Indian-American Jay Bhattacharya to be Trump's health agency head

US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Indian-American scientist Jay Bhattacharya to lead the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the country's top health research and funding......

Trump picks anti-vaccine activist as health secretary

United States President-elect Donald Trump announced his decision to nominate former Democratic presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr. as his Secretary of Health and Human Services. The......

Crisis deepens as Bengal docs defy SC order, reject Mamata's talk offer

Protesting junior doctors in West Bengal defied a Supreme Court order, asking them to resume work by 5 pm on Tuesday, and said they would continue with their protest till their demands were......

Doctors' strike hits health services

The anti-reservation agitation by medical students spread to different parts of the country on Monday with private doctors also joining the IMA-called nation wide strike, crippling basic health......

Vedantu gives pink slips to 385 employees in 3rd round of layoffs this year

Edtech unicorn Vedantu has laid off 385 employees, nearly 11.6 per cent of the company workforce, according to sources. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com This move is being seen as part of a......

Telcos told to give self-certificate on radiation

The government has asked the mobile operators to give self certificates stating that radiations emitted by their towers are not harmful for human health, else face penalty as per prescribed norms.......

Scandent arm bags $34 mn US deal

IT services company Scandent Solutions Corporation Ltd on Monday said its division Albion bagged an order worth $34 million from the state of Tennessee in the US for developing and implementing a......

SSI unit wins $13-mn US contract

SSI North America, a subsidiary of SSI Limited, has won a $13 million contract to build a HealthMatch Software application for the state of Minnesota in the United States.Announcing this in Chennai......

Formula One's Australian Grand Prix called off due to coronavirus

IMAGE: Australian Grand Prix CEO Andrew Westacott talks as a press conference is held outside the paddock after for the F1 Grand Prix of Australia was cancelled at Melbourne Grand Prix......

China's Olympic Games app has security flaws?

IMAGE: An orange peel cut out by a Chinese volunteer featuring Bing Dwen Dwen, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Mascot is pictured at the Main Press Center. Photograph: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters......

Fan who attended women's T20 WC final diagnosed with COVID-19

IMAGE: (Picture for representational purpose only) An Indian fans shows his support during the ICC Women's T20 Cricket World Cup Final match between India and Australia at the Melbourne Cricket......