In memoriam: Sombre TIME magazine tribute remembers Irrfan Khan, Sean Connery, MaradonaThe tribute also honored African-Americans George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery.
12 Dec, 2020, 10.54 AM IST
Strongman regimes display the most weakness in coronavirus response, say analystsPosturing, repression and a distaste for facts: the world's strongman regimes have dealt with the Covid pandemic in much the same way they ...
10 Sep, 2020, 10.35 AM IST
China passed 'extraordinary and historic' virus test, says bullish Xi JinpingXi doled out gold medals to four "heroes" from the medical field in front of hundreds of applauding delegates on Tuesday, all wearing face ...
08 Sep, 2020, 10.55 AM IST
Chinese leadership harasses activists & lawyers as face saving measureThe crackdown began with rebuke issued to Dr Li Wenliang and seven other doctors for sending messages to fellow medics on December 30. Dr L...
21 Apr, 2020, 08.02 PM IST
Coronavirus detected in Wuhan in late December: ChinaSince the coronavirus outbreak, the pandemic has killed 3,331 people in China with the number of infections rising to 81,740, the National ...
07 Apr, 2020, 04.39 PM IST
China to observe April 4 as mourning day for coronavirus victimsChina will observe a national day of mourning on Saturday for martyrs, including the "whistleblower" doctor Li Wenliang, who sacrificed the...
03 Apr, 2020, 01.28 PM IST
China's move to lockdown Wuhan delayed spread of coronavirus outside: StudyThe Wuhan travel ban alone had reduced 202,000 cases in China, delaying epidemic growth and buying valuable time for other areas to mobilis...
14 Mar, 2020, 06.46 PM IST
There is a ‘tipping point’ before coronavirus killsOne in seven patients develops difficulty breathing and other severe complications, while 6 per cent become critical. These patients typica...
09 Mar, 2020, 09.31 AM IST
Experts question delayed action as death toll in China's coronavirus climbs to over 2780Forty four more people have died of the novel coronavirus in China, taking the death toll in the outbreak to 2,788, Chinese health official...
28 Feb, 2020, 11.13 AM IST
Virus shows plight of China's overstretched doctorsRising demand for health care has far outpaced the increase in the supply of doctors. Between 2005 and 2018, the number of fully licensed d...
21 Feb, 2020, 01.35 PM IST
China lab says conspiracy theories hurting efforts to curb virusThe institute has been accused of "artificially synthesising" the coronavirus in one of its laboratories, it said. It also referred to othe...
20 Feb, 2020, 01.38 PM IST
China's Communist Party faces its biggest crisis since SARSChina's ruling Communist Party needs to make a politically fraught decision: Admit a viral outbreak isn't under control and cancel this yea...
12 Feb, 2020, 12.44 PM IST
They wear diapers, cut down bathroom breaks: How tired doctors are fighting Coronavirus in ChinaTired and understaffed, medical workers have had to deal with thousands of new cases per week in Wuhan, the city at the epicentre of the ou...
12 Feb, 2020, 11.40 AM IST
Coronavirus outbreak may be over in China by April: ExpertIn an interview with Reuters, Zhong Nanshan, an 83-year-old epidemiologist who won fame for combating the SARS epidemic in 2003, shed tears...
11 Feb, 2020, 06.04 PM IST
Death toll from new coronavirus set to surpass SARS, as China's fatalities above 700The death toll in mainland China jumped by 86 to 722, and is poised to pass the 774 deaths recorded globally during the 2002-2003 pandemic ...
08 Feb, 2020, 09.52 AM IST
China's novel coronavirus toll soars to 636, total confirmed cases over 31,000Hubei province and its provincial capital Wuhan, the epicentre of the virus outbreak, reported 69 deaths on Thursday and total of 1,540 pat...
07 Feb, 2020, 10.06 AM IST
Chinese doctor who first warned about coronavirus outbreak diesLi, a 34-year-old doctor who tried to warn other medics of the epidemic, died of coronavirus on Thursday in Wuhan, the state-run Global Tim...
06 Feb, 2020, 11.22 PM IST