Global supply of COVAX hit due to coronavirus crisis in India, USAID tells lawmakers"COVAX has suffered a big blow given the scale of the pandemic in India," Samantha Power, Administrator of the US Agency for International ...
28 May, 2021, 09.19 AM IST
‘Entire families’ wiped out by Covid’s carnage in rural IndiaIt’s a scenario playing out all over India. In interviews with representatives from more than 18 towns and villages in different parts of t...
18 May, 2021, 08.29 AM IST
Bring back your empty oxygen tanks to help conquer COVID, Nepal urges Everest climbersThe Nepal Mountaineering Association has asked the climbers to help Nepal deal with a surge in COVID-10 cases that has brought the country'...
10 May, 2021, 01.03 PM IST
Qatar Airways 'reached out' to Tatas to jointly bid for Air India 4 years agoThe 2018 divestment process saw no one expressing interest. In the second attempt last year, the Tatas, using their 84%-owned AirAsia India...
05 May, 2021, 10.42 AM IST
Qatar Airways to airlift 300 tonnes of medical supplies to India free of chargeIn a statement, Qatar Airways said: "The airline intends to transport 300 tonnes of aid from across its global network to Doha where it wil...
29 Apr, 2021, 08.48 PM IST
A desperate search for oxygen in Delhi ends in griefA ferocious second wave of coronavirus in New Delhi has overwhelmed hospitals and caused a shortage of oxygen, leaving many helpless as the...
29 Apr, 2021, 07.41 PM IST
Govt allows import of medical devices like oxygen canister for 3 months with ridersTo meet rising demand in the ongoing pandemic, the government has allowed import of medical devices like nebulizer, oxygen concentrators, o...
29 Apr, 2021, 11.27 AM IST
Corporate giants join the global race to fight India Covid crisisWith haunting visuals of mass funeral pyres, long lines of ambulances outside overcrowded hospitals, and desperate pleas on social media fo...
29 Apr, 2021, 11.09 AM IST
Importers can fill single-page form if difficulty in customs clearance of COVID-related itemsThe importers will be required to fill up the 'pre-intimation for prompt clearance of COVID related items' form giving details of the bill ...
25 Apr, 2021, 01.41 PM IST
India's COVID-19 active cases cross 25 lakh after another record surge amid oxygen crisisTwenty six patients died in two hospitals in Delhi and Amritsar which complained of oxygen shortage while officials at many other health fa...
24 Apr, 2021, 11.12 PM IST
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to UN: Hezbollah storing missiles in BeirutIn an address to the U.N. General Assembly, Netanyahu pointed to maps purportedly showing the missile depot's location next to a gas compan...
30 Sep, 2020, 04.54 PM IST
The last doctor standing: Coronavirus pandemic pushes Bihar hospital to brinkAs infections slow in many other countries, India is still reporting more than 50,000 cases per day. Its total of more than 2 million cases...
13 Aug, 2020, 11.42 AM IST
3,000-kg garbage collected from Mt Everest, as Nepal's clean-up campaign gathers momentum29 Apr, 2019, 03.29 PM IST
Tourism in India is booming. But why is everyone so worried?In less than 10 years, the World Travel & Tourism Council expects India to become the fourth-largest travel and tourism economy behind Chin...
07 Jul, 2018, 06.53 AM IST
NASA-funded company to produce oxygen on Mars using bacteriaThe organisms would use Mars' ample supply of regolith as fuel, and may even serve a dual purpose in removing nitrogen from the Martian soi...
14 May, 2015, 05.10 PM IST
Made in Space: Silicon Valley startup provides printing solutions that can print out replica in spacecraftsMade in Space, a Silicon Valley startup in the NASA-Ames campus, has designed the perfect solution within just 20 minutes of looking at the...
27 Jul, 2012, 11.50 AM IST
- China closes Everest to clean-up highest 'rubbish dump'
China has decided to restrict access to Mount Everest to carry out a clean-up of the world's highest 'rubbish dump'.
02 Jul, 2008, 02.23 PM IST