The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has obtained permission for “restricted use in public health emergency” of two second-line HIV medications for use against the novel coronavirus (nCoV).
Days after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared India SARS-free, the country is still getting the jitters with reports of new suspects flowing in from parts as far as Kolkata and
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has hauled up the food sector behemoth, Food Corporation of India (FCI), for not exercising quality-related checks, accepting sub-standard rice in connivance
A myseterious fever is doing the rounds of Washala village near Kasara, Thane, Maharashtra. Three persons have died here in the last fortnight. But you won't spot any television crews. No screaming
China ordered schools in Beijing to stay closed for two more weeks to stem the spread of the SARS virus, which has killed 100 and infected about 1,900 in the capital, officials said on Sunday. Health
Indian economy will grow this fiscal by 5.5-5.7 per cent with an upswing in agriculture as compared to an estimated 4.4 per cent growth in 2002-03, Icra said in a research report. The favourable
Hospitals witnessed longer queues of patients with breathing problems as the dust storm that hit Delhi and its suburbs last night continued. Met officials said that the dust storm is likely to
The SARS virus can live for days in the stool and urine of patients, WHO said on Sunday in a new report that could shed light on the frightening spread of the disease. Hong Kong scientists have
The international pursuit that led to the discovery of the virus that causes SARS is turning into a competition for patent rights. Scientists in Canada who decoded the genetic make-up of hte virus
Delhi's Bhagidari initiative is showing potential to make the city a model of people's participation. Two years into Bhagidari, government agencies in the Capital are increasingly turning to
SARS is back. Six days after WHO declared India SARS-free, it figures again on the WHO list of SARS-reporting countries. And this time the reported case is not just a
