Current epidemic law can't handle future crisis, needs overhaul, says panel

Flagging "significant deficiencies" in the Epidemic Diseases Act, the Law Commission has recommended to the government that either the law be suitably amended to address existing gaps or a......

Hyderabad firm develops next-gen XBB1.5 Covid vax, awaits trial nod

The move comes at a time when Omicron and its sub-variants have remained the dominant strains in circulation for close to two years now. Most of the vaccines available and administered in......

Covid: Parl panel stresses swift strategy evolution for next-gen vaccines

A parliamentary committee has stressed the urgent need to evolve strategies for development of next-generation vaccines and recommended that the Union health ministry encourage vaccine development......

Covid vax didn't increase risk of sudden death among young: Govt

A study conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has observed that COVID-19 vaccination did not increase the risk of unexplained sudden death among young adults in India, the......

Rescue acts, growth measures dominate RBI's platter in 2020

Delivering a public speech hours after the RBI launched a rescue act for Yes Bank on March 6, Governor Shaktikanta Das reiterated the RBI's affirmation to do whatever was needed to combat the......

'Money and power, nothing worked'

'There's no point making grand plans all our lives when life itself is so fragile.' IMAGE: Sai Tamhankar and Prateik Babbar in India Lockdown. Madhur Bhandarkar's India Lockdown, which had its......

Beijing Winter Olympics: 55 COVID-19 cases on Feb 2, highest daily tally

IMAGE: An official tests the course ahead of the Freestyle Skiing at the Shougang Big Air ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics in Beijing on February 03, 2022. Photograph: Justin Setterfield/Getty......

Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony scandals and more...

Scandals over ceremony have deterred some, Tokyo 2020 head says Photograph: Kind Courtesy Tokyo Olympics/Twitter A series of recent scandals engulfing officials working on the opening......

COVID scare at Olympics: Three athletes ruled out after positive test

Dutch skateboarder Jacobs says heartbroken after testing COVID-positive IMAGE: Netherlands' Candy Jacobs was forced to withdraw from the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19 on......

PHOTOS: Anti-Olympic sentiment grows in Tokyo

IMAGE: A protester demonstrates against the forthcoming Tokyo Olympic Games near the Akasaka State Guest House in Tokyo. Photographs: Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images With days to go for the opening......

'COVID infection bubble already broken at Olympic Village'

IMAGE: A silhouette of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games Athletes' Village in Tokyo on Monday. Photograph: Naoki Ogura/Reuters The so-called bubble to control COVID-19 infections at the Olympic......