Delhi: Abbott announced the launch of its innovative automation solutions, GLP systems Track, to support laboratories’ high-volume needs. India is now the world’s most populous nation, and the population is experiencing a rising chronic disease burden. As a result, the Indian diagnostic sector is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 11 … Read more
The Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) will introduce an app called ‘Where is my KSRTC’ to track buses in the line of ‘Where is my train app’, Kerala Transport Minister K.B. Ganesh Kumar has said. Speaking to the media here on Thursday, the Minister said the KSRTC also has plans to set up a … Read more
South Central Railway (SCR) added 383.85 km to its rail network, bringing rail connectivity to several new areas, and also electrified a 1,017 route km during 2022-23, the highest addition in a financial year, said general manager Arun Kumar Jain on Friday. Addressing officers and staff on the occasion of the 68th railway week at … Read more
Commuters of short distance passenger trains have warned of protest, citing how a large number of passengers are unable to reach their workplaces and homes in time, since their trains are being detained to make way for the newly launched Vande Bharat Express through Alappuzha. They attributed it to the delay in doubling the 69-km … Read more
A mental health trust did not record a cause of death in many cases, a review finds. Source link
Panaji: The directorate of health services (DHS) in collaboration with three centres have developed a mobile app for real-time testing and surveillance of malaria among migrant labourers. Health services face challenges to check the spread of malaria among labourers as they are constantly on the move across the state. “Contractors move labourers from south to … Read more
Prof Baur said the trend was “particularly worrying”, adding that “governments and policymakers around the world need to do all they can to avoid passing health, social, and economic costs on to the younger generation” by assessing “the systems and root factors” that contribute to obesity. Source link
A sum of ₹11,314 crore has been set aside in the 2023-24 Budget for Southern Railway to execute infrastructure projects. Yet, passenger associations point to projects in Tamil Nadu that need more funding. Among them are Mannargudi-Pattukottai and Pattukottai-Thanjavur lines that have been allocated ₹43.50 crore Source link
San Francisco: Researchers have developed a smart neck-worn device resembling a lapis blue pendant called “SmokeMon” that detects a user’s smoking by capturing the heat signature from a lit cigarette in real-time, a new study has shown. According to US-based Northwestern Medicine researchers, the necklace completely maintains a smoker’s privacy, only tracking heat, not visuals … Read more
New Delhi: Samsung has added temperature sensor functionality in its Galaxy Watch5 series that will bring temperature-based period tracking to the wrist. Samsung Electronics and Natural Cycles announced a partnership to bring advanced temperature-based menstrual cycle tracking capabilities to the Galaxy Watch5 series. The new skin temperature-based cycle tracking capabilities will be available on Galaxy … Read more