'Everybody's going to get infected'

'In the likelihood that Omicron is circulating, you have a much greater chance of getting infected now, than you did during the Age of Delta.' IMAGE: A medic administers a dose of the COVID-19......

Covid vax tweak can help against new variants: Guleria

The COVID-19 vaccines can be "tweaked" to provide protection against new variants of the virus, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, Director Dr Randeep Guleria said. His......

Pharma majors shift focus to inhalants, nasal spray for Covid

While Lupin is working on a Remdesivir powder for inhalation, Glenmark has tied up with a Canadian Biotech firm for nitric oxide nasal spray that reduces Sars-CoV-2 viral load and thus......

Delta variant may spread as easily as chickenpox: Reports

The Delta variant of the coronavirus may cause more severe illness than all other known versions of the virus and spread as easily as chickenpox, media reports quoting an internal document from the......

How the world will change after coronavirus

'Tens of millions will be working from home for months at a time, which means the smartest brains in business will be focussed on creating more efficient WFH processes,' predicts Devangshu Datta.......

Coronavirus to shave $50 bn off global exports in Feb

UN economists announced a likely USD 50 billion drop in the worldwide manufacturing exports in February alone as the extent of the damage to the global economy caused by the novel coronavirus......

US nominates Jim Yong Kim as World Bank prez for 2nd term

'Re-electing Jim Yong Kim will allow the World Bank to continue to build on important initiatives and reforms.'     The US on Thursday nominated Jim Yong Kim to be the World Bank......

Raghuram Rajan, Sundar Pichai in Time's most influential list

RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and founders of Flipkart Binny Bansal and Sachin Bansal are among the Time magazine's '100 Most Influential People in the World'. Image:......

Why Tokyo Olympics next July will be 'uniquely risky'

'When we talk about bringing sports back with packed stadiums, I really think that is something we are going to have to wait for a vaccine to be able to do.' IMAGE: Tokyo 2020 is set to run from......

Football Briefs: Italian club AS Roma to auction shirts for Kerala flood relief

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: AS Roma players celebrate a goal (Image used for representational purposes). Photograph: Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters In......

'Zika not a reason to cancel Olympics'

IMAGE: Members of Team USA, Gabby Douglas, Simone Biles and Ryan Lochte during their Road to Rio Tour. Photograph: Mike Stobe/Getty Images for the USOC. The widespread Zika virus outbreak in......

Is India-born Gulati in line for BIG FIFA post?

Infantino begins search for non-European chief executive IMAGE: President of the United States Soccer Federation Sunil Gulati,. Photograph: Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images The victory celebration......

Chelsea face striker crisis ahead of Arsenal showdown

Diego Costa of Chelsea lies on the turf after getting injured. Photograph: Ian Walton/Getty Images Champions-elect Chelsea may have to go into Sunday's top of the table showdown against Arsenal at......