As many countries including India are mulling over the opening up of international travel, evidence points to flying being much safer than thought before. On May 25, India resumed domestic airline services after a gap of two months, with strict social distancing, constant sanitisation, contact-less check-in, etc. But almost a month since, there is no ...

Glenmark Pharma has become the first Indian company to have received clearance from the government’s drug regulator to market and manufacturer an oral drug that will treat mild to moderate levels of the virus in COVID-19 disease.  The anti viral drug is called Favipiravir and will be marketed by the name Fabiflu that will be ...

A report by PwC says that the pandemic has changed the way the industry operates and led to companies depending heavily on their digital architecture. March and April are usually very busy months for the insurance industry. These are when most life insurances are bought and non-life corporate renewals are done. But these have been ...

The standoff between India and Chinese troops at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) has taken different proportions back home. The well known innovator and educationist Sonam Wangchuk has requested Indians to boycott Chinese goods, very much in tune with PM Narendra Modi’s initiative of self reliance and Made in India first. In a video ...

With the second-highest number of cases in the country, the southern state is embarking on an intensive new strategy for containment zones. In order to control the spread of the virus in the 34 most-affected wards in the capital city of Chennai, the health ministry and city corporation launched an intensive ‘micro plan’ spread over ...

The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will fund Indian partners for prevention, preparedness and response activities, according to the US Embassy. On May 12, the US Embassy released a statement confirming the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) $3.6 million aid towards India’s coronavirus response. “This initial tranche of funding will seek ...

India’s Lockdown 2.0 was supposed to end by yesterday(May 3,2020) but it didn’t. The nation today woke up to the first day of Lockdown 3.0 which was pronounced by Indian Ministry of Home Affairs(MoHA) on Friday(May 1,2020). Lockdown 3.0 will continue till May 17. Lockdown 3.0 is unlike from previous lockdowns, even in the way ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today spoke with Cheif Ministers of Indian states via video conferencing today. Today April 27,2020 marks the 13th day of India’s Lockdown 2.0 which started on April 15. The on-going lockdown is about to end on May 3 which happens to be coming Sunday. First Lockdown in India announced by PM ...

As the number of positive COVID-9 cases continue to surge in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on April 3, released a video message for the citizens. With the video message, PM Modi appealed the people to switch off all the lights at their homes on April 5 (Sunday) at 9 pm for 9 minutes, and ...