Kiwi mate, you butter chicken apologiseShane Jones, New Zealand’s oceans and fisheries minister, has sparked controversy after saying a proposed FTA with India could bring migran...
02 May, 2026, 11.00 PM IST
OpenAI launches AI model GPT-Rosalind for life sciences researchThe GPT-Rosalind, named after 20th-century British scientist Rosalind Franklin, is designed to support research across biochemistry, drug ...
17 Apr, 2026, 12.44 AM IST
Basel III fragments as US, Europe and India take diverging paths on bank capital rulesFifteen years after its finalization, the Basel 3 accord's goal of uniform global banking rules has fragmented. National regulators are now...
15 Apr, 2026, 11.29 PM IST
Tesla's lower-cost EV plan seen boosting volume, risking marginsTesla is reportedly developing a smaller, cheaper electric vehicle. This move aims to increase sales and factory use. It also addresses gro...
09 Apr, 2026, 11.02 PM IST
First dismissed as lab error, 'Deltacron' cases pop up in the UKBritish health officials have identified a patient diagnosed with both Delta and Omicron, called 'Deltacron', according to the UK Health Se...
17 Feb, 2022, 11.20 AM IST
Confusion, panic over India's 'red list' travel ban by UKThe ban means that those with valid residency rights returning to the UK after the deadline on Friday face the additional financial burden ...
20 Apr, 2021, 10.57 PM IST
British variant of COVID-19 not as severe as feared, according to The LancetThe strain, known as B.1.1.7, was identified in Britain late last year and has become the most common strain in the United States, accordin...
13 Apr, 2021, 09.14 AM IST
Europe records 1M coronavirus cases last weekAmong the hard-hit places is the Milan suburb of Bollate, where the virus swept through a nursery school and an adjacent elementary school ...
06 Mar, 2021, 09.23 PM IST
Britain's coronavirus variant a concern, 'likely to sweep the world', says scientist"What's concerning about this is that the 1.1.7. variant that we have had circulating for some weeks and months is beginning to mutate agai...
11 Feb, 2021, 03.16 PM IST
Britain explores mixed COVID vaccine shots as variants threatenBritish Vaccine Deployment Minister Nadhim Zahawi said current COVID-19 vaccines would probably still protect people against infection with...
04 Feb, 2021, 11.35 PM IST
World faces around 4,000 COVID-19 variants as researchers explore mixed vaccine shots"All manufacturers, Pfizer-Biontech, Moderna, Oxford-AstraZeneca and others are looking at how they can improve their vaccine to make sure ...
04 Feb, 2021, 02.47 PM IST
AstraZeneca, Oxford expect 'next generation' COVID-19 vaccine to tackle variants by autumn - executiveAsked when AstraZeneca could produce a next generation vaccine to tackle new variants, AstraZeneca research chief Mene Pangalos said "as ra...
03 Feb, 2021, 05.31 PM IST
UK bans arrivals from South America over Brazil virus variantPortugal was also added to the banned list because of close travel links with Brazil, he said. Workers transporting essential good from Por...
14 Jan, 2021, 10.00 PM IST
Here's what we do and don't know about new coronavirus mutationsOne mutation -- variant B117, which likely emerged in southeastern England in September, according to Imperial College London -- has now be...
04 Jan, 2021, 10.22 PM IST
UK scientists worried vaccines may not work on South African coronavirus variantScientists including BioNTech CEO Ugur Sahin and John Bell, Regius Professor of Medicine at the University of Oxford, have said they are te...
04 Jan, 2021, 06.17 PM IST
Scientists trying to understand new virus variantWorry has been growing since before Christmas when Britain's prime minister said the coronavirus variant seemed to spread more easily than ...
31 Dec, 2020, 11.30 AM IST
Not too late to contain new strain: Top coronavirus mutation trackerHowever, there is a fair chance that the strain is already circulating under the radar in other countries, said Emma Hodcroft. The US-Briti...
21 Dec, 2020, 06.39 PM IST