COVID-19 vaccine at least a year away, say scientists

Vaccine design is still an empirical, trial and error process and a preventive against COVID-19 could be at least a year away, say scientists as information on developments in therapeutics to......

COVID-19 effect on healthcare may kill 6,000 kids daily: UNICEF

The United Nations' children agency has warned that an additional 6,000 children could die daily from preventable causes over the next six months as the COVID-19 pandemic weakens the health systems......

Russian protection for India against Pak nuclear attack

'With Pakistan's 'first use doctrine' threatening the use of nuclear weapons early in a war with India, the S-400 will shield vulnerable targets like Delhi and Mumbai, complicating Pakistan's......

Five truths about India

India's politics has grown more regionalised, yet powerful forces of centralisation remain intact, says Milan Vaishnav, an associate in the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for......

Did poverty and inequality spike during Covid?

Claims of a spike in poverty and inequality in India during the Covid-19 pandemic are patently false as such claims are based on uncomparable different surveys, according to a paper co-authored by......

Covid second wave won't sting economy

The hit to economic activity will be mostly confined to the first quarter.And a third wave, if it materialises, is unlikely to be hugely disruptive for the economy, predicts T T Ram Mohan. IMAGE:......

Economic surveys: A case of hits and misses on GDP numbers

Of the seven surveys presented under Modi govt, predictions of three were quite close to the actual GDP growth rate, one saw the base year change in between, but the last three were way off the......

What will Nirmalaji do on February 1?

If Nirmala Sitharaman does indeed present a 'never-before' like Budget on February 1, going by her promise, she would create a new benchmark for post-contraction Budgets, observes A K Bhattacharya.......

My Daughter Mithali Raj

'From the beginning (I have told her) "Whatever it may be -- you are losing or winning -- on the ground you're not going to cry!" She never cried.''"I don't want you to project that you are a......

China's cracking cricket

Professional sports look at the promise of the Chinese market as dreamily as any other industry. Yao Ming, the Houston Rockets' star center, has given America's National Basketball Association an......