The researchers considered projections under three scenarios: 1. Using the current country-specific testing rates and response functions moving forward, 2. If enhanced testing -- of 0.1 per cent a day -- is adopted on July 1, and 3. If sensitivity of contact rate to perceived risk is set to 8, leaving testing at current levels.
No longer Bengal's finance minister, Amit Mitra, Mamata's principal chief advisor, will still advise and aid the 'chief minister and finance department on all matters relating to management of state finance', represent the 'state government in national and international events/meetings/committees' and examine 'important proposals/files and policy issues relating to financial matters referred to him for advice/views'.
Wipro, India's major IT company, has awarded a grant of $1.19 million to promote science and teacher education leadership in the US.
10 best photos from the Boston Marathon held on Monday.
The QS World Rankings lists the best educational institutes in the world.
In a letter to the Business School community on Wednesday, Nohria said he will step down from the position of dean of the Harvard Business School (HBS) on June 30, 2020, after a decade in the role.
Bystanders kept their distance but worked to pour water over the gills of the massive predator.
As the world celebrates the season to be merry, we bring you some goofy images of Santa Claus this Christmas
Even though Hillary won fewer states as compared to Obama, she retains more number of delegates, who would ensure her nomination in the Democratic National Convention. She has 668 candidates as compared to Obama's 653.
Stating that India's economic stimulus was not adequate, Banerjee said, the measures did not increase consumption spending of lower income people as the government was not willing to put money in the hands of the low income population.
The West Bengal chief minister during the meet said that the state government was keen to utilise the Nobel winner's services.
A police source told 7News that the incident was operator error, and not a case of terror.
Banerjee joins the list of Indians and people of Indian origin who have received the prestigious Nobel prize in fields like Physics, Chemistry, Peace, Economic Sciences and Medicine.
Black Lives Matter protests and coronavirus rages across the pandemic and much more. Here are the top images from the month of June.
The figure, mentioned in his affidavit filed along with the nomination papers, is over five times the assets of his parents, which as per MP CM Nath's affidavit stood at over Rs 124 crore.
Here are some of the best sports photographs of the week. First, scantily-clad Santas runners on the streets of Chicago to raise money for charity. Then, action from the English Premier League and the Ashes Down Under. Take a Look!
As per a new study, people who were physically active were less likely to experience a new episode of depression.
Rediff.com looks back at some of the candid moments from Hillary Clinton's tenure as US Secretary of State.
Masood, his son Hassan, and a Chelmsford cleric were picked up by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents on November 15.
Sudiksha, an academically bright student, was pursuing a graduation course in entrepreneurship at Babson College, Massachusetts, US, on a scholarship and was scheduled to go back on August 20.
Meet Sudhanshu Mishra, 17-year-old who turned rejection to his advantage.
IMD has said the temperature in April-June across most parts in India is expected to be 0.5-1 degrees Celsius warmer than normal. However, doctors and scientists say they haven't found any direct correlation between the speed of COVID-19 spread and warm weather.
We bring you a presentation of some of the best photos from around the world in the month gone by.
Indian-American economist Abhijit Banerjee and his French-American wife Esther Duflo along with their colleague Michael Kremer received the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences on Tuesday for their work to alleviate global poverty that has helped millions of children in an experimental approach that favours practical steps over theory.
Simanta Roy meets Kirin Sinha, who is turning how to teach girls to SHINE in math on its head, with dance
Warren urged India to respect the rights of the people of Kashmir.
Three researchers from the Wuhan Institute of Virology sought hospital care in November 2019, weeks before Beijing disclosed the COVID-19 pandemic, a United States media report said, citing a previously undisclosed American intelligence document that could add weight to growing calls for a full scale probe of whether the coronavirus may have escaped from China's top bio lab.
'My mission is to bring the world together by the game of basketball.'
Meet Sayamindu Dasgupta!
Hiriko is a folding two-seat urban electric car.
Sathwik Karnik, an Indian-origin boy from Massachusetts has won this year's National Geographic Bee contest after gruelling rounds testing his geographic knowledge about lions in Botswana, mountain ranges in Asia and port cities in England.
Parents should enroll their children in coding classes only as a leisure time activity, that too with strict curbs on screen time.
The student went to discuss his poor grades with his assistant professor and ended up stabbing her in the neck.
While a recent study has claimed that dining out, and grocery shopping could be more dangerous than air travel during the COVID-19 pandemic, partly due to special ventilation systems in airplanes, some scientists say such a comparison cannot be made without knowing if mask-wearing and social distancing norms are properly followed in each of these scenarios.
Do you need to know what you should pack if you are going to the US to study?
Let's have a look at countries that enjoy high broadband speed and see where India ranks.
A state of emergency has been declared in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
A Massachusetts state police photographer has released never-before-seen photos of Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev just before he was taken into custody.
The ability to operate it from remote locations makes it a unique proposition, says Khalid Anzar.
Ashish Jha, the head of Harvard's Global Health Institute, said the 200,000 death toll is "not just a guess". Currently 800-1000 people are dying daily in America from the virus and all data suggest that the situation is going to get worse.
