Why TN Has Challenged NEET in Supreme Court

As the petition points out, new medical colleges entail adjunct government hospitals, thus making specialised medical care that much more accessible to the vast majority of population that......

New Covid strains may lead to spike in hospitalisation, fear experts

An immune-escape Covid-19 strain coupled with the natural spike in influenza and pneumonia cases during winters may lead to a rise in hospitalisation. IMAGE: Union Finance Minister Nirmala......

Coming Soon, New Ways To Vaccinate

'Just put a patch on your arm and the vaccine can be absorbed by the body.' IMAGE: Administering vaccines through the oral and nasal route are also likely to gain popularity over the traditional......

'No need to give special attention to COVID-19 anymore'

'All actions for COVID-19 should be the same as for other routine health conditions.''There is no need to report the matter in the media all the time; not on front page please.' IMAGE: 'Wearing a......

IIT-Madras director on IITs and Pan-IIT event

Prof Madaboosi Santanam Ananth is one of the most vocal academicians in the country. He has been the director of IIT-Madras since 2001. Prof Ananth joined as faculty in the department of chemical......

India's mushrooming medical cities

In August 1883, the quiet American city of Rochester came tumbling down under a tornado. As 24 people breathed their last, 40 others were left gasping for breath and medical care. The disaster......

New amnesty scheme for PF defaulters

The finance ministry has approved a new amnesty scheme for Employee Provident Fund defaulters. The scheme, to be taken up by the Cabinet shortly, proposes to allow companies with outstandings to......

Tata Motors in EPFO's best employers' list

Six establishments -- including Tata Motors -- have been selected as the best employers by the Central Board of Trustees of Employees Provident Fund Organisation.This was disclosed by Labour......

An interview with Lata Mangeshkar's biographer

Nasreen Munni Kabir, creator of documentaries like Movie Mahal, In Search Of Guru Dutt, How to Make it Big in Bollywood and The Inner and Outer World of Shah Rukh Khan, is a British television......

The biggest comeback concert, ever

Michael Jackson has been written off for a while now.His recording collaboration with will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas was a bummer, he had such a bad case of stagefright at the 2006 World Music......

...And Jamaica challenged American hegemony

When Bert Cameron won the 400m gold beating American Michael Franks at the inaugural World Athletics Championships at Helsinki (Finland) in 1983, little did anyone realise that he had laid the......