Coronavirus

London: Scientists have assessed a mutation in the novel coronavirus and found that it confers the virus resistance to some individual's serum antibodies, an advance which underscores the need for constant molecular surveillance of the pathogen to guide the development of vaccines. According to the...

Kolkata: He was a famous face in the galleries whenever the Indian cricket team played. Not only in India, but Sudhir Gautam was even present at all the venues abroad, the Indian cricket team played. Remember the man with the colours of the Indian flag...

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind strongly defended Thursday the three contentious farm laws that have sparked intense protests from a section of farmers. He condemned as ‘very unfortunate’ the Republic Day violence and the ‘insult’ to the Tricolour during the farmers’ tractor parade here...

United Nations: India’s COVID-19 vaccine production capacity is one of the best assets the world has today, UN chief Antonio Guterres has said. He applauded India for supplying COVID-19 vaccine doses to nations around the world to combat the catastrophic global health crisis. The UN...

Washington: Novavax Inc. said Thursday that its COVID-19 vaccine appears 89 per cent effective based on early findings from a British study and that it also seems to work — though not quite as well — against new mutated strains of the virus circulating in...

Washington: The US has detected the first cases of a new and highly contagious coronavirus variant which was first discovered in South Africa, according to authorities. The two cases was detected in the state of South Carolina, Xinhua news agency reported. In a statement Thursday,...

Washington: The total number of global coronavirus cases has topped 101 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.18 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update Friday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that...

Chennai: Indian cricketers cleared Thursday their first round of RT-PCR COVID-19 tests a source in the BCCI said Friday. The Indian cricketers will undergo two more rounds of tests before they start training from February 2. They are scheduled to take part in a four-Test...

Rome: The rich and the affluent have the idea that with money they can do anything. They feel that with money they have the right to break laws. It has been reported that football star Cristiano Ronaldo has recently broken coronavirus travel restrictions. Cristiano Ronaldo...

Beijing: After a two-week quarantine, the real work can begin. Maybe. A World Health Organization team of researchers emerged from their hotel Thursday for the first time since their arrival in the central Chinese city of Wuhan to start searching for clues into the origins...