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......

After busy day in Kyoto, Modi arrives in Tokyo for summit talks

Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew to Tokyo on Sunday for crucial summit talks with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe after an overnight stay in Kyoto where he visited two ancient Buddhist temples......

In Japan, Modi discusses sickle cell treatment with Nobel laureate

Modi talks with Nobel Laureate Prof Yamanaka about treatment of sickle cell anaemia. Photograph: MEA/Facebook Japan on Sunday agreed to work with India in developing a treatment for the sickle......

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......

Toyota's mantra for success

Atsushi Toyoshima's choice of Sunny's for our lunch seems a good beginning. To the lovers of continental food in cosmopolitan Bangalore, Sunny's is a place of pilgrimage, made better through its......

Japan aims at green leadership

World is gearing up for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference scheduled in Copenhagen from November 30 to December 11. A Copenhagen Protocol is expected to evolve as......

No consensus on climate woes: US lawmakers

Amid accusations that scientists had exaggerated the climate change crisis, top Republican lawmakers on Wednesday asked US President Barack Obama to refrain from engaging in any treaty negotiations......

The most energy-efficient countries

Next year in Copenhagen, world leaders will assemble and attempt to write the successor agreement to the 10-year-old Kyoto protocol. In order for countries to make dramatic reductions for a greener......

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......

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......

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......

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......

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......