World Rabies Day 2023: Date, significance, history and theme; everything you need to know about the dayWorld Rabies Day, organized by the Global Alliance for Rabies Control, is celebrated on September 28 each year to raise awareness and advoc...
28 Sep, 2023, 11.00 AM IST
Neglected tropical diseases continue to pose significant health burden in India: ExpertNeglected tropical diseases (NTDs) continue to pose a significant health burden on some of the most disadvantaged communities in India, acc...
30 Jan, 2023, 03.42 PM IST
View: Government's strategy of welfarism to ward off absolute poverty and reduce povertyThe National Floor Level Minimum Wage (NFLMW) is the floor price below which no state government can fix minimum wages. NFLMW in 2021 remai...
22 Apr, 2022, 11.16 PM IST
Union Cabinet extends Swachh Bharat, AMRUT schemes by 5 yearsThe CCEA also cleared inclusion of potash derived from molasses under the nutrient-based subsidy scheme. The new rates will be applicable f...
13 Oct, 2021, 06.32 AM IST
Moderated by Al-Qaeda, TTP oversaw reunification of splinter groups in Afghanistan: UNThe 27th report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team was submitted to the Security Council Committee concerning Islamic ...
06 Feb, 2021, 03.05 PM IST
Vaccines: 200 years of progress -- and scepticismFour in 10 Americans, and six in 10 French people say they will not get vaccinated against the virus, even if the shot is free.
08 Dec, 2020, 11.46 AM IST
Memorial plaque for Jewish victims of 26/11 Mumbai attacks unveiled at Israel synagogueThe Mumbai Chabad House at Nariman Point was one of the targets of the attacks. Ten terrorists of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba carried ou...
27 Nov, 2020, 09.04 AM IST
Summing up Modi's Covid stimulus: Big takeaways from the big Covid packageAt as much as 10% of GDP, the big stimulus package did not appear to leave any major sphere untouched.
17 May, 2020, 08.47 PM IST
Hope to get nasal vaccine against Covid-19 into market in 12-18 months: Hyderabad-based Bharat BiotechKrishna M Ella, a molecular biologist and chairman and managing director of the Bharat Biotech, spoke to TOI's Surendra Singh in an exclusi...
08 Apr, 2020, 10.16 AM IST
View: Nehru and science in the age of coronavirusWith 422,829 infections, worldwide and 18,907 deaths and still counting, Nehruvian vision of science and his efforts in creating a scientif...
25 Mar, 2020, 11.42 AM IST
RBI move delivered huge mark-to-market gains to banks: K HariharLonger-term yield would come down systematically, bringing down all the yields in the marketplace.
20 Dec, 2019, 04.37 PM IST
Agronomists strive to contain a brand new American pestFall armyworm is native to the Americas and was first reported to have reached Africa in 2016.
13 Oct, 2018, 01.19 PM IST
Full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's addressThe Budget session 2018 began with President Ram Nath Kovind's joint address to both houses of the parliament. In his first address, he inv...
29 Jan, 2018, 01.11 PM IST
West Uttar Pradesh voters critical of note banAll major political parties in the assembly election from February 11, have sought to make demonetisation a poll issue.
08 Feb, 2017, 12.14 AM IST
India on 'brink' of techno-institutional revolution: AhluwaliaDigiLocker was recently integrated with UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India), as a registered issuer.
05 Feb, 2017, 12.47 PM IST
Odisha Urban Livelihood Mission to be launched, says Governor S C JamirAccusing the government of adopting undemocratic methods during the last assembly session, opposition leaders sought the Governor's interve...
06 Feb, 2015, 02.54 PM IST
- India key market for vaccine makers
The vaccine market, earlier regarded as a commodity sector, is re-emerging as a key revenue generator for the Big Pharma.
26 Mar, 2009, 05.04 AM IST