Govt expects speedy launch of single-dose Sputnik Light vaccine

The government is hopeful of a speedy launch of single-dose COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik Light in India and all stakeholders, including the Russian manufacturer and its Indian partners, have been......

Russia's COVID vaccine shows over 91% efficacy in phase 3 trial

Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 has shown 91.6 per cent efficacy in the phase 3 trial without any serious side effects, according to an interim analysis of data published in The Lancet......

Lancet Study finds Russian vaccine safe, effective

Russia's 'Sputnik V' COVID-19 vaccine, approved in the country last month, produced antibody response in all participants with no serious adverse events in small human trials, according to the......

Continuous rains submerge parts of Delhi-NCR

Rains continued to lash the national capital and neighbouring areas on Thursday morning, triggering long traffic snarls, uprooting trees and causing damage to property in many areas. IMAGE: A man......

Pharma in 2014: Deals worth billions and fines worth millions

Even as private firms were busy stitching merger and partnership deals, the government also remained active during the year working on a separate policy to promote and strengthen domestic......

Sensex drops 244 points on weak eco data, Fed caution

Benchmark share indices ended lower on Monday recording their highest single day fall since August 8 after sluggish July domestic industrial growth and weaker-than-expected economic data from China......

No date for Valentine's Day? New apps may help

Singles who believe in love at first sight can turn to new apps that will match them with potential dates in time for Valentine's Day, but only if each person has expressed an interest. With the......

Is Microsoft's new Office a Google Docs killer?

Microsoft Corp launched new Office software for home users on Tuesday, featuring constantly updated, online access to documents from all kinds of devices as the world's largest software company......

Deepika, Disha, Parineeti: Vote for the BEST airport style!

These B-town divas have nailed the airport look one too many times, but whose style has impressed you most? Whose fashion choice has got you drooling? Vote after each slide and let us know whom you......

10 times Varun Dhawan looked WOW!

Happy birthday, Varun Dhawan! One of Bollywood's most successful young actors, Varun Dhawan knows just how to grab attention. And a lot of credit goes to his stylish wardrobe. From ethnic to high......

Arbaaz-Malaika, Arjun Kapoor and Raakhee! The week in the movies

Sukanya Verma shares her exciting filmi week with us. There’s nothing as a dull day for someone who writes about films for a living. I wrote a diary -- That Magical Medium -- about......

The Top 10 Time Travel Movies

On Back To The Future Day, Raja Sen lists his favourite movies on time travel. Which is the greatest movie about time travel? That may be one of the most rhetorical questions as the brain floods......

World TT C'ship: Indian women down Spain; enter knockouts

IMAGE: Sreeja Akula beat Sofia-Xuan Zhang to help India edge Spain 3-2 and advance to the knockout stage at the Word Table Tennis Team Championships. Photograph: World Table Tennis/Instagram The......

Ponting says Lord's pitch for second Ashes Test unfair to bowlers

England’s Ben Stokes reacts after bowling to Australia’s Steve Smith at Lord's Cricket Ground. Ryan Pierse/Getty Images Ricky Ponting says "the balance between bat and ball was......

World Chess: Anand, Carlsen settle for quick draw in Round 8

Viswanathan Anand in action against Magnus Carlsen in Round 8. Photograph courtesy: FIDE World Chess Championship match The result, which came after 41 moves, left the Norwegian still leading......

World Jr Chess: Narayanan shocks Polish GM Dragun

India’s S L Narayanan during his World Junior Chess Championships match against Polish Grandmaster Kamil Dragun. S L Narayanan, a regular visitor to Pune for the Maharashtra Chess League,......

Moves: Anand vs Carlsen, Game 4, World Chess Championship

Defending champion Viswanathan Anand and Norwegian challenger Magnus Carlsen played out a fourth successive draw in the World Chess Championship in Chennai on Tuesday after 64 moves. Here are the......