Safe to consume milk from LSD-infected cattle: IVRI official

It is safe to consume milk from cattle infected by Lumpy Skin Disease, which is a non-zoonotic infection and not transmissible from animals to humans, according to a senior official of Indian......

Mask mandate can be removed for now, say experts

Setting at rest fears over Covid restrictions being relaxed, several experts say the two-year stringent mask mandate has led to fatigue and can be removed from public spaces for now just as many......

2021: How Covid kept the world on tenterhooks, with surprises aplenty

The optimism of a year that started with the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, seen as the beginning of the end of the pandemic, has petered out as 2021 winds to a close. IMAGE: Patients on oxygen support......

Is A Vaccine Booster Needed?

'There is no emergency of a third wave that we are rushing for booster doses.' IMAGE: A healthcare worker collects a swab sample of a passenger for the COVID-19 test in the wake of the new......

Waste pickers in Pune teach municipality cleanliness lesson

Waste pickers in Pune force corporates and the municipality to address safe disposal of sanitary napkins, notes Soma BasuFor two years, a waste pickers’ cooperative in Pune had been trying to......

Can a condom maker churn out vaccines for the nation?

HLL, formerly Hindustan Latex Ltd, has been attempting to protect the nation against sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies for decades -- its Nirodh condom is arguably one of the......

8 anti-cancer drugs to be categorised as essential

Eight commonly prescribed anti-cancer drugs will soon enter India's National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM).The entry assumes significance in the backdrop of a Supreme Court directive to the......

Hyderabad: India's Genome Valley

"If Bangalore is the Silicon Valley, Hyderabad is the Genome Valley. India's future is in biotechnology," Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy is excited as he makes a......