Punjab has had a bumper crop, and needs a labour force of 3.5 lakh to 4 lakh to meet the procurement target of 13.5 million tonnes.

Oxford University is trialling the latest major candidate, adding to vaccines being investigated worldwide. What are these, and why is a vaccine vital while studies continue on drug and antibody alternatives?

Sérgio Moro has accused Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro of pushing for the replacement of the federal police chief for obtaining access to ongoing criminal investigations.

Conversion to Buddhism is believed to have met with Ambedkar's complex requirements of reason, morality, and justice.

There are seven states with 3000 or more cases – Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh – and these together account for more than 43,000 of the 52,800 cases in India right now, which is more than 80 per cent…

While it unclear at the moment whether the deaths are due to direct exposure to styrene gas or one of its byproducts, Visakhapatnam Police Commissioner Rajiv Kumar Meena has maintained that the gas is "non-poisonous" and is only fatal when exposed to longer…

From Thursday night, Kerala will begin receiving expatriates stranded abroad due to the coronavirus pandemic. How many people are expected to return? What measures has the state taken?

An HSBC report finds that economic disruption has come down but the lack of fiscal relief and a sharp increase in Covid cases pose significant threats to economic revival

A look at its structure, the kind of industries that use it, and the kind of health hazards experts associate it with.

It is widely believed that over 100 Indians had migrated to the Caliphate, while it was gaining traction among foreign fighters across the world.

A Stringency Index created by Oxford University shows how strict a country’s measures were, and at what stage of the spread it enforced these. India imposed its strictest measures much earlier than others.

At the time of the Bhopal gas tragedy, the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was the only relevant law specifying criminal liability for such incidents.

Some observers say Lee’s statements that were delivered at Samsung’s headquarters in Seoul, were a result of consistent pressure that the Samsung heir has been under, particularly since March, following years of corruption and criticism.

On Thursday, the state surpassed Maharashtra in the total number of tests carried out till now. Tamil Nadu has now tested 202,436 samples while Maharashtra, which was leading till now, has tested 202,105.

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Locusts normally arrive during July-October, but have already been spotted in Rajasthan. At a time India is battling Covid, they present a new worry with their potential for exponential growth and crop destruction.

Collection of nose and throat swabs at a healthcare facility, or testing location, requires physical interaction with a healthcare professional. The new at-home saliva self-collection assay allows for broader screening, Rutgers said.

Lessons learnt from the SARS epidemic have helped shaped East Asian countries’ response to the Covid-19 outbreak. Vietnam stands out among them — out of 288 cases between January 23 and May 8, only 47 are active, and none have died.

While traffic pollution has been falling, the lockdown may be leading to the generation of a dangerous pollutant, urban ozone, which can cause airway inflammation in humans.

The judgment from Germany, which mainly takes aim at a bond-buying scheme of the European Central Bank (ECB), is seen at its heart as challenging the long-settled hierarchy of EU judiciary, and has since resonated with many governments and politicians in…

Such certificates are based on the idea that the natural immunity a person develops to any infection will protect them from contracting the disease again.