India is world’s second largest emitter of nitrous oxide

India is world’s second largest emitter of nitrous oxide

Image for representation. | Photo Credit: Reuters India is the world’s second largest source of nitrous oxide (N2O), a greenhouse gas that heats up the atmosphere far more than carbon dioxide. Nearly 11% of such global man-made emissions in 2020 were from India, topped only by China at 16%. The major source of these emissions … Read more

One of the largest fibroid uterus removed through laparoscopic surgery

One of the largest fibroid uterus removed through laparoscopic surgery

The patient had never experienced any overt symptoms. The revelation of such a massive fibroid came as a shock. | Photo Credit: WHYFRAMESTUDIO Doctors at Aster R.V. Hospital, Bengaluru have created a record first in South India – by removing a 4.005 kg fibroid from the uterus through Laparoscopic Surgery. Dr. Sunil Eshwar, Lead Consultant – … Read more

India to become USD 4 trillion economy in FY25: Sanjeev Sanyal

India to become USD 4 trillion economy in FY25: Sanjeev Sanyal

New Delhi: India will be a USD 4 trillion economy in 2024-25 and surpass Japan by early next fiscal to become the world’s fourth largest economy, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) member Sanjeev Sanyal said on Thursday. Sanyal further said that a 7 per cent economic growth rate will be a ‘very … Read more

Modi vows to ‘make India the third largest economic superpower in the world’ in his third term

Modi vows to ‘make India the third largest economic superpower in the world’ in his third term

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during the foundation stone laying and inauguration of various projects, in Varanasi on Dec. 18, 2023. | Photo Credit: – Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday vowed to make India the third largest economy of the world in his third straight term. “When Kashi develops, U.P. develops, and when U.P. … Read more

Largest batch of AIIMS resident surgeons to learn basics of robotic surgery – ET HealthWorld

Largest batch of AIIMS resident surgeons to learn basics of robotic surgery – ET HealthWorld

Young surgeons at the All India Institute of Medical Science are being acquainted with Da Vinci. Not the great 15th century artist Leonardo Da Vinci but a robot made by California-based Intuitive Surgicals to assist in surgeries. In the largest such initiative so far, a group of 70 young surgeons specialising in oncology at the … Read more

Adapting in a pandemic: Inside Europe’s largest cancer unit

Adapting in a pandemic: Inside Europe’s largest cancer unit

As hospitals grappled with a surge in Covid-19 cases, cancer units up and down the United Kingdom had to adapt fast. They were faced with a seemingly impossible task: How do you continue to deliver lifesaving cancer care to clinically extremely vulnerable patients, whilst battling a global pandemic? How could they keep both patients and … Read more