Its statement said it is constantly evaluating new research, including research that examines the link between tobacco use, nicotine use, and Covid-19.

Three scholars assess lockdown’s impact on Indian households, who are hit hardest, and how long they expect to be able to manage with their current resources.

Reading the newly released protocol, which lays down guidelines for sharing of data collected by the app with government agencies as well as third parties.

The Bombay High Court recently held that a wife writing to her husband’s employer with unfounded allegations about him constituted actionable cruelty under the Hindu Marriage Act.

Message still hunker down and tide over, additional fiscal outgo this year may not be more than Rs 4.2 lakh crore.

Chennai is not alone in this. In several states, more than 50 per cent, are concentrated in just one or two cities. Mumbai accounts for over 60 per cent of all cases in Maharashtra while Ahmedabad has over 70 per cent of all cases in Gujarat.

The tussle between IS and al-Qaeda is not just a battle for influence, resources and recruits in the context of the Jihadist movement in various parts of the world. The two terrorist groups are ideologically different and they also have differing perceptions…

Electrical equipment such as smartphones and computers are a key part of India’s import bill. Medical devices like ventilators also rely on imports of several crucial components like solenoid valves and pressure sensors.

Credit guarantees to MSMEs: In the latest tranche of Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan package, the key thrust is a huge increase in credit guarantees to MSMEs. How do such guarantees work, and how is the move expected to help MSMEs?

The retrospective study included 412 Covid-19 patients (241 men and 171 women) admitted to a single health facility from March 27 to April 10.

With lockdown relaxations not extending to trains to ferry these labourers who usually arrive by early June, farmers are now being encouraged to adopt ‘direct seeding of rice’ (DSR) in place of conventional transplanting.

Researchers have detected the coronavirus in the stool of both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients. This information has helped them identify the virus in untreated wastewater.

Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, and Karnataka are all nearing 1,000 confirmed cases now, while Haryana, with 793 cases, and Odisha, with 538, have many more than Kerala. Even the city of Chandigarh has recorded 189 cases so far, while Jharkhand has 177.

MSMEs, which make up for about 45 per cent of the country’s total manufacturing output, 40 per cent of exports, almost 30 per cent of the national GDP are stressed due to depleting internal reserves and low visibility of demand for next six months at least.

As the number of Covid cases in Japan rise, the hanko tradition is coming under fierce criticism, with industry leaders demanding that the tradition be abandoned.

Capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has come out with guidelines that allow listed companies to serve the letter of offer, application form, and other offer material electronically. What changes for a share holder?

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the 'One Nation One Ration Card' system will enable migrant workers and their family members to access PDS benefits from any Fair Price Shop in the country.

“Potential Fecal Transmission of SARS-CoV-2: Current Evidence and Implications for Public Health” will appear in an upcoming edition of the International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Rice University (Texas) said in a statement.

The fact that cats can get infected has been known for some time now; what do the latest findings add to existing knowledge?

Following infections inside Mumbai Central Jail, Maharashtra has started temporarily releasing half the prisoners in its jails. Which ones are being freed, what is the procedure, and what are other states doing?

According to IMF, the global economy is expected to shrink by over 3 per cent in 2020 – the steepest slowdown since the Great Depression of the 1930s.