Gloves are necessary for COVID-19 patients and healthcare workers; there is still no recommendation that the general public should wear them.

A handful of countries in eastern Europe have mandated mask wearing in public. Experts at the World Health Organization have continued to say there’s no such need.

While Apollo 13 did not land on the lunar surface, it was able to return photographs that it took when it looped around the Moon.

As far as the monetary policy is concerned, the RBI did what it could. But what were the expectations of the MPC members from the government?

It is still a ‘novel’ coronavirus that causes COVID-19, but the emerging picture has given researchers clues about how to target it. A look at its structure, how it infects, and the behaviours scientists hope to block

Remember, the elderly and the vulnerable (due to chronic diseases) have a risk of about 10%-15% fatal outcome if infected with SARS-CoV-2.

Nihang is an order of Sikh warriors, characterised by blue robes, antiquated arms such as swords and spears, and decorated turbans surmounted by steel quoits.

Pooled screening can also help in tracking down the asymptomatic cases of the disease, thereby tracking community transmission.

A study published in 2003 found that higher air pollution caused greater deaths from SARS, which was caused by a cousin of the current strain of coronavirus. A range of studies have found that air pollutants are linked to increased risk from influenza-type…

Mass immunisation drives and routine vaccination for children are the key public health strategies against the disease, as per the WHO. Therefore, delaying the campaigns affects these strategies, potentially putting the life of thousands of children at risk.

Cologne became popular in Turkey due to its 19th century Ottoman ruler Abdul Hamid II, and is known as Kolonya in the country.

Coronavirus (COVID-19): From data on tests for COVID-19 and positive cases between March 18 and April 13, it emerges that the test positivity rate in India has been between 1.1% and 4.3% (ratios based on cumulative counts until any date).

Coronavirus (COVID-19): Experts at the National Institute of Virology said these are timely measures but cannot be looked at as a preventive against the virus.

Coronavirus (COVID-19): Vertical transmission, or a mother infecting her foetus or newborn, is an emerging aspect of COVID-19. A look at the available evidence worldwide so far, and ICMR’s recent guidelines to address this concern,

Coronavirus (COVID-19): A few people are attempting novel ways of defrauding innocents using information and technology. Money is being siphoned off using fake accounts and exploiting vulnerabilities of various applications.

Coronavirus (COVID-19): Under US law, non-immigrant visas do not allow its holders to live and work in the US permanently.

Coronavirus (COVID-19): One “particularly difficult” aspect of the pandemic is whether to allow visitors to meet their critically-ill family members.

For the business interruption cover to trigger, according to industry pundits, it is necessary for the property insured to suffer physical damage due to a covered peril such as fire, flood or earthquake, and hence, such policies would not cover loss caused…

India plans to use the equipment requested in both the deals on the Indian Navy’s Boeing P-8I maritime aircraft.

India accounts for 27 per cent of the world’s total TB patients and is among the top 8 countries with the highest number of TB cases. In 2018, as many as 4.4 lakh people died of TB in India which is 29 per cent of the total 1.5 million deaths due to TB in…