The BA.2 subvariant of the Omicron coronavirus variant is not only faster at spreading, but may also cause more severe disease, a lab study suggests. IMAGE: People wearing face masks queue at a......
A sub-variant of the highly contagious Omicron coronavirus strain is even more infectious than the original version, according to a study conducted in Denmark. Photograph: ANI Photo The......
'An individual who maybe has had two vaccines, or has had two vaccines, and a booster, is going to be pretty well protected.' IMAGE: A municipal corporation worker administers a dose of COVID-19......
'It's a moot point if Kailaasa will ever evolve beyond being a haven for a fugitive from justice,' notes Devangshu Datta. IMAGE: Swami Nithyananda. An apocryphal story features a meeting......
Biometric authentication is based on the unscientific and questionable assumption that there are parts of human body that do not age, wither and decay with the passage of time, says Gopal Krishna.......
India has been ranked in the bottom half among 134 countries in terms of gender equality, in WEF's latest ranking that assessed the distribution of resources and opportunities among males and......
University of Sydney scientists say they have developed a new technology that could make Internet 60 times faster and give users unlimited, error-free access anywhere in the world. And all this at......
India has a very supporting entrepreneurial environment with adequate supply of equity and debt capital.Cultural attitudes towards entrepreneurship are positive in terms of both risk-taking and......
It has now officially been made public that value-added tax tariff would be patterned on the classification based on the Harmonised System of Nomenclature, also known as the Brussels Trade......
IMAGE: Amit Panghal is assured of a medal. Photograph: BFI/Twitter Amit Panghal (52kg) stormed into the final after three other Indian boxers were assured of medals at the World Cup in Cologne,......