New Delhi, April 10 (PTI): The arrival of summer in India may have raised hopes that hot and humid weather could slow the COVID-19 pandemic, however, experts believe that there is not enough proof to conclude a
BY ROHIT VAID
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) As speculation is rife over the possible extension of the national lockdown, economists and industry insiders have contended that India can afford such a m
New Delhi, April 9 (PTI): The year 2020 could see the worst global economic fallout since the Great Depression in the 1930s with over 170 countries likely to experience negative per capita income growth due to
BY BHARAT UPADHYAY
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) With the coronavirus pandemic striking hard and spreading rapidly in India, a big question arises whether we need a new COVID-19 ventilator p
BY SUKANT DEEPAK
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Stressing that right now, peoples fear of the Coronavirus was essentially because mortality was staring them in the face and they were realisin
BY SFOORTI MISHRA
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Given that many parts of India are witnessing large number of cases of Covid-19, experts have expressed their views on community transmission, but speak
Indigenous leader Cacique Raoni of Kayapo tribe is pictured during a four-day pow wow in Piaracu village, in Xingu Indigenous Park, near Sao Jose do Xingu, Mato Grosso state, Brazil, January 17, 2020. REUTERS/R
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has said that due to the coronavirus crisis, India currently faces the greatest economic emergency since its independence.
He noted that alth
BY D.C. PATHAK
IANS | April 5
The episode of corona virus infliction that embraced most Indian states, tested the strength of our federal architecture in a manner that was entirely new -- fo
BY SAEED NAQVI
IANS | April 5
In the early 70s, Indian missions in West Asia received a curt directive from South Block: do not issue visas to applicants travelling to attend the international con
Zapotec woman Juana Lazaro, a non-Spanish-speaker, washes her hands after learning about hand-washing and social distancing to avoid coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from a local radio program, at her house in Te
BY SUKANT DEEPAK
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) "If the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is about giving citizenship to the persecuted in the neighbouring countries, I appeal to the Government
Migrant workers, who work in textile looms, rest inside a room after their looms were shut due to the 21-day nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease, in Bhiwandi on the outskirts of Mu
Indigenous leaders Cacique Raoni of Kayapo tribe (C) and Sonia Guajajara (3rd L), and Angela Mendes (2nd R) present a joint declaration to the media during a four-day pow wow in Piaracu village, in Xingu Indige
A woman wearing a protective face mask walks by blossom trees in Battersea Park as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues. London, Britain March 21, 2020 REUTERS/Peter Nicholls
New York, April 1 (IANS) The Donald Trump administration revealed for the first time multiple predictive models that are being used to estimate its grim assessment of a 100,000-200,000 coronavirus death to
BY DEEPAK SHARMA AND NAVNEET MISHRA
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Determined to contain the dreaded virus from spreading in the community, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his big team of experts are
A seaweed harvester off the coast of Ramanathapuram, India, March 8, 2020. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Anuradha Nagaraj
Coastal women who have long dived for a harvest are now battling global-warmin
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) The index of panic as per the IANS CVoter Covid Tracker has shot up in the week ending March 29 with more people, around 22 per cent, afraid that they or someone in the family ca
London, March 29 (IANS) Researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have developed a new framework for selecting the best trees for fighting air pollution that originates from our roads.
In a study, pu