FDA memo on pediatric COVID-19 vaccine deaths sparks concern, expert debateA leaked FDA memo alleging at least 10 pediatric COVID-19 vaccine deaths, citing myocarditis without data, has sparked alarm. This comes as...
02 Dec, 2025, 02.35 AM IST
RFK Jr., proud anti-vaxxer, drops COVID vaccine recommendation for kids and pregnant women as new variants spreadU.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has removed COVID-19 vaccinations for healthy children and pregnant women fr...
28 May, 2025, 06.42 PM IST
IIT Kharagpur final placements Day 1: 750-plus offers received including PPOs; top offer of Rs 2.14 croreIIT Kharagpur students received 750 offers, including pre-placement offers, by the end of Day 1 of Phase-I for 2024-25 placements. Nine stu...
02 Dec, 2024, 05.33 PM IST
50% of 8 billion vaccine doses worldwide manufactured in India: Union health secretaryIndia has manufactured half of the world's vaccine doses in the past year, says Union Health Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava. The country...
14 Oct, 2024, 10.36 PM IST
Toxic: How the search for the origins of COVID-19 turned politically poisonousChina's political turmoil obstructs COVID-19 origin search, fueling global suspicions. Secrecy surrounds virus origins, with conflicting na...
22 Apr, 2024, 12.39 PM IST
CDSCO suspends manufacturing of eye drops linked to 55 adverse events in United StatesAccording to the people aware of the matter, the US-based Food and Drug Administration has warned the consumers "not to purchase or use Ezr...
04 Feb, 2023, 01.37 PM IST
Agritech startup AgroStar launches personal accident insurance cover for farmersAs per the terms of the programme, a farmer who purchases agri inputs from the AgroStar App will get a benefit of personal accident insuran...
25 Jan, 2022, 05.09 PM IST
CDC ramps up research on highly contagious variant from IndiaWhile U.S. cases attributed to the B.1.617 variant currently sit below 1%, the growth rate remains unclear due to the small sample size. Me...
23 May, 2021, 10.55 AM IST
Coronavirus found in unoccupied apartment suggests toilets could have a role in spreadTraces of SARS-CoV-2 were detected in February on the sink, faucet and shower handle of a long-vacant apartment, researchers at the Chinese...
27 Aug, 2020, 09.19 AM IST
USAID announces $2.9 million aid to India to fight coronavirusThe US government, through USAID, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and other relevant agencies, is working closely wit...
06 Apr, 2020, 01.59 PM IST
India and US collaborating on combating COVID-19: Ambassador Sandhu"In the present context of COVID-19 pandemic, close collaboration in the areas of diagnostics and therapeutics of the disease is underway,"...
26 Mar, 2020, 11.10 AM IST
UK commits over £150 million to power India’s energy ambitionsAyana is well poised to play an important role in India’s ambition to build 175 GW of renewable energy capacity.
28 Feb, 2019, 12.05 PM IST
Indian-origin researcher Manoj Gambhir helps in Ebola vaccine trialsAn Indian-origin researcher Manoj Gambhir has helped in identifying the kind of human trial that is most effective for testing Ebola vaccin...
20 May, 2015, 12.04 PM IST
Harsh Vardhan holds talks with US Health Secy Sylvia Mathews BurwellThe meeting came on the eve of an important international meet 'Acting on the Call: Ending Preventable Child and Maternal Deaths'.
25 Jun, 2014, 10.28 AM IST
Montek Singh Ahluwalia talks infrastructure business with China premierPlanning Commission deputy chairman Montek took his quest for Chinese collaboration in infrastructure, particularly the railway sector, to ...
20 Mar, 2014, 11.41 AM IST
- Mahindra Satyam opens smart grid customer demo centre
The facility, which can simulate micro-grid technologies of the future, was started in collaboration with, and using the components of Schn...
09 Jun, 2011, 07.02 PM IST
- ICMR to jointly embark study on Norovirus with US entity
Indian Council of Medical Research in collaboration with Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta is beginning a systematic multi...
11 Nov, 2007, 10.58 AM IST