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In-person sampling at beauty outlets and department stores are giving way to a 3D virtual universe. (by Arrangement)

Virtually beautiful!

The whole experience of shopping for beauty products and trying skincare procedures is undergoing a paradigm shift,...

10 March 2022 12:06 AM IST

Hospitality heiress Samyukta Nair and Chef Surender.

India's global gourmet ambassador

From fronting the global gourmet outreach to enriching the cultural palate of the West, Samyukta Nair is creating a...

4 March 2022 12:08 AM IST

The Test and Go system of entry had been launched in Thailand on November 1 last year vis- -vis 61 handpicked countries including India.

Thailand reopens for tourism

Indian visitors represent our hope for recovery, says official

15 Feb 2022 11:07 PM IST

A healthcare worker attends to a patient at the Portimao Arena sports pavilion converted in a field hospital for Covid-19 patients at Portimao, in the Algarve region. (Photo: AFP)

Oestrogen levels linked to COVID-19 death risk in older women,...

Women seemed to have a lower risk of severe COVID-19 infection than men, even after accounting for potentially...

15 Feb 2022 2:27 PM IST

Manduva lemon pickle. (Image by Arrangement.)

Flavours of South India

Looking for authentic, home-made pickles and sprinkles, like our grandmothers would make at home in the village?

14 Feb 2022 3:57 PM IST

So far around 150 pregnant women with corona infection have been reported worldwide, and 60 cases of pregnant-infected mothers have been studied mainly from China and the UK. (AFP)

Coronavirus can destroy the placenta and lead to stillbirths

It's an uncommon outcome for any pregnancy but authorities believe vaccination can help prevent these cases

11 Feb 2022 11:53 AM IST

Namita Gokhale chairs jury of Dylan Thomas Prize

Namita Gokhale chairs jury of Dylan Thomas Prize

The Dylan Thomas Prize is the world's largest literary prize for writers aged 39 and under

4 Feb 2022 12:00 AM IST

On the National Tele Mental Health programme, the finance minister said it will be operated under a network of twenty-three mental health centres of excellence under National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS). (Representational Photo:AA)

Union Budget lists tele-mental health programme

Sitharaman also announced an open platform for the National Digital Health Ecosystem

2 Feb 2022 6:58 AM IST

A worker carries an oxygen concentrator inside the COVID-19 facility of Commonwealth Games Village in view of the rising Omicron cases in New Delhi, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021. (PTI/Shahbaz Khan)

Immune response induced by Omicron effectively neutralise Delta...

The main limitation of this study are lesser participants in the unvaccinated group and the shorter window period post...

26 Jan 2022 4:11 PM IST

Dr Bartley P. Griffith, a leading cardiothoracic surgeon, at the University Of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, USA. (Twitter)

A pig's heart beats inside a human!

The transplant was achieved by Dr Bartley P. Griffith, a leading cardiothoracic surgeon at the University Of Maryland...

14 Jan 2022 2:23 AM IST

A child plays soccer amid low visibility due to fog on a cold winter morning, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Decrease in air pollution in India during lockdown not as high as...

Air pollution is a known health risk and India has some of the worst air pollution globally

2 Jan 2022 4:03 PM IST

A man receives a nasal swab during a test for Covid-19 at a street-side testing booth in New York. (APF)

No evidence Omicron has lower severity than Delta variant: UK study

The study estimates that the risk of reinfection with the Omicron variant is 5.4 times greater than that of the Delta...

20 Dec 2021 2:09 PM IST