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Under an air bubble pact between two countries, special international flights can be operated by their airlines between their territories. (AFP Photo)

India permits to operate domestic airlines with 100 pc capacity from...

Currently, the seating capacity in airlines is restricted to 85 per cent

12 Oct 2021 5:02 PM IST

Dorene Giacopini holds up a photo of her mother Primetta Giacopini while posing for a photo at her home in Richmond, Calif. on Monday, Sept 27, 2021. (AP/Josh Edelson)

US woman who survived 1918 flu, world war succumbs to COVID

The flu pandemic killed about 675,000 Americans a death toll eclipsed this month by the 2020-21 coronavirus pandemic

1 Oct 2021 11:38 AM IST

Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana | Digital equity for all ages: A success...

Asia and the Pacific is home to the largest number of older persons in the world -- and rapidly ageing

1 Oct 2021 1:26 AM IST

India on Monday allowed fully vaccinated foreign travellers from a list of 99 countries to enter without the need to quarantine themselves. (Representational Photo:AFP)

India opens up for foreigners for first time since pandemic began

To encourage travellers to visit India, the government is also planning to issue five lakh free visas through next March

16 Nov 2021 1:26 AM IST

A worker in protective overall disinfects a vehicle from the World Health Organization convoy while they were visiting the Baishazhou wholesale market on the third day of field visit in Wuhan in central Chinas Hubei province on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021. (AP)

China's wildlife is a pandemic waiting to happen,' study finds

A comprehensive survey of viral pathogens has found they harbor a range of diseases threatening humans and other animals

13 Nov 2021 1:59 PM IST

Facebook executive blames society, not social networks for COVID-19...

Facebook's Andrew Bosworth noted that free speech can sometimes be dangerous, but democracy must be able to tolerate it

13 Dec 2021 2:52 PM IST

A healthcare worker attends to a patient at the Portimao Arena sports pavilion converted in a field hospital for Covid-19 patients at Portimao, in the Algarve region. (Photo: AFP)

COVID-19 pandemic pushed over half a billion into extreme poverty: UN...

The pandemic also triggered the worst economic crisis since the 1930s

13 Dec 2021 9:31 AM IST

According to ISRO, by firing Chandrayaan-2 on-board motors, the space craft will be moved into the lunar orbit. (Photo: PTI)

Two unmanned missions to be launched before flying Gaganyaan by end of...

Chandrayana got delayed due to the pandemic and maybe it will be launched by next year, Union Minister Jitendra Singh...

9 Dec 2021 4:12 PM IST

Not surprisingly, a majority of teachers facing challenges in teaching said that children were unable to catch up with the curriculum (65.4 per cent). (Representational Image. PTI)

Rukmini Banerji and Wilima Wadhwa | Covid effect: Changes in schooling...

The drop in private school enrolment was accompanied by more children not being in school rather than a shift to...

1 Dec 2021 1:30 AM IST

Sharon Lowen | View from the Covid cocoon

The inspiration came from an idea to scan my daughter's childhood photos for a digital birthday gift as I couldn't give...

31 Jan 2021 12:19 AM IST

WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. (via AP)

WHO team to start Wuhan virus probe under global glare

The visit will be tightly tethered to the science of how the virus jumped from animals to humans

28 Jan 2021 4:27 PM IST

Indias GDP to contract 16.5 pc in Q1 as pandemic spreads, says SBI report. (Representative Image)

Cities key to India's post-pandemic growth: WEF study

The study by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF) said the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic has been catastrophic for...

10 Jan 2021 12:52 PM IST