As Ebola scourges Congo, experts warn of link to the consumption of 'wild meat'Wild meat consumption in Central and West Africa, a cultural staple, poses a significant risk for zoonotic disease transmission, including ...
30 May, 2026, 10.17 AM IST
Mutual funds buy new-age dip; Infy CEO interviewHappy Thursday! Mutual fund inflows into listed new-age companies rose due to valuation adjustments and FPI selloff. This and more in today...
30 Apr, 2026, 07.56 AM IST
Explained | Why Anthropic’s Mythos is spooking bankers and what it means for global financeAnthropic’s Mythos AI is triggering global concern as banks and regulators warn it could enable faster, large-scale cyberattacks on financi...
25 Apr, 2026, 11.19 AM IST
India plans study on detection of zoonotic diseases that could spill over from birds to humansIndia is launching a major study to detect zoonotic diseases in select bird sanctuaries across Sikkim, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu. Using t...
04 Apr, 2025, 07.22 PM IST
HKU5-CoV-2, the new bat coronavirus in China sparks global concern: Know its symptoms and how does it spreadThe new bat coronavirus, HKU5-CoV-2, found in China has sparked concerns among health officials and has triggered panic. HKU5-CoV-2 has sim...
24 Feb, 2025, 05.40 PM IST
Another pandemic brewing? Newly found coronavirus HKU5-CoV-2 in bats in China could be the next global threat; will vaccines work? Here are all detailsChinese scientists have discovered a new coronavirus in bats called HKU5-CoV-2. It has similarities to SARS-CoV-2 and can infect human cell...
21 Feb, 2025, 10.52 PM IST
UK detects human case of bird flu, says wider risk remains lowBritish health authorities reported a case of H5N1 bird flu in a person in central England, though they emphasized that the risk to the pub...
27 Jan, 2025, 08.42 PM IST
Nipah virus outbreak renews calls to protect bat roostsThough Kerala's response to contain the outbreak drew international praise, the quick spread of the virus and its impact on tens of thousan...
30 Oct, 2023, 05.18 PM IST
A new 'new normal' for zoonotic diseasesA spike in adenovirus cases in West Bengal should serve as a warning for the country at large. While the Covid-19 pandemic is in our collec...
27 Feb, 2023, 11.27 PM IST
Experts say no NeoCov threat in current formThe coronavirus NeoCoV, described as a potential threat to humanity by Chinese researchers this week, poses no actual danger in its current...
31 Jan, 2022, 02.14 PM IST
Global 'hot spots' where new coronaviruses may emerge identifiedThe researchers also identified locations that could easily become hot spots with changes in land use. They found that parts of Japan, the ...
03 Jun, 2021, 01.18 PM IST
UK, US scientists call for fuller probe into COVID-19 Wuhan lab leak theoryA group of leading UK and US scientists, including Indian-origin Cambridge University immunology and infectious disease expert Ravindra Gup...
14 May, 2021, 08.28 PM IST
'How the deadly Nipah virus jumps from bats to humans found'According to the research, published recently in the journal PNAS, the Nipah virus (NiV) could circulate among fruit bats, not just in plac...
07 Nov, 2020, 03.33 PM IST
New kind of coronavirus that affects pigs has the potential of jumping from swines to humansThe virus causes severe diarrhea and vomiting, and has been especially deadly to young piglets.
14 Oct, 2020, 04.30 PM IST
View: It's time for humans to stop living voraciouslyChina’s crackdown in 2003 on wildlife markets ended after Sars exited. History is repeating itself, this time while the Covid-19 pandemic i...
11 Apr, 2020, 12.08 AM IST
Wet markets important risk factor for disease spread: UN biodiversity chiefWild animals sold in the Huanan Seafood Market are believed to be the source of the novel coronavirus pandemic that has claimed more than 8...
08 Apr, 2020, 11.43 AM IST
- 'Preventing spillover of Taliban ideology challenge for India'
A senior Army official has said India's "immense" challenge lies in preventing the "spillover" of Taliban ideology and the resultant violen...
31 Mar, 2012, 07.46 PM IST