Hyderabad: Director of Tata Institute for Genetics and Society, Bengaluru, Dr RK Mishra on Friday said there is a need for the country to prepare for future pandemics with smart investment. Delivering a Hindi lecture at CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) on the topic ‘Lessons learnt from the pandemic and the way forward’, Dr […]
New Delhi: India saw a single-day rise of 6,915 coronavirus infections, taking the country’s total tally of cases to 4,29,31,045, while active cases fell below the one-lakh mark after 60 days, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll climbed to 5,14,023 with 180 new fatalities reported in 24 hours, the […]
Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 436.3 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.95 million and vaccinations to over 10.53 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Tuesday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and the death […]
The coronavirus pandemic and its associated containment measures have left a heavy toll on the economy and disrupted livelihoods. A string of lockdowns and other restrictions have had a profound effect on employment and earnings. Several surveys reveal how the livelihoods have been devastated at unprecedented levels. Food insecurity and economic vulnerability have increased to […]
Hyderabad: Dr Drew Weissman, a globally renowned scientist in mRNA technology, said on Thursday that a pan-Coronavirus vaccine was being developed to ensure protection against all variants of the virus. “We want to create a vaccine that will stop any Coronavirus from infecting human beings. We are developing a few and they look promising,” he […]
Hyderabad: Excited and chattering students making their way to the classrooms, canteens abuzz with activity and libraries full of learners — the college campuses are alive again as the students return to the institutions after two years. With the coronavirus pandemic pushing the Universities and colleges to go online, students were left to study on […]
Amaravati: Former Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party national president N. Chandrababu Naidu has alleged that the State government meted out injustice to the government employees by withdrawing concessions given to them by the previous TDP government. Talking to media persons here on Monday evening, he recalled that his government in the past had given […]
Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on countries that are starting to lift Covid-19 measures to do so in a steady and slow way, as recent data have shown a sharp increase in coronavirus-related deaths around the world. “Since the Omicron variant was first identified just 10 weeks ago, almost 90 million cases […]
New Delhi: Even as reports emerge of a new lethal variant called ‘NeoCov’ that requires only one mutation to infiltrate human cells, doctors on Saturday advised people not to panic. NeoCoV has been discovered by scientists from the Wuhan University in China in a bat population in South Africa. While it has only been known […]
