Harmit Malik, Sanjay Kumar win President's medals

Two Indian-American scientists were among 100 researchers named by President Barack Obama last week as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. PECASE awards......

Repeat Covid infections increase organ failure, death risk: Study

Repeat infections with the SARS-CoV-2 virus may increase the risk of organ failure and death, according to a study which suggests that people should practice vigilance to reduce their chances of......

Researchers find Covid antibody to neutralise all variants

Researchers have identified an antibody that is highly protective at low doses against a wide range of variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus which causes COVID-19.   The findings, posted as a......

COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin enters phase-3 trials

Covid-19 vaccine, Covaxin, being developed by Bharat Biotech is now undergoing phase-3 trials, Krishna Ella, Chairman and Managing Director, Bharat Biotech said on Monday. Speaking virtually at a......

Cipla demands apology from US university

Cipla, the country's leading drug maker, has sent a legal notice to George Washington University of the United States on a recent symposium it had organised in India, alleging the meet had......

Ranbaxy whistle-blower to talk on quality of Made-in-India drugs

The concerns surrounding drug manufacturing practices in India appear to have reached foreign shores, beyond the international regulators’ domain.  Ranbaxy whistle-blower Dinesh Thakur,......

How Americans benefit by bonding with India

The popular perception is that companies in India are taking jobs away from Americans but the numbers on the ground tell a different story. In the last five years alone, 90 Indian companies have......

Entrepreneurs who rose from the ashes

A word of encouragement for all the entrepreneurs (and every other working stiff, for that matter) scrapping it out in the latest downturn: Recessions--for all the havoc they wreak--can also sow......

Medical experts want Rio Olympics delayed or moved due to Zika

IMAGE: A municipal worker stands next to a banner that reads, "Rio Carnival 2016" before spraying insecticide to prevent the spread of Zika's vector. Photograph: Pilar Olivares/Reuters More than......