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    Hydroxychloroquine has long been known to have potentially serious side effects, including altering the heartbeat in a way that could lead to sudden death (Photo | AP)Science
    Hydroxychloroquine study for coronavirus partly stopped as patients...

    One-fourth of those assigned to get 600 milligrams twice a day for 10 days developed heart rhythm problems, and trends...

    14 April 2020 2:13 PM IST

    India Inc stands by lockdown extension call; seeks stimulus package to rebuild economy. (Photo- Social Media)Business
    India Inc seeks stimulus package after lockdown extension

    Late last month, the government announced a Rs 1.7 lakh crore package aimed at providing relief to those hit hard by the...

    14 April 2020 2:09 PM IST

    PTI PhotoIndia
    With over 100 cases, Guntur district in AP emerges as virus hotspot

    As many as 16 new coronavirus cases were registered in the district since Monday night

    14 April 2020 2:04 PM IST

    Selena Gomez (Twitter)Entertainment
    Selena Gomez breaks silence on kidney transplant, being a tabloid...

    Gomez, who underwent a kidney transplant due to lupus, said she uses her social media capital to spread awareness

    14 April 2020 1:59 PM IST

    In this March 2020 photo provided by Gilead Sciences, rubber stoppers are placed onto filled vials of the investigational drug remdesivir at a Gilead manufacturing site in the United States. Given through an IV, the medication is designed to interfere with an enzyme that reproduces viral genetic material. (Photo | AP)Science
    WHO Solidarity trial testing antiviral drug remdesivir, as it could...

    In an observational study, 68 per cent or two out of three patients after treatment with the drug did not require...

    14 April 2020 1:51 PM IST

    Farmers travel in a crowded boat as they carry their vegetables to a wholesale market during the complete lockdown imposed in the wake of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, in Patna. PTI photoIndia
    Labour ministry sets up control rooms to address migrant workers'...

    The Prime Minister has announced extension of the nationwide lockdown till May 3 with conditional relaxation from April...

    14 April 2020 1:47 PM IST

    In this Wednesday, April 8, 2020 photo provided by the Center for Pharmaceutical Research, a pharmacy technologist using a biosafety level 2 hood prepares a COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine candidate for testing in Kansas City, Mo. This early safety study, called a Phase 1 trial, is using a vaccine candidate developed by Inovio Pharmaceuticals. (Photo | AP)Science
    Studies being done to see whether vaccines for TB and Polio could be...

    Theories say countries with large BCG-vaccinated populations may fare better against coronavirus but UK with a high...

    14 April 2020 1:30 PM IST

    An MCGM member prepares beds at a quarantine center inside a BMC school for COVID-19 patients during a nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, at Dharavi in Mumbai. PTI photoIndia
    School fee hike adds to woes of parents

    Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh governments have announced that schools should not force parents to pay...

    14 April 2020 1:15 PM IST

    Demi Moore and Bruce Wills (Twitter)Entertainment
    Demi Moore, Bruce Willis have a quarantine-edition 'family book club'

    Willis and Moore were married for several years beginning in the late 1980s until 2000

    14 April 2020 1:05 PM IST

    Nathan Lyon celebrates his wicket with captain and wicket-keeper Tim Paine. AFP PhotoSports
    Nathan Lyon backs Tim Paine to continue as Australia captain

    Australia lost a first home series to India but retained the Ashes last year under Paine

    14 April 2020 12:58 PM IST

    AFP PhotoSports
    Usain Bolt goes viral with 'social distancing' Olympic photo

    Bolt's post of the 2008 Olympics 100m final blew up on social media, drawing more than half a million likes and 90,000...

    14 April 2020 12:54 PM IST

    Mahim Dharavi Medical Practitioners Association conducts a thermal screening of residents of a housing society during a nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, at Dharavi in Mumbai. PTI PhotoIndia
    As Covid19 cases soar, India extends lockdown

    Coronavirus death toll in India rises to 339, cases soar to 10,363, says Health Ministry

    14 April 2020 12:54 PM IST

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