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Indians Stranded Abroad to be evacuated in a phased manner from 7th May, says Center.The Ministry of Home Affairs have issued a press report to announce that Indians Stranded abroad will be brought back from 7th May in a phased manner. The Standard O

Every day we face risks. If we drive to work, we risk a fatal auto accident. If we eat red meat and fatty foods, we risk a heart attack. If we go out in public during a pandemic, we risk contracting a disease. A logical response to risk is to [...]

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The COVID-19 pandemic has mercilessly exposed the weaknesses of institutions upon which the overwhelming majority of the world’s people rely.

Teams will be allowed up to five substitutions per match, instead of the usual three, as a temporary measure to help cope with potential fixture congestion in the aftermath of the novel coronavirus outbreak, FIFA said Friday.

Three men have been arrested and one juvenile detained for allegedly robbing five labourers who were on their way to board a train from Old Delhi Railway station to return to their village in Bihar...

The Andhra Pradesh government has today informed that those evacuated from villages affected by the gas leak from a chemical plant in Visakhapatnam could not return till the impact of the chemical was...

The operator of a paper mill in Raigarh in Chhattisgarh, where a gas leak on May 6 evening led to the hospitalisation of seven people, was arrested on Friday for criminal conspiracy and attempt to...

The deaths of 16 migrant workers from Madhya Pradesh, who were crushed by a train in Maharashtra's Aurangabad on Friday, has raised serious questions about the coordination between the governments of...

Assam has 'temporarily' shut down the Guwahati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) - the biggest medical college of the northeast and the B Borooah Cancer Institute in Guwahati after four coronavirus...

The Indian Museum in Kolkata was sealed on Friday after a CISF officer posted there died of COVID-19, an official said.

The Delhi government on Friday issued orders directing all the district magistrates and deputy commissioners of police to ensure smooth running of all economic activities permitted during the...

A man wearing a mask -- his head covered with a surgical cap -- is seen walking with folded hands as a group of policemen garland him as he walks past them towards the entrance of a police station,...

Police on Saturday rescued the three-year-old child who was kidnapped from near his house in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, an official said.

A survivor of the Aurangabad train tragedy says that the disturbing images of the death of his companions in front of his eyes were haunting him and left him with the mental trauma that he will never...

Two men are seen being abused and kicked by a Bengaluru policeman for driving rashly in a viral video. They are also beaten with a bat by a civilian in the presence of the police, the clip shows.

Hundreds of migrant workers came onto the streets and clashed with the police at a village in Surat district of Gujarat today to demand that they either be sent back to their home states or allowed to...

An MLA of Delhi's ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) named by a doctor who committed suicide last month has been arrested. The AAP MLA Prakash Jarwal had applied for protection from arrest after a police...

A 23-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping a girl on multiple occasions, recording the act and using it to blackmail her in Rajasthan's Jhalawar district, police said. The man was...

Five persons were killed in a clash between two groups at Moti Hamirpar village in Kutch district of Gujarat on Saturday afternoon, police said.

New York needs Broadway to be alive and well, so that tourism, hotels and restaurants do well, observed the spokesperson of a Broadway performers' association, citing a study showing that Broadway contributes nearly $15 billion to the local economy

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Novalead’s technology has a track record of successfully discovering repurposed drug candidates with its lead drug candidate currently being in Phase 3 trials in India, for diabetic foot ulcers.

Maya will help customers avail instant loans as well as check their eligibility and credit score

Struggling to balance work-from-home and parenting duties? Difficult as it might sound, there are several ways to keep children entertained and happy even in lockdown mode

From home workouts and remote medical consultations to online classes and even virtual dating, technology today is ensuring that our lives go on, albeit from behind the screen

In the light of recent regulations, many artists and cultural organisations have taken to the internet to continue with their events.

UNESCO estimated over 320 million students in India were affected by school closures following the Covid-19 outbreak.

Many courses designed by Ivy League universities are available free of cost on various e-learning platforms.

The hospital’s admissions and out patient department services were sealed on March 28 after two nurses tested positive that day.

An analysis of Covid-19 death cases by the health ministry also shows that 30% of the dead were in the 40-60 years age group, and just 7% were under 40 years.

At a time when all healthcare resources have been consumed in addressing the coronavirus threat, a large number of patients with other health conditions, be it chronic diseases or acute conditions requiring medical help are at loss.

Lawrence's fictitious Indian National Army captain Immanuel Stanley David is faced with a wave of events, mostly untoward circumstances, after his landing in Burma during World War II.

There are sectors that have benefited immensely on account of Covid-19-induced work-from-home compulsion. Some, like healthcare providers, pharmaceuticals and medical equipment start-ups have seen a direct bump in their revenues.

With millions of children in India unable to attend school right now, edtech players are stepping in with live and interactive classes on their platforms

Thanks to the Coronavirus outbreak and the resultant global economic gloom, many freelancers today are out of work and bereft of opportunities, as companies cut losses and shrink budgets to survive.

The market for edtech products will likely expand.

Online education is an idea whose time has come.

Due to Covid-19, all universities have been compelled to offer courses online, and various videoconferencing tools are being used.

Some creative hashtags on social media have come to the rescue of netizens, offering distraction as well as solace in these trying times.

The West’s adversarial journalism tradition designed to be watchdog of the government’s abuse of power would need some reformation in the midst of new media tools.

The real gains are for the gaming industry, which stands to benefit from this innovation.

As our lives come to depend on internet and apps, it is time we try to introduce the concept of accountability.

Getting big-ticket investments would be challenging; focus on investments that are modest in size and low in resource demands.

In other words, we can speculate, but frankly, we don’t have much to go by till we know that work can be resumed to some extent.

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While the technology will not be as effective as a GSPS tracing, it would undoubtedly save battery as the power consumption of GPS is much higher than Bluetooth.

Some of the solutions we are gradually moving towards are personalised learning, constant upskilling, and greater collaboration between traditional education providers and edtech players.