A large trial in the United States and two South American countries of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has shown 79 per cent efficacy rate at preventing symptomatic COVID-19 and 100 per cent......
'Respect nature, working with (it) rather than against it.' IMAGE: Dr Rattan Lal, winner of thr 2020 World Food Prize. Photograph: Kind courtesy Worldfoodprize.org Dr Rattan Lal, a soil......
While bats are the ancestral hosts to many deadly viruses affecting humans such as Ebola, rabies, and the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, the flying mammals themselves tolerate these pathogens......
The RoyalSwedishAcademy of Sciences on Tuesday announced that the Nobel Prize in Physics, 2018, will be shared among three scientists, one each from United States of America, Canada and France, for......
Here's your weekly dose of all the news that will surely shock and make you laugh at the same time! Here comes the bride… all dressed in paper!A Ukrainian artist has created a series of......
Is it time to take a relook at our economic theories? asks Ajit Balakrishnan.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com If there is one thing that deep-thinking observers agree about the recently......
US President Barrack Obama's immigration reform push late on Thursday seeks to significantly liberalise the visa regime for students, professionals and budding entrepreneurs, as the US tries to......
Renowned tax expert Parthasarathi Shome has been appointed adviser to Finance Minister P Chidambaram.The appointment comes at a time when the ministry is struggling to rein in the fiscal deficit at......
Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam's defence team have rested their case in the biggest hedge fund insider trading trial in the US history. Rajaratnam's defence rested their case on Monday.The......
An eminent Indian-American scientist has been elected fellow of the prestigious World Technology Network for his innovative work in the field of material science. Amit Goyal of the Oak Ridge......
'I personally consider Indian cinema as one of the most creative and powerful forms of cinematic expression in the world.' 'An average Indian film is 10 times better than a costly American......