July 15, 2020 18:53 IST
Nasal coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccine: Several research groups and firms, including in the United States, Canada and India, are working on nasal coronavirus vaccines.
Thu, Jul 16, 2020July 14, 2020 13:54 IST
Those who have registered with the forum include fresher-level employees who used to earn between Rs 10,000 to Rs 15,000 to even employees who were part of the higher management and co-founders of startups, having a salary of Rs 20-30 lakh.
Tue, Jul 14, 2020July 12, 2020 16:31 IST
US Coronavirus cases: On Saturday, the US reported 66,627 cases, the highest daily spurt in infections since the pandemic began, raising the country's total to nearly 3.185 million, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University
Mon, Jul 13, 2020July 06, 2020 15:52 IST
Coronavirus parties in the US: Over the past few weeks, there have been several parties in the city of Tuscaloosa and surrounding areas, with authorities only recently beginning to crack the whip.
Thu, Jul 09, 2020July 02, 2020 17:10 IST
International flights Resume: India looks to resume commercial international passenger flights in a phased manner from next month.
Mon, Jul 06, 2020June 27, 2020 20:17 IST
Covid-19 testing types, process: With India's strategy to combat Covid-19 being 'test, track, and treat', other types of tests like antibody, TrueNat and CBNAAT (tuberculosis tests) and antigen were introduced as the ICMR faced a backlash for lack of testing.
Tue, Jul 28, 2020June 24, 2020 17:25 IST
Coronavirus (Covid-19) Medicine Latest Update: Companies have launched generic versions of Remdesivir and Favipiravir to aid in the treatment of Covid-19, in specific cases, while UK has authorised the use of steroid dexamethasone.
Tue, Jun 30, 2020June 22, 2020 21:29 IST
Coronavirus (Covid-19) Vaccine Latest Update: According to the World Health Organization’s latest count, 13 experimental vaccines are being tested in humans and more than 120 others are in earlier stages of development even as the infections near nine million, including 468,484 deaths.
Tue, Jun 30, 2020June 18, 2020 18:33 IST
Coronavirus (Covid-19) Tracker: The most notable resurgence has been in China's capital Beijing, which has reported over 150 infections ever since the city recorded its first domestically transmitted case in 57 days on June 11.
Fri, Jun 19, 2020June 13, 2020 10:15 IST
India has taken 134 days to reach 3 lakh cases ever since the first infection was reported on January 30 -- a medical student who had arrived in Kerala from the virus epicentre of China’s Wuhan. At present, India's tally stands at 3,00,519, including 8,872 deaths and 1.52 lakh recoveries.
Sat, Jun 13, 2020June 08, 2020 21:16 IST
India fares the worst among the top 10 affected countries when it comes to the average daily number of tests per 100,000 population. India's all-time average daily tests has been 1 per 100,000 population since the outbreak.
Mon, Jun 08, 2020June 03, 2020 08:51 IST
As the day of the journey arrived, a flurry of questions went through my mind: what if my area is suddenly declared a containment zone, will my cab be stopped at night (my flight was at 7.30 am), what if the Aarogya Setu app shows red during check-up.
Wed, Jun 03, 2020May 28, 2020 17:22 IST
"We want to go out and help people but we can’t. The only option is to listen to the problems and solve through tele-psychiatry intervention."
Fri, May 29, 2020May 24, 2020 20:52 IST
The Maharashtra government has allowed Mumbai airport to handle 50 domestic flights per day. Kolkata and Bagdogra airports to not operate any domestic flights between May 25-27.
Tue, May 26, 2020April 29, 2020 04:30 IST
COVID-19 cases in India are taking a longer time to double during the lockdown than they were earlier. A look at nationwide trends, and how widely the doubling rates have varied from one state to another.
Fri, May 01, 2020April 21, 2020 18:39 IST
SAARC Nations Coronavirus Cases, Deaths: The eight SAARC nations -- India, Pakistan, the Maldives, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan -- account for just 1.28 per cent of the world total of 24,80,503 coronavirus cases.
Wed, Apr 22, 2020April 16, 2020 20:21 IST
To put the figures of coronavirus in perspective, tuberculosis alone kills an average of 4 lakh Indians annually, and the daily average of over 1,200 is way beyond the COVID-19 fatalities in the country.
Fri, Apr 17, 2020April 10, 2020 16:38 IST
Zimbabwe has the highest mortality rate of 27.30%, which is nearly five times that of the global rate of 5.9%. Zimbabwe is followed by Bahamas, Guyana, Algeria and Myanmar -- none of which feature in the top 10 countries with most cases or fatalities.
Fri, Apr 10, 2020April 08, 2020 21:55 IST
According to the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 tracker, the death rate in Bangladesh stands at 10.40 per cent, with 20 fatalities. Interestingly, the death rate in Bangladesh is nearly double the global rate of 5.08 per cent.
Wed, Apr 08, 2020March 03, 2020 17:24 IST
A day after two fresh cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in India, taking the total number of those infected in the country to five, Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured citizens there was “no need to panic”.
Tue, Mar 03, 2020February 05, 2020 17:16 IST
Will it be easy for BJP to hold on to all three seats? A look at the ground reality reveals that even though BJP enjoys considerable support in Rohini and Vishwas Nagar, the Muslim-majority seat of Mustafabad may slip from its grasp owing to the Citizenship Act and lack of development.
Wed, Feb 05, 2020February 04, 2020 19:43 IST
Even as the university reopened on January 13 after it was shut on December 15 following protests against the alleged police action, the students have been boycotting classes, leading to examinations being postponed.
Wed, Feb 05, 2020January 31, 2020 14:59 IST
On the challenge against being pitted against a high-profile politician, both Sunil Yadav and Romesh Sabharwal claimed that the AAP convenor Kejriwal was never seen in his constituency these five years and does not have any idea of the issues plaguing New Delhi seat.
Sat, Feb 01, 2020January 28, 2020 16:40 IST
The move by Centre to regularise unauthorised colonies is being seen as BJP's bid to woo over 40 lakh residents of 1,731 these colonies ahead of the Assembly elections in Delhi. The voting pattern of these colonies will have a bearing in at least 34 of the 70 constituencies.
Tue, Jan 28, 2020December 18, 2019 10:24 IST
The Aligarh Muslim University's sudden decision to declare early winter vacations following protests over Citizenship Act has caused inconvenience to students, especially research scholars from Kashmir, who have to submit their final dissertations next month.
Wed, Dec 18, 2019