Heatwaves and ozone together increase India’s cardiac deaths: study

During the heatwave days of 2024, it links about 26,500 deaths from ischaemic heart disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to ozone exposure. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu While surface ozone — a pollutant harmful to the heart and lungs — already exceeds safe limits across much of India in the hot pre-monsoon […]

CBSE CTET correction window 2026 opens at ctet.nic.in: Check link to edit here

ctet 2026 correction window expected to be released soon

The CTET September 2026 application correction window has been activated by the Central Board of Secondary Education, enabling candidates to modify specific details in their submitted forms through ctet.nic.in. Access is available via login credentials, but only limited fields can be edited. The board has warned that no changes will be allowed after the deadline. […]

IIT Kharagpur–IIPH Delhi extends MPH (Health Science & Technology) admissions deadline: Check details here

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The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Public Health (IIPH)-Delhi, has extended the application deadline for its Master of Public Health (Health Science & Technology) programme. Candidates can now apply till 21 June 2026, for the academic session beginning July 2026.The two-year full-time postgraduate programme is offered through […]

Can lung cancer be prevented using a drug?

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On June 4 2026, a paper was published in the journal Cell, in which researchers from The Francis Crick Institute, University College London and elsewhere, identified a set of blood proteins that appeared to predict lung cancer five years before it became clinically apparent. In addition, the researchers proposed that a human monoclonal antibody called […]