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HUL launches fellowship for women in STEM, picks first batch of five fellows from IISc BengaluruThe company announced the first cadre of winners in an event at parent company Unilever’s R&D centre in Bengaluru. The newly minted fellows...
ETPWLA 2023: Unveiling the finalists nominated for the Woman Pioneer of the Year AwardAs we anticipate the Grand Finale of the ETPrime Women Leadership Awards (ETPWLA) 2023 on August 4, 2023, the Economic Times is proud to an...
Covid-19 infections spike: Experts agree on masking up and ventilation"It's important to be sensible and understand the risk factors -- if you're indoors, it's better to wear a mask. If it's crowded, even more...
XE variant of COVID not more severe than Omicron: Dr Gagandeep Kang"We were worried about BA.2 but it did not cause more serious disease than BA.1. XE does not cause more serious disease than BA.1 or BA.2,"...
Experts on Omicron: Reinfection possible, focus on Covid-appropriate behaviourAmid the rapid spread of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, experts have said that reinfection among people is a possibility. Experts have...
Dr. Gagandeep Kang suggests people to learn to live with SARS-CoV-2 as its variants will continue to emergeSpeaking to ANI here today, Dr Kang said, "We will have to learn to live with SARS-CoV-2 and its variants which will continue to emerge. Th...
Covovax better booster for Covishield-vaccinated people: Dr Shahid Jameel, VirologistIndia is gearing up to tackle a possible third wave of the coronavirus pandemic as the Omicron variant of the virus, which is said to be mu...
Children can wait, adults still priority: ExpertsThe National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation, the top government expert panel taking decisions on vaccination, is likely to take u...
Covid may be heading towards endemicity in India, local flare-ups may form 3rd wave: Vaccinologist Gagandeep KangThe endemic stage is when a population learns to live with a virus. It is very different from the epidemic stage when the virus overwhelms ...
IIM Bangalore Alumni Association launches 'Donate a Vaccine' initiativeAt the event, IIM Bangalore Alumni Association (IIMBAA) unveiled an innovative fundraising initiative, to vaccinate close to 100,000 people...
DRDO's antiviral drug 2-DG unlikely to get quick nod for Covid treatmentExperts said the 2-DG drug had earlier been considered for treatment of influenza, way back in 1959, and subsequently for other infectious ...
Covid vaccine gap increase based on science, not supply: GovernmentThe ministry of health and family welfare had said that the decision was taken after considering data from UK which had introduced a gap of...
Karnataka to have portal for vaccination: BS Yediyurappa“The CoWIN portal/application is found to have certain limitations with regard to choosing vaccination centres which is leading to chaos. W...
Supreme Court sets up task force for 'equitable' distribution of oxygenA division bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah said the task force will “enable the decision makers to have inputs which g...
Jabs of elderly should have been finished before opening it for 18-44: Health ExpertThe data from the second wave, Dr Kang said, could help India in broadly understanding how the virus would behave. Even as the government m...
COVID-19 vaccine to be supplied free of cost in govt health facilities: Punjab CMKeeping in view the limited supplies of vaccine expected initially, the chief minister constituted an expert group, comprising eminent viro...
Covid-19 second spike in India: Stick to pandemic-appropriate behaviour to curb the spread of disease, warn expertsWith Covid-19 numbers once again rising ominously, that’s a message more people might need to heed.. Since the body requires time to mount ...
We feel we are ready but we are underestimating the challenges: Dr Gagandeep KangAdvance market commitment allows companies to plan how many doses for which country, how much to export and the rate at which they need to ...
Coronavirus vaccine likely to be ready for India next year, says scientistIn India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government had promised an indigenous vaccine as early as mid-August, a claim the government and i...
IIM-B to host three-day conference on public policy and managementThe conference has been organised to encourage discussion, debate, and conversations on current policy issues like evaluating education in ...