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The idea behind the future drug would be that it works early in the infection. (Representational image: AP)

Scientists find new drug target to treat coronavirus, fight future...

The latest study provides critical information that could aid drug development against future coronaviruses as well as...

8 July 2021 1:19 PM IST

United Airlines is preparing to furlough 16,370 workers when federal aid expires on October 1. (AFP Photo)

COVID-19: Oman suspends flights from 24 countries, including India,...

The decision was taken as part of the country's measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic

8 July 2021 12:57 PM IST

A Tokyo Metropolitan Government employee takes the Modernas COVID-19 vaccine shot at a newly opened vaccination center in the government building, July 1, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP /Eugene Hoshiko)

UN chief calls for global vaccination plan as COVID-19 death toll tops...

The world needs a global vaccine plan to at least double the production of vaccines and ensure equitable distribution

8 July 2021 12:00 PM IST

Presidential guards patrol the entrance to the residence of late Haitian President Jovenel Moise in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, July 7, 2021.

Haiti in upheaval: President Moise assassinated at home

Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph said the police and military were in control of security in Haiti, the poorest...

8 July 2021 11:40 AM IST

Police personnel salute during the guard of honour to Bollywood legendary actor Dilip Kumar on his funeral, in Mumbai, Wednesday, July 7, 2021. (PTI /Kunal Patil)

Dilip Kumar, legend and Nehru's hero, is no more

The passing of Dilip Kumar, who was born in 1922 in Peshawar, leaves yet another solemn milestone in the history of...

8 July 2021 11:14 AM IST

In this April 24, 2021, file photo, exhausted workers, who bring dead bodies for cremation, sit on the rear step of an ambulance inside a crematorium, in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

India records 45,892 new COVID-19 cases, 817 deaths

An increase of 784 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours

8 July 2021 10:22 AM IST

The Games already will take place without foreign spectators. (Photo: AP)

Japan to declare virus emergency lasting through Olympics

The Summer Olympics, already delayed a year by the pandemic, begin July 23 and close Aug 8

8 July 2021 9:24 AM IST

Virbhadra Singh was 87. (Photo: PTI)

Former Himachal chief minister Virbhadra Singh dies of post-COVID...

Singh, who is a nine-time MLA and five-time member of Parliament, served as Himachal Pradesh's Chief Minister for six...

8 July 2021 8:18 AM IST

The apparent mishandling of the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic finally cost the good doctor , Harsh Vardhan, his portfolio. (PTI)

COVID cost Harsh Vardhan his post; Ravi Shankar Prasad exit over...

The second wave of the pandemic, that claimed over one lakh lives, damaged the image of the Prime Minister and his...

8 July 2021 7:28 AM IST

President Ram Nath Kovind administers oath of office and secrecy to cabinet minister Mansukh Mandaviya, at a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi, Wednesday, July 7, 2021. (PTI)

4 top ministers, 8 others dropped, 7 elevated; many new faces in first...

Mansukh Mandaviya gets health, aviation for Jyotiraditya Scindia, Anurag Thakur gets I&B, Rijiju to heald law and...

8 July 2021 7:08 AM IST

Dilip Kumars passing is truly the end of an era. (ANI Photo)

AA Edit | Bollywood's first Khan and the idea of India

Though his last film was released 23 years ago, in 1998, Dilip Kumar remains a daunting, revered presence in the Indian...

8 July 2021 1:06 AM IST

The bench said that there should be some ray of hope for the students and there should not be any confusion. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Huge relief, reset by CBSE may help students reboot

The system is burdened right now with ratifying the marks that schools will be giving their students for the previous...

8 July 2021 12:59 AM IST