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New Delhi: Nature is paying back human beings in kind, at least that is what the viral video which has ignited a discussion on waste management depicts. The video of...

Moscow: Russia's Sputnik V vaccine is 92 per cent effective in protecting people from COVID-19 according to interim trial results, Reuters reported. The interim results are based on data from...

Wasington: Indian-American Kash Patel has been recruited as the Chief of Staff to the Acting US Defence Secretary Chris Miller, the Pentagon announced. Kash Patel, 39, was appointed a day...

A hidden gene in the novel coronavirus could be the reason behind its deadly pandemic potential. Researchers have discovered overlapping genes or “genes within genes” in the virus, which helps...

London: The highly-used word 'lockdown' during the COVID-19 pandemic has been declared Collins Word of the Year 2020, PTI reported. The dictionary defines the word as "the imposition of stringent restrictions...

Washington: The outgoing US President Donald Trump on Monday accused the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Pfizer of keeping back the COVID-19 vaccine announcement before Presidential elections to prevent...

Washington: Indian-American doctor Atul Gawande became part of the US President-elect Joe Biden-led coronavirus advisory board that was announced on Monday. The 55-year-old surgeon from Boston, in a tweet, oozed...

Washington: Indian-American Dr Vivek Murthy, a former US Surgeon General, has been named one of three co-chairs of the COVID-19 Advisory Board to aid President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect...

London: In a most encouraging development, preliminary analysis has shown that the first effective coronavirus vaccine can prevent more than 90% of people from contracting COVID-19, BBC has reported. Pfizer...

New Delhi: Kamala Harris scripted history by becoming the first woman, the first person of colour and the first Indian-American to become Vice-President of the US. She paid rich tribute...