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Cracker bursting breaks spell of good air in Delhi

Amid the Covid-19 outbreak, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had urged people to come out to their balconies and light candles, earthen lamps or torch lights for nine minutes at 9pm on Sunday to show their support for the government’s fight against the disease.

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Only a few IT companies like, Wipro, Accenture & Tech Mahindra honour job offers

Accenture is one of the largest employers in the IT sector, hiring an average of about 2,500 people every month in India in the last one year.

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Based on S Korea model, Kerala sets up sample collection kiosk

Ernakulam district collector S Suhas said these kiosks will be set up in all four dedicated Covid-19 hospitals in the district. A safer method to collect swab samples, Suhas said it will help in expediting the testing process.

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'Animal trials for the Covid-19 vaccine will be critical': Krishna Ella

Animal testing has begun in the US in collaboration with virologists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and vaccine developer FluGen.

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Just 14 robberies as Delhi's crime rate dips in lockdown

The city police’s crime data in the three weeks (March 1 to March 21) before the lockdown period and after that(March 22 to March 31), accessed by Hindustan Times, shows that there has been an unprecedened reduction in all types of crime across the city.

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Covid-19: What you need to know today

The big focus for India this week will be containment and enhanced testing, at least in the containment zones.

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Coronavirus case count to guide lockdown future

The 62 districts that account for 80% of all cases, however, will most probably continue to be in lockdown, one of the people said. That includes parts of Delhi and Mumbai, a second person added.

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Yellow.ai deploys 30% of global generative AI bots domestically

While markets like the US are mostly using GenAI for customer support in a bid to cut costs, India Inc. is using them as an opportunity to g...