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Omicron survives much longer on plastic, skin: Study

The Omicron variant of coronavirus can remain alive on skin for over 21 hours, and more than eights days on plastic surfaces, which may be contributing to its faster spread compared to other......

Coronavirus can survive on skin for 9 hours: Study

The SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, may linger on human skin for nine hours, much longer than the flu viruses can, according to a study. IMAGE: A health worker sprays sanitiser on his......

Coronavirus leaves top tourist sites eerily deserted

More than 86,000 people worldwide have been infected with the novel coronavirus and the global death toll is nearing 3,000. To try to prevent the spread of the virus, local governments have been......

Never dreamed my research would take the direction it has: Nobel Medicine Prize winner Allison

James Allison, the winner of the 2018 Nobel Medicine Prize, has said he never dreamed that his research would take the direction it has. IMAGE: James Allison and Tasuku Honjo of Japan jointly won......

Cancer researchers win Nobel Prize in medicine

American James Allison and Japan’s Tasuku Honjo have won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Medicine for a pioneering new approach to cancer treatment. The Nobel committee said the pair’s......

Paris climate talks: Why it's trouble for the world - and India

COP 21 is about how much carbon space is left and who gets how much of that space The world has used up two-thirds of its carbon space for a 2-degrees-Celsius temperature rise, consumed 35 per......

'In 15 years, India will be what China is today'

Arvind Panagariya has been appointed as the vice-chairman of the newly announced NITI Aayog. Panagariya is Professor of Economics and Jagdish Bhagwati Professor of Indian Political......

Full text of the BRICS declaration in Sanya

Leaders of BRICS -- China, Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa -- issued a joint declaration at the conclusion of the BRICS Summit in Sanya (China) on Thursday.The joint declaration lists the......

How they converted a comma into big business!

It is difficult to bracket Cactus Communications into any industry. Founded by a Wharton graduate in Computer Science, Finance and Accounting and his Mumbai-educated brother with a degree in......

Copenhagen: The old North-South divide outdated

Beyond the nitty-gritty of emission cuts and technology transfers, the broader significance of the two-week-long United Nations' climate summit in Copenhagen lay in the manner in which it......

What's keeping Dia Mirza busy?

The actress is exploring the winter wonderland that is Japan. IMAGE: Dia Mirza, clicked by Ajay Kadam. Photograph: Kind courtesy Dia Mirza/Instagram From modelling to acting to hosting television......

Why Meghna Gulzar made Talvar

'Taking a side could be a fallacy to do. Because you don't have all the answers. So how do you take one particular side?' Meghna Gulzar asks Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com IMAGE: Konkona......

Tokyo bans Olympic spectators amid COVID-19 emergency

IMAGE: The New National Stadium, the main stadium for the Tokyo Olympic Games, in Tokyo, Japan. Photograph: Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images The Olympics will take place without spectators in host......

Will local spectators be banned from Tokyo Olympics?

'There is a risk the movement of people and opportunities to interact during the Olympics will spread infections and strain the medical system.' IMAGE: Japan is pushing ahead with the......

Are the Tokyo Olympics cancelled?

IMAGE: A man wears a protective mask amid the coronavirus outbreak in front of the giant Olympic rings in Tokyo. Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters A senior Japanese ruling party official said on......

Surge in COVID-19 cases puts Tokyo Games in doubt

As Japan expands state of emergency, calls grow to cancel Games. Japan has repeatedly insisted it will hold the Games despite opinion polls showing a majority of respondents want them......

Japan wants to modernise its toilets for Tokyo Olympics

IMAGE: Toilets ready for shipment cover the floor of a Toto toilet factory in Kitakyushu, Japan. Photograph: Sakura Murakami/Reuters On southwestern Japan’s Miyajima island, a......

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