India's Sputnik V decision a win for Russia's soft power diplomacy

The Russian vaccine has been registered in more than 55 countries and is gaining recognition in the virtual world -- being the only to have its own Facebook page, YouTube channel and a Twitter......

How India has fared in its fight against COVID-19

And how is it faring compared to the rest of the world? IMAGE: A paramedic checks the temperature of a patient at a hospital in New Delhi. Photograph: Ravi Choudhary/PTI Photo How well are we......

How bats carry coronavirus without getting sick

Scientists have uncovered how bats can carry the MERS coronavirus without getting sick, shedding light on what triggers coronaviruses, including the one behind the COVID-19 pandemic, to jump to......

Coronavirus: Evacuations process have begun, says MEA

As China scrambles to contain the fast-spreading coronavirus, which has already claimed more than 100 lives there, India is planning to evacuate its nationals, mostly students, stuck in Wuhan, the......

India's share in world IT? 1.4%

The market for global information technology services grew 6.2 per cent to $569 billion in 2003, up from $536 billion in 2002, according to preliminary results from Gartner Inc, global research......

Travel firms on expansion trail

Kuoni India is in the process of acquiring an infotech company and setting up a call centre to cater to the travel enquiries of foreign tourists who visit India. The company, which currently......

Resume trade talks: WTO chief

World Trade Organisation Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi on Wednesday called for a resumption of stalled multilateral talks in the backdrop of a stagnation in global trade flows in the first......

Iraq war, SARS hit Indian diamond exports

Processed diamond exports from India, which meets nearly 80 per cent of global demand, have been hit by the Iraq war and a deadly flu-like virus in South East Asia, industry officials said on......