New Delhi: The Indian government will soon issue guidelines to allow operation of public transport, including airlines in the country, union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari said. “Soon, efforts to start public transport, buses, will be made on the basis of some guidelines,” Gadkari said in an […]
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New Delhi: The Vaccine Task Force (VTF) set up by Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) for focussed research on corona vaccines has allowed research institutions and laboratories to use patient samples for research and development (R&D) purposes. The government has framed detailed guidelines for sharing of bio-specimen and data for such […]
New Delhi: A month into lockdown, Bengaluru stands out among metros in its Covid-19 management. Behind the drastic flattening of curve in Bengaluru is a hi-tech war room put together by the corporate sector and government. From training healthcare workers to spraying disinfectants from drones to distributing food to 1.6 […]
The rules of the lockdown do not allow for bringing back stranded Indians and getting them held up at various airports, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said on Thursday, urging citizens abroad who want to return to be patient till May 3. The lockdown was imposed in […]
Top oil producers struggled to finalise production cuts during a virtual summit held by G20 energy ministers on Friday, despite US President Donald Trump’s mediation efforts to end a standoff with Mexico. The final G20 communique appeared to gloss over simmering divisions over energy policy, making no mention of output […]
SAN FRANCISCO: As health workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic plead for personal protective equipment, volunteer efforts to create hand-sewn masks and deliver them to medical professionals have quickly sprung up across the internet. But those efforts were hampered by Facebook’s automated content moderation systems over the […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi called up a nurse from the civic-run Naidu Hospital, which has been treating COVID-19 patients, and applauded the work done by the hospital staff to fight the pandemic, a civic official said on Saturday. Nurse Chhaya Jagtap received a call from the Prime Minister’s Office on […]
HONG KONG: From Australia’s Bondi Beach to the streets of New Delhi, authorities across Asia ramped up efforts this weekend to stem the coronavirus amid fears of a second wave of infections in places where outbreaks had appeared under control. Tighter travel restrictions were imposed in several countries while Malaysia […]