India wanted red flags on chip packets and soda. Big Food fought backIndia’s food regulator has dropped plans for colour-coded front-of-pack nutrition warnings after industry opposition, opting instead for si...
25 Aug, 2026, 03.45 PM IST
On the ISS, astronauts see 16 sunrises every day as the station circles Earth, but their bodies refuse to follow the 90-minute cycle, forcing crews to stick to a familiar 24-hour routine despite living through multiple days and nightsAstronauts on the International Space Station experience sixteen sunrises daily. They follow a strict twenty-four-hour schedule, ignoring t...
12 Aug, 2026, 11.03 PM IST
Lancet study estimates over 30 pc girls, 13 pc boys in India sexually violated before age 18A Lancet study reveals alarming rates of sexual violence against children globally, with South Asia, particularly India, showing the highes...
08 May, 2025, 07.54 AM IST
British medical journal 'The Lancet' to come out in HindiMadhya Pradesh Medical Education Minister Vishwas Sarang said 'The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia' - will be translated into Hindi...
15 Sep, 2023, 12.53 AM IST
Covid vaccine booster provides effective antibody protection against Omicron: Lancet studyA third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine increases the level of antibodies that can effectively neutralise the Omicron variant of coronavirus, ...
20 Jan, 2022, 12.50 PM IST
Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin has 77.8% efficacy rate, presents no safety concerns: Lancet studyCovaxin “induces a robust antibody response" two weeks after two doses are given, it said. “Covaxin’s Phase 3 efficacy results have been pe...
12 Nov, 2021, 08.21 AM IST
Most children recover from Covid symptoms within 6 days, shows Lancet studyMany children infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus do not develop symptoms, but those who do tend to have a mild illness.
07 Aug, 2021, 03.00 PM IST
Recent evidence points to natural origin of COVID-19, scientists write in LancetThe same team of scientists had last year dismissed the lab leak idea as a conspiracy theory in a report also published in The Lancet."New ...
06 Jul, 2021, 04.51 PM IST
Congress presses for national lockdown to arrest COVID-19 spreadCongress leader Rahul Gandhi hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for “not utilising the vaccination budget”.
08 May, 2021, 10.42 PM IST
COVID-19 patients above 65 years of age more prone to reinfection, says new studyAccording to the scientists, while prior infection gave those under the age of 65 years around 80 per cent protection against reinfection, ...
19 Mar, 2021, 11.29 AM IST
Three month gap between Oxford vaccine jabs provides better efficacy: StudyThe results of the analysis from a phase 3 randomised controlled trial, published in The Lancet journal, suggest that the interval between ...
20 Feb, 2021, 12.48 PM IST
One in 15 Indians Covid-19 infected by August: Lancet studyThe report, which was released in India last year in a non-peer reviewed journal, had the same findings on the spread of the disease. The f...
29 Jan, 2021, 06.53 AM IST
An almost retracted study on hydroxychloroquine exposes perils of hasty trialsWHO last week stopped one arm of the Covid-19 Solidarity trial of HCQ, only to resume it again this week. Its decision to stop the trial wa...
04 Jun, 2020, 07.09 PM IST
Lancet issues 'expression of concern' after scientists question validity of HCQ study"We are issuing an Expression of Concern to alert readers to the fact that serious scientific questions have been brought to our attention....
04 Jun, 2020, 03.38 PM IST
Narendra Modi first Indian PM to prioritise universal health coverage: LancetRichard Horton, editor-in-chief of the 'The Lancet', said the prime minister has grasped the importance of health not only as a natural rig...
13 Sep, 2018, 06.11 PM IST
Patna, Delhi among most polluted cities: ReportAir pollution is killing two people in India every minute, with the country’s environment turning more toxic by the day, says a new study p...
20 Feb, 2017, 01.49 AM IST
- Superbug should not have been named New Delhi: Lancet Editor
The editor of leading medical journal Lancet apologised for the naming of an antibiotic resistant superbug after the Indian capital, saying...
11 Jan, 2011, 08.45 PM IST