In June first week as Unlock 1.0 was implemented nationwide, Bengaluru recorded a daily number of 9-28 positive cases being detected. This number rose to 138 by June 19 and by the end of June the city was recording over 700 positive cases of coronavirus every day. July 4 recorded this number as 1,235. Bengaluru ...

Studies confirm that the new mutated strain of novel coronavirus spreads faster but doesn’t make people sicker than the older version. An international study shows strong evidence that a new strain of coronavirus has spread from Europe to United States. An international researchers team revealed the study results on Thursday. Erica Ollmann Saphire, who worked ...

After India has made a mark in marketing the first experimental preventive Covid-19 drug, it is on its way to develop its own indigenous vaccine. After the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation has allowed Bharat Boitech India (BBIL) to start human trials, Covaxin might become the first Indian vaccine candidate to prevent the spread of ...

The speech comes as at a time when India prepares to head into Unlock 2.0 with more relaxation in restrictions even as cases are on the rise. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation at 4 pm yesterday in what was perhaps his shortest speech since the pandemic. He began by saying that in comparison ...

India might have discovered a self reliance formula to recover from the lockdown but its oil refineries are dwindling thumbs; wondering how to traverse a rock bottom low consumption. Stockpiles continue to swell in a demand that has gone back to stone age. According to Bloomberg reports, operations across 23 refineries nationwide are reported to ...

The Musaffah Survey Campaign has succeeded in achieving a significant decline in coronavirus cases in the area through mass testing and sanitisation. The six-week-long intense testing and sanitisation process in Abu Dabhi’s heavily-populated industrial area of Musaffah is being celebrated as a huge success. The area, with hundreds of thousands of workers, was identified as ...

Baba Ramdev says the drug has been clinically tested and is shown to have cured 100% of the subjects in seven days. Godman, yoga master and founder of the Patanjali brand Baba Ramdev launched an Ayurvedic made-in-India drug kit that purportedly cures coronavirus within a week. It’s not an immunity booster like the ones they ...

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 ...

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 ...

In view of the rising Coronavirus infections across India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 16 held the first round of two-day video conference with chief ministers of the states. Reportedly, PM Modi’s meeting with the chief minister will take place on June 16 and June 17, for which the states and Union Territories have ...