India

SPUTNIK V VACCINE COULD BE PRODUCED IN INDIA, CHINA: RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN

18 Nov 2020 07:21 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday called for a joint effort by the BRICS countries on the development of the coronavirus vaccines as he suggested that Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against Covid-19 could be produced in China and India, which are members of the five-nation bloc. “We believe it is

PAKISTAN’S MISINFORMATION WAR AGAINST INDIA TURNS UGLIER

18 Nov 2020 07:19 AM IST

Fake news posts, misleading images, fabricated social media accounts and provocative hashtags are all part of Pakistan’s arsenal for spreading propaganda online and controlling the minds of the Indian masses.

NATIONAL DIGITAL HEALTH MISSION WILL PUT INDIA’S HEALTH DATA ON THE LINE

17 Nov 2020 08:09 AM IST

For a programme dealing with massive quantities of private healthcare data, the National Digital Health Mission needs to be vetted thoroughly to prevent security and privacy breaches. To achieve this, authorities will have to employ robust technologies and train the workforce to use them.

FRANCE RADIO PUBLISHES OBITUARIES OF QUEEN ELIZABETH, PELE, APOLOGISES

17 Nov 2020 08:06 AM IST

France’s RFI public radio apologised on Monday for “mistakenly” publishing obituaries for a number of celebrities still very much alive, including Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and Brazilian football hero Pele. Citing a “technical problem” that caused the death notices to be released on its website on Monday, the broadcaster said: “We

VACCINE WON’T BE ENOUGH TO STOP COVID-19: WHO CHIEF GHEBREYESUS

17 Nov 2020 08:04 AM IST

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that a vaccine would not by itself stop Covid-19. The pandemic has so far infected more than 54 million people and claimed over 1.3 million lives. “A vaccine will complement the other tools we have, not replace them,” director-general

BJP COMES TO POWER NOT FOR POLITICS, BUT FOR WELFARE: BIHAR DY CM RENU DEVI

17 Nov 2020 08:04 AM IST

The appointment of Renu Devi as the new Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, along with Tarkishore Prasad, is seen by several poll pundits as the Bharatiya Janata Party’s endeavour to acknowledge both women as well as Extremely Backward Class voters who seemed to have voted in favour of the BJP-JD(U)

NEW EDUCATION POLICY FOR THE COMMONS OF BHARAT

16 Nov 2020 07:19 AM IST

The National Education Policy 2020, contrary to the charges of promoting a neo-colonialist and capitalist agenda, is tailored to favour people from all walks of life, cutting across class, caste and creed divide.

‘HE’ WON BECAUSE ELECTION ‘RIGGED’, WON’T CONCEDE: TRUMP

16 Nov 2020 07:17 AM IST

US President Donald Trump, who had refused to concede defeat in the recently-held presidential elections despite an overwhelming defeat in both electoral college and the popular vote, on Sunday appeared for the first time to acknowledge his Democratic rival Joe Biden’s victory but reiterated his allegations of fraudulent voting. Refusing

41K NEW INFECTIONS PUSH INDIA’S ACTIVE COVID-19 CASES TO 4.79 LAKH

16 Nov 2020 07:14 AM IST

Researchers identify a key factor as to why the deadly virus appears to infect and sicken adults and older people preferentially while seeming to spare younger children.

IT TAKES ONLY ONE LIGHT TO LIGHT UP THE WORLD

13 Nov 2020 07:09 AM IST

Diwali is a great time of celebration. It is often described as the ‘festival of lights’, and the idea of light as a symbol of enlightenment and new life occurs in many cultures and religions—the lights on the Christmas tree, for example, or the festoons of light which are an

The future is encrypted

12 Nov 2020 07:38 AM IST

Deciphering the national security and economic implications of breaking encryption.

ISCC on economic ties between Spanish and Indian business communities

11 Nov 2020 11:18 AM IST

Indo Spanish Chamber of Commerce (ISCC) held a webinar. ISCC is a private non-profit organisation and the only business aggrupation of Spanish companies in India. In 2019 ISCC got the recognition as the official chamber of Spain in India, by the endorsement of the Spanish Government. The aim of ISCC