What we LEARNT about COVID-19

'If you delay the diagnosis even by 24 hours, in that 24 hours individuals would have affected more people.' 'So, contact tracing, testing, isolation, quarantine needs to continue.' IMAGE: A......

India sees 22,752 new COVID-19 cases, 482 deaths in one day

India's coronavirus cases mounted to 7,42,417 on Wednesday with a single-day rise of 22,752 infections and 482 fresh deaths were reported even though the recovery rate further improved to over 61.5......

Delhi surpasses TN to be 2nd worst-hit by COVID-19

With over 59,000 COVID-19 cases, Delhi has now surpassed Tamil Nadu to become the second worst-hit among various states and union territories.   Even by death count till Sunday, which stood......

India 9th worst-hit in terms of COVID-19 deaths

With 9,195 fatalities till Sunday, India is the ninth worst-hit nation in terms of COVID-19 deaths while the highest spike of 11,929 cases took the tally to over 3.20 lakh of which over half have......

Celebrities can face 5-year jail, fine for misleading ads

The ministry has proposed similar penalty and jail term for adulteration, besides license suspension and cancellation Celebrities endorsing misleading advertisements can be jailed for up to five......

Why the child labour law should not be amended

The proposed changes to the child labour law to allow children and adolescents to work for their families would be most retrograde and regressive, say Shinzani Jain and Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.......

Bio-piracy: India wins case against 15 patents

The European Patent Office (EPO) has rejected 15 patent applications of various international companies during the past one year after it found they had used India's traditional medicinal knowledge......

Lankan academy to be named after Murali

Sri Lanka's first fully-fledged cricket academy is likely to be named after Mutthiah Muralitharan.The Island newspaper quoted Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as saying he would suggest to the......

Tendulkar out for 2 months

The finger injury to Sachin Tendulkar will not only keep him out of the tri-nation tournament in Bangladesh but also from all international engagements for two months.Tendulkar, the top-scorer at......