These Scientists Shaped India

I suggest we build a Vigyan Mandir (Temple of Science) with the ambience of a place of worship, so that it becomes a destination for pilgrims.We should embed on its walls bronze plaques describing......

6.39% of active COVID-19 cases needed hospital support: Govt

About 6.39 per cent of the total number of active COVID-19 cases in the country needed hospital support, the Union health ministry said on Wednesday.   THE WAR AGAINST COVID-19 During a......

COVID-19: The threat from people with no symptoms

'Testing is a very good strategy if only symptomatic people are transmitting the disease.''Here asymptomatic people, with minimum, trivial symptoms, are transmitting too.''Testing, treating,......

As India learns to 'live' with COVID-19, hospitals brace for new normal

Most feel as the movement of people normalises, the in-patient volumes in hospitals will grow and by the end of May, occupancy should be around 50 per cent, and 75 per cent over a period of time.......

E-rickshaws legal but aren't regulated

Jai Bhagwan Goel, a politician active in Delhi circles who joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in February, was instrumental in getting a significant rally convened on  June 17. In the rally, he......

Entire text of finance minister's Budget Speech

Budget 2010-11 provided considerable relief to income tax payers by raising the slabs at two levels but hiked the central excise duty on non-petroleum products across the board from 8 to 10 per......

How India can get the best researchers

The aggregate domestic R&D spend in India has never exceeded 1 per cent of GDP, and over 80 per cent of Indian firms spend nothing on research, says Shyamal Majumdar. Last Sunday, Prime Minister......

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......