BY SAEED NAQVI
IANS | April 5
In the early 70s, Indian missions in West Asia received a curt directive from South Block: do not issue visas to applicants travelling to attend the international con
Zapotec woman Juana Lazaro, a non-Spanish-speaker, washes her hands after learning about hand-washing and social distancing to avoid coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from a local radio program, at her house in Te
BY SUKANT DEEPAK
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) "If the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is about giving citizenship to the persecuted in the neighbouring countries, I appeal to the Government
Migrant workers, who work in textile looms, rest inside a room after their looms were shut due to the 21-day nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease, in Bhiwandi on the outskirts of Mu
Indigenous leaders Cacique Raoni of Kayapo tribe (C) and Sonia Guajajara (3rd L), and Angela Mendes (2nd R) present a joint declaration to the media during a four-day pow wow in Piaracu village, in Xingu Indige
A woman wearing a protective face mask walks by blossom trees in Battersea Park as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues. London, Britain March 21, 2020 REUTERS/Peter Nicholls
New York, April 1 (IANS) The Donald Trump administration revealed for the first time multiple predictive models that are being used to estimate its grim assessment of a 100,000-200,000 coronavirus death to
BY DEEPAK SHARMA AND NAVNEET MISHRA
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Determined to contain the dreaded virus from spreading in the community, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his big team of experts are
A seaweed harvester off the coast of Ramanathapuram, India, March 8, 2020. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Anuradha Nagaraj
Coastal women who have long dived for a harvest are now battling global-warmin
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) The index of panic as per the IANS CVoter Covid Tracker has shot up in the week ending March 29 with more people, around 22 per cent, afraid that they or someone in the family ca
London, March 29 (IANS) Researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have developed a new framework for selecting the best trees for fighting air pollution that originates from our roads.
In a study, pu
An indigenous person from Pataxo ethnic group is seen inside the village Nao Xoha, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Sao Joaquim de Bicas, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, March 25, 2020. REUTERS/
The fingers of child are pressed against the lips of his mother at an emergency feeding clinic in the town of Tahoua in northwestern Niger, in this August 1, 2005. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly/Files
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A staff member checks the temperature of a passenger entering a subway station, as the country is hit by an outbreak of the new coronavirus, in Beijing, China. Photograph: Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters
BY DODUL MONDAL
IANS | March 27
This is a tough time. Perhaps the toughest medical crisis as far as I can remember. WHO says 197 countries across the globe are infected with coronavirus disease (COVID
By Deepak Sharma
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Top Indian microbiologists are hopeful that after the 21-day lockdown, when summer approaches, the rise in temperature would play an important role
By Sfoorti Mishra
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) At a time when India is locked down for the next 21 days starting Wednesday to break the chain of coronavirus transmission, there are hypothetical
Universal Basic Income (UBI) is written on a table during a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland January 23, 2018 REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Advocates of Univ
A man walks past an advertisement showing per-cautions of Coronavirus (COVID-19) after the lockdown by the government to limit the spreading of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), In New Delhi on Tuesda
Ajay Kewat, a bank employee, poses for a photograph inside his house in Mumbai, India, March 23, 2020. Picture taken March 23, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
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