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A lab technician wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) takes reagent bottles to perform vaccine tests. (AFP)

China approves emergency usage of COVID-19 vaccines

Emergency use authorization allows unapproved vaccine candidates to be used among people with high risk of infection on...

24 Aug 2020 9:23 AM IST

US President Donald Trump arrives for a press conference in the Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC. (AFP)

Trump announces plasma treatment authorized for COVID-19

The authorization makes it easier for some patients to obtain the treatment but is not the same as full FDA approval

24 Aug 2020 8:58 AM IST

The Facebook-owned messaging platform will test out the new feature for glitches among a select few who have opted to be beta testers, before releasing a full-fledged version for general users.

Advanced search being tested in Whatsapp's latest beta update

Facebook Messenger Rooms has also been integrated into the app.

23 Aug 2020 11:45 PM IST

Representational image (PTI)

AA Edit | Rebuke for media, govt

Campaigns that the virus spread was part of a plan to destabilise India were carried not only on social media but the...

23 Aug 2020 8:09 PM IST

Jyotiraditya Scindia (PTI)

Anita Katyal | Scindia must pick his new loyalties

It appears that the uncertainty over the new office bearers may be further prolonged

23 Aug 2020 7:30 PM IST

A boy watches as a health worker collects a nasal swab from his mother during a COVID-19 coronavirus screening in Mumbai.AFP Photo

India's COVID cases cross 3 million, but health ministry stresses the...

According to health economist Rijo M. John, the COVID-19 cases are growing at the rate of 2.4%

23 Aug 2020 7:21 PM IST

The lawsuit would argue that President Trumps far-reaching action is unconstitutional because it failed to give the company a chance to respond, NPR reported two weeks ago quoting a source. (Photo | AFP)

Due process not followed, says TikTok, to file suit against Trump...

The US government tried to insert itself into negotiations between private businesses, ByteDance said.

23 Aug 2020 7:06 PM IST

A man carries a basket of bangles over his head as he walks on a street during the second day of the two-day state-imposed lockdown as a preventive measure against the surge in COVID-19 coronavirus cases in Siliguri. PTI Photo

Home ministry set to come up with uniform COVID lockdown guidelines...

States including Punjab, Haryana, Bihar and some others have once again imposed lockdown in different forms

23 Aug 2020 7:00 PM IST

Online higher education tipped to grow ten-fold post-Covid, NEP

Online higher education tipped to grow ten-fold post-Covid, NEP

Post- Covid, Indian institutions will be allowed to offer up to 40 per cent of their coursework online

23 Aug 2020 6:57 PM IST

Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh

Congress needs leadership accepted by the entire party, says Amarinder...

In a statement, Singh said the need today is for a strong opposition against the BJP-led NDA

23 Aug 2020 5:34 PM IST

DMK chief MK Stalin (PTI)

DMK alleges AYUSH secy asked non-Hindi participants to leave meeting

The episode "exposed" the BJP-led government's agenda of imposing Hindi through its officials, the Dravidian party chief...

23 Aug 2020 5:05 PM IST

Karnataka Doctors

Doctors up in arms over death of medical officer

Doctors across Karnataka allege bureaucratic interference as the impediment to medical work in the pandemic

23 Aug 2020 4:50 PM IST