'We haven't heard the last about Omicron'

'Your body will be able to deal with Omicron at any time, but it depends (on when) if you are vaccinated.' IMAGE: A healthcare worker collects a nasal sample from Special Task Force personnel for......

FULL TEXT: President's address to nation on I Day eve

President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday addressed to the nation on the eve of the 74th Independence Day. From India's fight against COVID-19 to China face-off, Kovind spoke on several issues during the......

Miss England Dr Bhasha Mukherjee is a COVID-19 warrior

'All of our lives are going to be changed in a permanent way...''We just have to ride out the tide right now and we will see a rainbow at the end of this.' IMAGE: Miss England 2019 Dr Bhasha......

'Mars was something new for all of us...'

'ISRO provides a very positive atmosphere. What matters here is your talent, not your gender,' says Ritu Karidhal, Deputy Operations Director, India's Mars orbital mission, Mangalyaan.A fascinating......

Funds crunch hits biotech sector

The biotechnology sector in the country is reeling from a funds crunch, affecting its business growth despite the industry attaining an average growth in the range of 15-20 per cent in the past......

Name anti-cancer drugs life-saving: Biotech firms

India's biotech industry has made a strong pitch to the government to recognise anti-cancer drugs as life-saving drugs, bring pre-clinical studies under the ambit of service tax exemption and......

Rebuilding America's job machine

As staff at the College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering wait patiently in a conference room, a loud rumble shatters the silence. "Must be him," someone says. Alain E. Kaloyeros has just pulled......

This cell phone also kills germs

There's a video playing these days at New York's Museum of Modern Art about a curvaceous cell phone called 'Morph'. Unlike your typical phone, this one's form-fitting: It wraps around your wrist......

The Buddhist Who May Bring Home The Oscar

'The richness of Buddhism makes it possible for us to create these stories and to interpret them.' Pawo Choyning Dorji learned film-making by observing and working with his spiritual guru,......

Star Trek Beyond Review: Breathless action, fun trip!

Director Justin Lin injects his Fast and Furious vigour to the series, says Sukanya Verma. If to live long and prosper is a promise the Star Trek brand made to its massive fan following,......

'My film's sequel will be bigger than Avatar'

Love Charger (or Charzerr) exploded on the scene last year, and has become somewhat of a cult now – the chubby arms raised high in the air, the falsetto that nearly knocks you out, the......

Review: Indru Netru Naalai is a total entertainer

Debutant director Ravi Kumar deserves all the credit for Indru Netru Naalai, writes S Saraswathi. Science fiction and comedy sounds like an unusual combination, but it seems to have worked......

The Muhammad Ali tribute you MUST read!

'Every Ali obituary I read made the point that he 'transcended his sport' -- a reference to the many battles he fought with America even as he fought in America.''What the obituaries leave out is......