Mock drill across India on Dec 27 to check Covid preparedness

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday advised states and Union Territories to undertake a mock drill across all health facilities on December 27 to ensure readiness of infrastructure......

4 dead as ONGC chopper falls into sea off Mumbai coast

A brand new Pawan Hans' Sikorsky chopper with 9 people on board crashed into the Arabian Sea, about 50 nautical miles from the Mumbai coast on Tuesday, killing four people -- including three Oil......

Flyers subject to random sampling can leave after giving samples: Govt

The Union ministry of civil aviation on Wednesday said only two per cent of the passengers coming from countries that are not in the 'at-risk' list will be subject to random sampling for......

Omicron: PM asks officials to review easing international travel curbs

Amid mounting global concerns over new coronavirus strain 'Omicron', Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday stressed the need to be proactive and directed officials to review plans for easing of......

Fiscal stimulus is not the need of the hour

What might be useful is targeted assistance to those sectors and individuals that are disproportionately affected, suggests Mihir S Sharma. IMAGE: An Indian citizen feeds his newborn baby as they......

How the world will change after coronavirus

'Tens of millions will be working from home for months at a time, which means the smartest brains in business will be focussed on creating more efficient WFH processes,' predicts Devangshu Datta.......

Malaysian baron eyes Indian skies

AirAsia founder and group CEO Anthony Francis Fernandes has been watching the Indian skies for a long time.Born to a Goan father, with a childhood partially spent in Kolkata -- where he attended La......

Air India sacks 58; unions threaten another strike

Even as Air India sacked 58 employees and de-recognised two unions on Thursday for going on an 'illegal' two-day strike, the airline's union leaders have threatened to go on another strike from......