In 1987, the world swapped ozone-destroying CFCs for safer refrigerants; nearly 40 years later, scientists found the switch had been quietly raining a forever chemical across the planetChemicals meant to protect the planet are now causing a new issue. Replacements for ozone-damaging CFCs are forming a stubborn chemical, TF...
11 Jun, 2026, 07.03 PM IST
OpenAI rolls out Lockdown Mode for users handling sensitive informationOpenAI has launched Lockdown Mode to combat prompt injection attacks, a security feature designed for users handling sensitive data. This m...
07 Jun, 2026, 06.04 PM IST
India’s invisible workforce gets a new safety net: Key labour reforms for migrant employees decodedIndia's inter-state migrant workers gain significant protections under new labour code rules notified on May 8, 2026. The Occupational Safe...
15 May, 2026, 03.00 PM IST
‘It’s not like a lockdown is going to take place tomorrow’: Puri dismisses fears after PM Modi’s fuel-saving pushUnion Minister Hardeep Singh Puri reassured citizens that no lockdown-like restrictions are imminent despite Prime Minister Modi's call for...
12 May, 2026, 06.12 PM IST
How a deadly hantavirus outbreak unfolded on a cruise ship for weeks before it was identifiedA rare hantavirus outbreak sickened passengers and crew on a cruise ship sailing from Argentina. Three people have died, and one is in inte...
06 May, 2026, 08.58 AM IST
How US’ dumb money became most influential force on Wall Street, explains Ruchir SharmaRetail investors in the US have shifted from being seen as “dumb money” to a powerful market force, consistently profiting by buying dips. ...
05 May, 2026, 12.47 PM IST
Pandemic's third wave to pare 10% off mall’s rental revenue this fiscalThe credit profiles of mall owners will, however, be able to absorb the shock given relatively faster recovery seen among those afflicted, ...
12 Jan, 2022, 12.31 PM IST
COVID third wave to impact securitisation, FY22 volumes will fall below earlier estimates: IcraThe overall volumes of securitisation - where a non-bank lender passes on future receivables against loans or a bunch of loans to another e...
11 Jan, 2022, 02.43 PM IST
Third Chinese city placed under COVID-19 lockdownThe country has taken a zero tolerance approach to the virus since it first emerged in central China in 2019, stamping out emerging flare-u...
28 Oct, 2021, 01.49 PM IST
UK cases drop 60% due to vaccines, lockdownResearchers at Imperial College London found that COVID-19 infections dropped about 60 per cent in March as national lockdown measures slow...
08 Apr, 2021, 05.23 PM IST
Pak PM Imran Khan warns against 'extremely' dangerous third wave of coronavirusImran Khan, who tested positive last month for the disease which is now raging in the country, was addressing the nation before sitting for...
04 Apr, 2021, 08.51 PM IST
Internet speeds across networks rise to pre-covid levels: Speed tracker OpenSignalIn the week gone by, users in Delhi saw the greatest improvement of 38.1% in download speed, followed by users in Mumbai (33.5%), Hyderabad...
23 Jul, 2020, 10.48 AM IST
Home sales in IT hubs at a third of pre-lockdown levelsSales were already weak when the lockdown was clamped, affecting walk-ins in April and causing postponement of purchasing discussions that ...
11 Jun, 2020, 01.37 PM IST
Coronavirus outbreak: How India faredCoronavirus cases would have crossed a million had the lockdown not been in place, say officials.
14 May, 2020, 07.27 AM IST
Third lockdown is gradual de-escalation: VK Paul, Niti Aayog memberPaul, who also heads the medical emergency management plan on Covid, tells ET in an interview that the third phase of the lockdown should b...
06 May, 2020, 07.24 AM IST
Covid lockdown: HDFC Bank deploys Mobile ATMs across IndiaThe mobile van carrying the ATM piloted in Mumbai & Noida, with plans to extend the service to the rest of the country shortly. The locatio...
08 Apr, 2020, 08.49 PM IST
Covid-19: One third of humanity under virus lockdownIndia's billion-plus population went into a three-week lockdown on Wednesday, with a third of the world now under orders to stay indoors, a...
25 Mar, 2020, 01.10 PM IST