Mask mandates for children may do more harm than good: Public health expertThough there are no Covid related guidelines or mask mandates by the government, about 200 private-run schools in the national capital have...
Remain cautious and wear mask, focus should be on clinical cases: Experts on Covid surge in DelhiDelhi recorded 416 fresh Covid cases on Saturday, the highest in over seven months, with a positivity rate of 14.37 per cent, according to ...
Spurt in cases doesn't suggest new Covid wave in Delhi, but do not let guard down: ExpertsEminent epidemiologist Dr Chandrakant Lahariya said the test positivity rate is stagnant and it means the infection is spreading at the sam...
'Nomination itself is the win.' For 'Writing With Fire' co-director Rintu Thomas, representing India at Oscars was a matter of pride'Writing With Fire' was the country's sole entry to the Academy Awards.
No fourth wave? A bunch of health experts want India to now ditch mask mandatesWhile fresh Covid-19 cases are low and assuring, a very low rate of hospitalisation is proof that a large proportion of the population has ...
Experts say future Covid waves unlikely to have serious impact in India; some call for easing mask mandateIndia on Sunday recorded 1,761 fresh COVID-19 cases, the lowest in around 688 days, and 127 deaths. T
Impressed with 'Writing With Fire', Priyanka Chopra says Oscar nomination is much-deservedThe 39-year-old actress said that she loved the documentary.
Covid can be said to have become endemic only after 4 weeks of consistently low cases: Virologist Dr T Jacob John"When case numbers in a community are plotted on graphs, the pattern of rise, peak and fall represent epidemic (or outbreak) and case numbe...
India's ‘Writing With Fire' makes it to Oscars, nominated for Best Documentary Feature'Writing With Fire' chronicles the rise of Khabar Lahariya, India's only newspaper run by Dalit women.
A generation of children will be left behind if we do not reopen schools now: Manish SisodiaThe Delhi Disaster management Authority (DDMA) has called a meeting tomorrow to deliberate on easing curbs in the national capital in view ...
Covid-19: India may need to rework 'test, trace, isolate and treat' strategy“We cannot depend on the test, trace, isolate and treat strategy anymore. It is more prudent to test individuals who have symptoms and prov...
High temperature, drying can reduce infectivity of viruses, including coronavirus: Experts"A decrease in infectivity to approximately 10 per cent of the starting value was observable for SARS-CoV-2 over 20 minutes, with a large p...
Kerala’s managed well so far, needs scientific approach to unlocking: ExpertsEven though Kerala’s high Covid numbers has prompted questions about the much-lauded Kerala model of Covid management, public health expert...
For every single Covid case reported in India, 30 cases were missed or undetected: ExpertHe, however, clarified that it does not mean this was deliberate but simply reflects the performance of the disease surveillance system and...
Is Covid wave 2 over? Positivity rate below 5 pc for 14 days, but experts say end still farWith 53,256 new coronavirus infections, the lowest in 88 days, and a positivity rate of 3.83 per cent, it would seem the present phase of t...
WHO calls upon Centre to finetune strategies to help peopleAccording to the WHO official, the Centre should play a major role and increase investment in the public health services, also covering dis...
Early planning, high savings will help Lahariyas meet financial goalsMany Indians don't realize the importance of saving till they are well into their 40s, but Pankaj's financial plan is on a strong footing.