Dengue, one of the mosquito-causing disease has declined in the number of new cases in the past decade. But the outbreaks have increased now and the spread

People infected with dengue will not be allowed to donate blood for six months, as per the announcement of the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Department

Highlights: World Down Syndrome Day is celebrated on 21st March every year Creates awareness about this genetic

The Australian Government has secured an exemption from new US metal tariffs, Trade Minister Steven Ciobo has said.

The Canadian Revenue Agency has unveiled a three-point action plan to improve the services offered by its call centers.

Canada's small business tax rate will be reduced from 10 percent to nine percent from January 1, 2019, as part of a suite of new year tax changes.

Cyprus's Department of Taxation said recently that it will accept only electronic payment for the main tax heads from June 1, 2018.

The United States International Trade Commission will issue countervailing duty orders on imports of cold-drawn mechanical tubing from China and India, after determining that they are causing material injury to US manufacturers.

French pharmaceutical company Sanofi is ready to offer the French authorities, millions of doses of Plaquenil containing hydroxychloroquine, to treat

A potential new vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus causing the COVID-19 pandemic has been announced by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientists.

Drug overdose epidemic emerged abruptly among the Baby Boomers, shifted youth-ward for Generation X, and then soared to new heights among the Millennials, says a new study.

The Governments of France and the United States are reportedly close to settling a dispute surrounding France's digital services tax.

Many US states will begin to impose sales and use tax obligations on remote sellers and marketplace facilitators from October 1, 2019, largely in response to the United States Supreme Court's landmark decision in the Wayfair case.

China intends to implement numerous changes to its trade tariffs from January 1, 2018, to ensure domestic businesses have access to inputs and equipment and to implement changes in prior international agreements.

Hong Kong has gazetted an ordinance to establish a new two-tier corporate tax regime from April 1, 2018.

The Swiss Government has welcomed Switzerland's removal from the EU's list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions, and said that the country meets and implements international tax standards.

The EU has announced the removal of eight jurisdictions from its tax blacklist.

The EU on May 25 removed the Bahamas and Saint Kitts and Nevis from its list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions.

The main UK opposition party Labour has set out its plans for tax reform, in a manifesto released on November 21.

Highlights: On behalf of ISPEN 2019, Medindia interviewed Dr. Usha Sriram on her talk on Metabolic syndrome D

The Austrian parliament has approved measures to exempt allowances and bonuses paid to employees from all taxes as part of the Government's economic response to the COVID-19 crisis.

The United Arab Emirates' Federal Tax Authority has announced changes to value-added tax filing and payment deadlines, for tax periods that ended on March 31.

The Governments of France and the United States are reportedly close to settling a dispute surrounding France's digital services tax.

For people when making healthy food choices - overriding fat and salt, sugar content is the key factor, revealed researchers. A team from the

In animal study, small amount of coconut oil was found to decrease the features of metabolic syndrome, a cluster of risk factors that raise the chances

Gonorrhoea is the second most common sexually transmitted infection across the European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries with almost 5,00,000 reported cases between 2007 and 2016.

While clear, plastic aligners have grown in popularity as alternatives to bulky, metal braces, these appliances can become easily contaminated. A new

Dental stem cells extracted from baby teeth can help in the regeneration of dental tissues, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published

Dental painkillers put teens and young adults at increased risk for opioid addiction in the following year, a study from the Stanford University School of Medicine has found.

Protruding teeth in kids are more prone to injuries and long-term consequences. Therefore, regular dental check-ups, especially for kids, are necessary to protect their dental health.

In a rare surgery, doctors have extracted an astounding 526 teeth from the mouth of a seven-year-old boy. The surgery was performed at Chennai's Saveetha Dental College and Hospital, doctors said.

More than 5 billion people could suffer water shortages by 2050 due to climate change, Pincreased demand and polluted supplies, concluded the UN’s 2018 report on the state of the world’s water.

World’s largest user of groundwater for agriculture looks to solar for a more sustainable future.  

Sumita Panjwani, a lady scientist in Chhattisgarh, has found a revolutionary way to use paddy stubble instead of burning it. She has managed to put it

How close is the world to “peak phosphorus” — that point in time when production of phosphorus will reach its maximum and it will get harder to access it?

Wa, (UWR), Feb. 06, GNA – The German Development Cooperation (GIZ) has earmarked 18 communities in six districts in the Savanna Ecological Zone (SEZ) to pilot the Resilience Against Climate Change (REACH) project.

It has been said many times that there is very little irrigation development in Africa, that there is little water storage per head of population, that this adds up to high vulnerability to droughts.

Everyone approaches romantic relationships differently. On one end of the spectrum are people who crave closeness so much, they may come across as "clingy.

Practicing mindfulness, or the conscious awareness of emotions and sensations can lower rates of procrastination and distress, reports a new study. The

About 60 percent of the region’s people are employed by the agricultural sector, which depends almost entirely on irrigation.

New report paints a worrying picture, provides recommendations on what can be done.

How farmers have taken charge of their destiny by using motor pumps for irrigation.

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Friday said we have saved India from going into Stage 3 or community transmission stage, and have also fared better than many countries.

Coronavirus in Maharashtra has spread like a wildfire to infect a whopping 19,063 persons in only 60 days, stated sources. Since the past five days

New study published online today by Nature Communications revealed which patients with ovarian cancer won't benefit from immune-PARP combo. The study

HER2-targeted antibody-drug conjugate, fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki also called Enhertu, found to show signs of clinical activity in multiple non-breast/non-gastric

Doctors were astounded to remove this massive hoard weighing 1.6 kg which included golden metal jewellery, trinkets, money and a watch from a woman's stomach during an operation.

Chinese man had swallowed a 14-centimeter long toothbrush 20 years ago in an attempt to commit suicide. The Chinese doctors removed it from the man's entrails.

When an elderly plane passenger fell ill mid-flight, a heroic doctor saved the man's life by sucking his urine out of his blocked bladder. When the

World’s largest user of groundwater for agriculture looks to solar for a more sustainable future.