‘Zombie Virus’: See 50,000 years old virus found in SiberiaA 50,000-year-old virus has been discovered in the Siberian permafrost, the layer below the topsoil that preserves various microbes and vir...
30 Nov, 2022, 07.08 PM IST
Oxford University to get Poonawala vaccine research facility; to get GBP 50 million fundingSerum Life Sciences is wholly-owned by the Poonawalla family, owners of the Adar Poonawalla-led Serum Institute of India, and the proposed ...
16 Dec, 2021, 03.04 PM IST
The Covid-19 pandemic has taken away what makes us the way we are. Where is its vaccine?We even grieved together on Twitter when the second wave came. That anguish was personal and impersonal. We felt a stranger’s loss intensel...
16 Jul, 2021, 11.28 PM IST
When Mysuru royalty popularised vaccineIn faraway Mysuru, which was an English Colony, members of the royal family were among those who volunteered to take the vaccination to pop...
01 Jun, 2021, 10.53 AM IST
Elon Musk tweets, dogecoin leaps, bitcoin retreatsBitcoin price was pinned near its lowest in more than two months while dogecoin price leapt by a fifth as tweets from Tesla boss Elon Musk ...
14 May, 2021, 09.03 AM IST
People shouldn't hesitate to get vaccinated, listen to scientists: Delhi's 1st COVID patientThe massive drive, whose first phase will begin from January 16 with healthcare workers to be the top priority group to receive the dose, w...
11 Jan, 2021, 12.55 PM IST
Vaccines: 200 years of progress -- and scepticismFour in 10 Americans, and six in 10 French people say they will not get vaccinated against the virus, even if the shot is free.
08 Dec, 2020, 11.46 AM IST
Microbiologist is first in line for Oxford University's Covid-19 vaccine trialElisa Granato is the first volunteer in an initial group of 800 to be part of the ground-breaking trial, which is hoped will be the answer ...
24 Apr, 2020, 03.43 PM IST
View: The ‘Covid-19 vaccine’ buzz should silence the anti-vaccination lobbiesThe western societies which had led the smear campaign are those turning most fervently to the same labs for deliverance. Hope has taken th...
12 Apr, 2020, 11.16 PM IST
Another feather in his cap: Oxford degree for Cyrus PoonawallaPoonawalla is a philanthropist, focusing on public causes and underserved communities.
01 Jul, 2019, 01.11 PM IST
Indian-origin boy Rahul Doshi crowned 'Child Genius' in UKThe 12-year-old became an overnight sensation on TV after he answered all questions correctly.
20 Aug, 2017, 04.58 PM IST
Welcome to Twitter! Five big debuts of 2015Last week, Edward Snowden got Tweeple aflutter with his big social media debut. Here's a look at who else joined Twitter this year.
07 Oct, 2015, 04.43 PM IST
Indians knew small pox inoculation before Jenner invented vaccine: Harsh VardhanVardhan said that most of what is taken to be modern medicine had come back to India through the "American route" after being first transla...
22 Feb, 2015, 11.33 PM IST