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John knows how to sell

John Abraham is increasingly proving himself to be a smart businessman.

22 Feb 2013 12:10 PM IST

Days after the government launched the MR vaccine, it is busy dispelling myths about the medicine.

Scientists develop anthrax, plague vaccine amid bioterror attack...

Tests on animals showed the vaccine worked, even if they were infected with a deadly dose of either of the two killer...

17 Oct 2018 1:24 PM IST

The minister said a campaign was launched against milk adulteration in the state in January.

Adulteration in milk, food items plagues Punjab

Once known as the land of milk, lassi, butter, ghee and robust people, Punjab is in the grip of a serious problem of...

15 Oct 2018 1:00 AM IST

$Human \ectoparasites\, such as body lice and human fleas, might be more likely to have caused the epidemic (Photo: AFP)$ Life

Dirty humans, not rats led to spread of 'Black Death' plague in Europe

While it is assumed that rats and their fleas spread plague, there is little historical and archaeological support for...

16 Jan 2018 5:38 PM IST

The outbreak comes months after hundreds of people were killed by the plague in Madagascar in one of the worse diseases in 50 years. (Representational Image/ Pixabay)

Girl dies of new eye-bleeding fever which is feared to be worse than...

Nine-year-old died in central Uganda with symptoms of an eye-bleeding disease which could kill up to 40 per cent of...

15 Jan 2018 2:50 PM IST

According to police, the miscreants allegedly damaged the plaque which has N Chandrababu Naidus name engraved as the Chief Minister. (Photo: ANI)

Plaque of former Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu vandalised

Security has been beefed up in the area to maintain law and order situation, police informed.

11 Jun 2019 1:25 PM IST

DNA test SHERLOCK can rapidly diagnose diseases and works like a pregnancy test. (Photo: Pixabay)

Scientists map genetic codes of 3,000 dangerous bacteria

DNAs of deadly strains of plague, dysentery and cholera were also decoded to better understand some of world's most...

7 Jun 2018 9:14 AM IST

A boy and a girl roam in a deserted street during the current coronavirus lockdown in New Delhi. (DC Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Is the world all set to experience a Coronaissance'?

The Great Bubonic Plague primed Europe for the Renaissance

10 April 2020 8:43 PM IST