'Time to play hardball with China'

'Unless India ups the ante, Beijing will continue to believe its transgressions are cost free and will feel encouraged to do more of the same.' IMAGE: A Bofors gun at the Tawang sector near the......

NIV isolates monkeypox virus, paves way for vaccine, diagnostic kit

The National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune under the ICMR has isolated the monkeypox virus from the clinical specimen of a patient, which can pave the way for development of diagnostic kits......

Modi calls for reforming WHO at 2nd global Covid summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday called for reforming the World Health Organisation and streamlining its approval process for vaccines and therapeutics, and favoured making flexible the......

We are safe only when everyone is safe

So vaccinate employees and families, their staff at home, rickshaw drivers, milkmen, service providers, shopkeepers and street vendors, says Naushad Forbes. IMAGE: Registration process underway at......

Key mantra for India's pharma sector in 2023

Reinvent and innovate will be the key mantra for the Indian pharma industry in the New Year as the 'pharmacy of the world' looks to move from volume to value leadership, amid emerging challenges of......

A stringent patent rule is latest hurdle for India-UK free trade agreement

Negotiations for a trade deal between India and the UK have run into fresh controversy, after the proposals under a leaked chapter of the deal on intellectual property (IP) are believed to put......

India, Pak bonhomie at WTO blossoms despite fractious bilateral relations

Even as the bilateral relationship between the two neighbouring countries remains hostile, there is growing coordination between India and Pakistan on one multilateral forum — the World Trade......

India's personal data protection bill may threaten innovation, growth: USTR

The US on Thursday raised concerns over India’s Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill and draft non-personal data governance framework, claiming these could potentially threaten innovation and......

Magnus Carlsen's Last Gambit

A title match requires months of preparation and pulling out of other events, putting together a team of seconds, etc. Carlsen just says he lacks the motivation to do this again. IMAGE: World......

Football Extras: Barca escape Copa expulsion

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field  IMAGE: FC Barcelona players celebrate a goal. Levante said that Barca had played defender Juan ‘Chumi’ Brandariz in......

PHOTOS: Bolt sprinkles star-dust as athletics goes Hollywood

'I've never handed (a baton) over to a girl. For me that was exciting.' IMAGE: Usain Bolt competes in the mixed 4x100 metre relay during the Nitro Athletics event at Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne,......