Scientists tell PM Modi 30 Covid-19 vaccines in different stages of development

Prime Minister Modi on Tuesday chaired a meeting of the task force on coronavirus vaccine development and took a detailed review of the current status of India’s steady efforts in vaccine development

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'It's different if you win and say this': Nehra does not agree with Kohli's 'ODIs...

During a recent conversation with former India teammate Akash Chopra on the latter’s show Aakash Vani, Nehra said that he did not agree with Virat Kohli’s comment that ODIs don’t matter this year.

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13 more BSF personnel test Covid-19 positive in Tripura, state's tally rises to...

This comes a day after 13 people, including two children, from BSF’s 138th battalion, headquartered at Ambassa in Dhalai district were found Covid-19 positive. All the cases recorded since May 2 are from the 138th battalion.

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In 5 days, Covid-19 killed 526 people and affected 11,000 in India, shows data

Delhi reported another big jump of 206 Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, with the total infections doubling to 5,104 in 11 days.

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Aarogya Setu app has no vulnerability; no data, security breach has happened

The government has mandated public sector and private employees who go to offices to download the app, as also people who are in the containment zone - localised areas where there is a Covid-19 positive case detected.

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Indian IT firms step up: CSS bucks trend, rolls out big hikes

Software services exporters including Infosys, Wipro, TCS and WNS have delayed pay increases and put promotions on hold, due to the uncertainty over business growth across their key markets in the wake of the Covid-19 virus outbreak. CSS Corp has also paid 100% of variable salary to the bulk of its employees.

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Aarogya Setu app: Data safe, for limited period, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

The Aarogya Setu app, which was developed by the government to track those with the disease and alert people about their proximity, has given rise to fears of surveillance by the state as well as the security of the personal data that a user needs to fill in after downloading it.

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