This is an exciting time for people as budgets always create a buzz, particularly around taxation, but there are broader aspects such as fiscal deficit management, inflation, and geopolitical uncertainties. These are crucial for sustaining economic momentum and financial stability.
US President-Elect Donald Trump has named the Kolkata-born Jay Bhattacharya, who raised questions about Covid policies, to head the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the medical research powerhouse.
People suffering from common laryngopharyngeal dysfunction like chronic cough, hoarseness, recurrent throat clearing, especially after Covid, may be at significant risk of developing a heart attack or stroke, warns a study on Wednesday.
Meta Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg, in a letter to the House Judiciary Committee has alleged that the Biden-Harris administration "repeatedly pressurised" Meta's teams to censor posts related to Covid.
US researchers have identified a protein responsible for causing fatigue in people with long Covid, Alzheimer's and other diseases.
A total of 6 children were among the newly infected, the health department bulletin said, adding that 25,447 samples were tested in the past 24 hours, a bulletin stated adding that 19 districts did not report any infection.
As far as tests are concerned, a total of 4,65,904 tests have been conducted in the last 24 hours taking the cumulative number of tests to 79.07 crores, mentioned the data revealed by the health ministry.
While XE only accounts for a small fraction of the cases, its extremely high transmissibility could mean that it becomes the most dominant strain in the near future.
The information was revealed during the 104th central task force briefing on Covid-19 of the Tibetan government-in-exile based in Mcleodganj in Dharamshala in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, around 240 km from state headquarters Shimla.
Located in South Goa district, there are around 2,800 students in the BITS Pilani campus, Halarnkar said, adding that all students, faculty and staff at the university are being scanned thermally before they enter campus.
