Washington, June 18 (ANI): An international team has identified a highly promising new anti-tuberculosis compound that attacks the tuberculosis (TB) bacterium in two different ways.

Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir), June 17 (ANI): Indian army on Monday said militants might attack Hindu pilgrims going to revered Lord Shiva shrine in Jammu and Kashmir.

Washington, June 17 (ANI): A reduction in syphilis, HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) was seen after peer-based prevention programs provided condoms and treated STIs among sex workers and their clients in addition to other activities, a study has found.

Guwahati, June 15 (ANI): Chief Minister of Assam Tarun Gogoi on Saturday said that he has ordered a thorough probe into the allegations leveled against a government-run blood bank.

Guwahati, June 14 (ANI): The United Nations resident coordinator, who was present during a two-day seminar, which was recently organized here to raise awareness and sensitise people about HIV/AIDS, has praised India for its efforts to fight the disease.

Washington, June 11 (ANI): A luxury underwater hotel is set to be built on the remote and postcard perfect tropical island of Kuredhivaru in the Maldive Islands, with the National Ministry of Tourism giving the green signal to the ambitious plan last week.

Washington, June 11 (ANI): An HIV health care center has created a wedding dress, made entirely of condoms, to raise awareness for the alarming raise in chlamydia, a sexually transmitted infection, diagnoses recently.

Washington, June 11 (ANI): Providing universal HIV testing for India's billion-plus population every five years would prove to be a cost-effective approach to managing the epidemic, even with more intensive testing for high-risk groups, a new study has revealed.

New Delhi, June 9 (ANI): Shiv Sena congratulates the newly elected Bharatiya Janata Party poll campaign chief Narendra Modi, but stated clearly that he is not NDA's campaign chief.

Washington, June 6 (ANI): Scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, have discovered how HIV triggers a signal telling an infected immune cell to die.

Chennai, June 3 (ANI): Minister of State in Prime Minister's Office (PMO) V. Narayanasamy on Monday took potshots at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) following Lal Krishna Advani's praise for Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan vis-a-vis his Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi, saying it is a leaderless party where everybody is in a tussle for due recognition.

New Delhi/Bhopal, June 3 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday played down the reports of an internal rift within the party following party veteran Lal Krishna Advani's praise of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan vis-a-vis his Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi, saying there is a complete misinterpretation.

Washington, June 3 (ANI): A first-of-its-kind, non-surgical circumcision device that could forestall the spread of AIDS in Africa has reportedly received approval from World Health Organization.

Washington, June 1 (ANI): Researchers have constructed theoretical models of HIV dynamics immediately following exposure to the virus, thus providing a method to study infection and treatment at these early stages, as well as come up with preemptive strategies for prevention.

Beijing, May 31 (Xinhua-ANI): New cases of HIV infections in the Philippines was highest in April at 388, the Department of Health (DOH) said Friday.

London, May 30 (ANI): Researchers have described for the first time the 4-million-atom structure of the HIV's capsid, or protein shell.

Washington, May 26 (ANI): Researchers at Oregon Health and Science University have discovered an ingenious method to ensure the body effectively reacts when infected with the highly evasive HIV virus that causes AIDS.

London, May 26 (ANI): Secret intelligence files have revealed that Rudolf Hess, a prominent politician in Nazi Germany, was suspected of trying to access a hidden fortune when he flew to Scotland.

Ranchi, May 25 (ANI): In the name of faith and ritual, small children of four to five years of age walk on fire, in order to please Lord Shiva, a Hindu deity of destruction, during a festival in Ranchi.

New Delhi, May 24 (ANI): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved a Rs 2,550 crore National AIDS Control Support Project (NACSP).

New Delhi, May 23 (ANI): The Planning Commission has approved an annual plan outlay of Rs. 35,500 crore for Madhya Pradesh for the financial year 2013-14.

Washington, May 22 (ANI): In a surprising discovery, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have determined that vitamin C kills drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) bacteria in laboratory culture.

New Delhi, May 19 (ANI): Senior Janata Dal- United (JD-U) leader Shivanand Tiwari on Sunday in the wake of the spot-fixing saga in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) said cricket is no longer a sport, but a trade.

Kolkata, May 16 (ANI): Overcoming economic hurdles, a newspaper delivery boy, Shiv Kumar has successfully cleared the entrance examination of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Joka, in Kolkata.

Beijing, May 14 (Xinhua-ANI): More than 180,000 teenagers are living with HIV in Nigeria, the United Nation Children Education Fund (UNICEF) said here on Tuesday.