A look at AI doomsday scenarios that researchers say could put humanity at riskAI researchers are debating whether increasingly powerful systems could pose existential risks, from enabling bioweapons and cyberattacks t...
23 Sep, 2026, 12.58 PM IST
BRICS adopts New Delhi Declaration: Inside the 140-point document on Global South's ambitionsBRICS leaders adopted the New Delhi Declaration at the 18th summit, reaffirming their commitment to cooperation, multilateralism and a more...
14 Sep, 2026, 01.31 PM IST
Meet Jack Johnson, the Hawaii-born musician who turned his success into environmental action, co-founding a foundation that supports school gardens, recycling, sustainable food systems and environmental education across HawaiiJack Johnson is known around the world for his music, but his connection to Hawaii has always run deeper than his songs. He and his wife, K...
11 Sep, 2026, 08.23 PM IST
Moderna, Merck breakthrough could usher in wave of cancer vaccinesMerck and Moderna's personalized cancer vaccine shows promise for melanoma patients. This new treatment trains the immune system to target ...
20 Aug, 2026, 11.00 AM IST
Supreme Court asks Centre to frame no-fault Covid vaccine compensation policyThe Supreme Court has ordered the Centre to create a no-fault compensation policy. This policy will cover serious adverse events following ...
11 Mar, 2026, 12.40 AM IST
SC admits plea for expert probe into alleged Covid vaccine side-effectsThe Supreme Court has admitted a petition seeking the formation of an expert panel to investigate Covid-19 vaccine side-effects. The petiti...
06 Mar, 2025, 08.17 AM IST
SC to likely hear plea over Covid vaccination todayThe Supreme Court will hear a petition from parents seeking compensation and scrutiny of Covid vaccination records following the death of t...
05 Mar, 2025, 10.41 AM IST
Parents challenge Covid vaccine safety in Supreme Court, cite adverse effectsParents of children who died following Covid-19 vaccinations have filed a new affidavit in the Supreme Court, citing recent studies that hi...
03 Dec, 2024, 08.11 AM IST
‘Doctors knew Covid vaccine’s side-effects killed my daughter. But they didn’t tell us’Dr Snehal Lunawat was the first case in which the AEFI committee accepted there was a direct correlation between vaccination and death. Man...
30 May, 2024, 02.14 PM IST
Good shot, bad shot: What you need to know about Covishield issueCovishield Side Effects: Controversies surrounding vaccine side-effects persist despite Covid-19 waning. Covishield, developed by AstraZene...
10 May, 2024, 03.03 PM IST
Disclosed all information on Covishield’s side effects in 2021, says SIIThe Serum Institute of India (SII) has stated that the safety of vaccines remains "paramount" and that all information about the side effec...
09 May, 2024, 10.38 AM IST
Amid Covishield row, what WHO says on side-effects from Covid vaccine? Should you be worried?Recent revelations by pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca have brought Covid vaccines back into the spotlight, with acknowledgment that its ...
02 May, 2024, 11.25 AM IST
Vaccination drive: A better communication strategy, using social media and celebs, is needed to assuage young adults’ fearsBut not everyone is as keen. Jash Jain, 18, who is currently prepping for medical entrance exams, says, “My grandfather, who has taken his ...
25 Apr, 2021, 08.23 AM IST
Panel on jab adverse events to take stockThe National Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFI) Committee meeting will take place in the wake of some European nations such as Ge...
16 Mar, 2021, 07.27 AM IST
Covid-19 vaccine safe, based on scientific evidence, AstraZeneca reassures the worldIt further said that, a review of available safety data of more than 17 million people vaccinated in the European Union (EU) and UK with it...
15 Mar, 2021, 02.03 PM IST
Vaxman Rekha: Some wary of going to the other sideWhile some would want to get their elders given the protective jab as soon as possible to minimise their risk of infection, others want to ...
17 Jan, 2021, 10.24 AM IST
Possibility of adverse effect of COVID vaccine can't be ruled out, be prepared: Govt to state govtsAdverse events following immunisation (AEFI) are critical aspect and states have been asked to identify at least one adverse event followin...
15 Dec, 2020, 07.36 PM IST