumper
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced that it has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024 with “one half” to David Baker University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA “for computational protein
BY NTN / Thursday, 10 October, 2024
October 10, World Mental Health Day 2024: Enhancing Mental Well-Being at Work
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare World Mental Health Day, observed annually on October 10, was first initiated in 1992 by the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH). This global observance aims to raise awareness about mental health issues
BY NTN / Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
Nobel Prize in Physics 2024: John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton for contribution in foundational AI
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2024 was awarded to John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks. The announcement which was made on October 8 by the
BY NTN / Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
India eliminates Trachoma as a public health problem: WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared that the Government of India has eliminated Trachoma as a public health problem becoming the third country in the South-East Asia Region to achieve this milestone. An official Certification was handed over
BY NTN / Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
