5 Banks offering best gold loan interest ratesBanks charge interest, and once the full loan has been repaid, the bank returns your jewellery. With each bank, the interest rate on a gold...
28 Nov, 2022, 03.11 PM IST
Covid-19: Hong Kongers told to report self-test results, or else...In mainland China, health officials also urged people who tested positive on RATs to report the results. Anyone who failed to do so and cau...
18 Mar, 2022, 11.47 PM IST
Stocking up on home-testing kits? Doctors believe the pricier RT-PCR test is a better optionThere has been a surge in demand for self-testing kits as Covid-19 cases rise across the nation.
15 Jan, 2022, 10.12 AM IST
Positive result in home rapid tests to be considered as finalThe RAT test result should be uploaded on the ICMR's portal as per its latest guidelines issued on Monday. Symptomatic individuals who test...
11 Jan, 2022, 07.01 AM IST
ICMR says self rapid antigen test will be considered confirmatoryThe RAT test result should be uploaded on ICMR's portal. The self RAT test kits are now available over-the-counter and through online pharm...
10 Jan, 2022, 08.39 PM IST
Maharashtra's Covid-19 tally may have been grossly miscalculatedThe institute studied its own database of 412 antigen negative reports that were retested with RT-PCR (reverse transcription polymerase cha...
21 Jun, 2021, 10.35 AM IST
One-third of India's districts record over 5% positivity rateAccording to district-wise data collated by the ministry of health and family welfare between June 5 and 11, around 258 of the 734 district...
14 Jun, 2021, 08.04 AM IST
ICMR for more Rapid Antigen Tests use to scale up testingThe ICMR is not altering its view that an RT-PCR is the gold standard, but feels that a higher use of RAT will be useful in the context of ...
12 May, 2021, 10.28 AM IST
Go for rapid antigen tests for quicker detection, isolation: ICMR“Seeing the surge in Covid-19 cases, the need of the hour is to aggressively use rapid antigen tests so that infection can be detected fast...
12 May, 2021, 07.53 AM IST
A lot of unreliable rapid antigen tests masking real extent of COVID-19 in capital: ExpertsAt the same time, the scaling up of the gold-standard RT-PCR tests and loosening the testing regimen has also significantly helped in diagn...
31 Oct, 2020, 05.09 PM IST
Rat-ionalise opinions about muroidsMagawa’s heroic landmine-clearing career calls for a rethink about rats.
01 Oct, 2020, 08.19 AM IST
Why is rat Magawa making headlines?Magawa, trained by the charity APOPO, has discovered 39 landmines and 28 unexploded ordnance items in Cambodia. He has cleared over 141,000...
26 Sep, 2020, 11.00 PM IST
Health Ministry asks states, UTs to mandatorily retest all symptomatic RAT negative casesThe ministry has also urged them to urgently establish a monitoring mechanism via a designated officer or team in every district and at the...
10 Sep, 2020, 01.53 PM IST
Enforcement Directorate smells a rat in November gold importsRecently in Delhi, the ED arrested two Axis Bank officials for helping some people convert their demonetised currency into gold.
03 Jan, 2017, 03.21 PM IST
Government smells a rat in RBI easing gold importThe government is set to impose fresh restrictions on gold imports as it moves to check widening trade deficit due to the recent spurt.
21 Nov, 2014, 11.05 AM IST
- Deshnoke temple near Bikaner: Where rates are revered
The scurrying denizens of Deshnoke temple near Bikaner do not deter Tanushree Podder or any other devotees, who flock there for Karni Mata'...
24 Feb, 2011, 07.52 AM IST
Never forget the original attributeWilliam Friedrich is a boffin working on mood-bending molecules in Pharmakon, Dirk Wittenborn’s new novel. Friedrich and his fellow scienti...
14 Mar, 2009, 12.24 AM IST