Covid News
How covid transformed tech and where challenges persist, in five charts
While the covid-19 pandemic did catalyse digital transformation in several fields, real-world challenges over the past five years have delivered few a reality checks.
4 min read17 Mar 2025Gold rate today on track for longest weekly winning streak since COVID-19 rally. Trade war fear, US dollar rate in focus
Gold price today: Following the rebound in the US dollar rates, MCX gold rate witnessed some selling pressure in the Opening Bell
3 min read21 Feb 2025Long covid effect? Conspiracy theories are alive and kicking in America
The US government’s past record of opacity has weakened public confidence in official narratives. Vaccine scepticism during the pandemic has lingered and is hurting public health as some parents refuse to immunize kids against various illnesses.
3 min read9 Feb 2025The silent crisis: Pandemic learning losses that could haunt a generation
School systems in some states had enlightened responses while others were in denial of educational gaps left by covid-disrupted schooling. India can’t afford not to complete the job of learning recovery.
4 min read22 Jan 2025Mint Quick Edit | Meta’s meta-fiction shouldn’t bother us
An Indian parliamentary panel wants to summon Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg for misinformation on India’s electoral outcome. But can India’s image really be tarnished by his utterances?
1 min read15 Jan 2025HMPV virus: How doctors are using social media, humour to educate people
As news about the HMPV virus flows unabated, doctors in India are making Instagram reels laced with humour to educate viewers and quell panic
3 min read12 Jan 2025Behind closed doors: The spy world scientists who argued covid was a lab leak
The idea that the pandemic’s origins lie with a research facility in China was once labeled a conspiracy theory. Disagreements among intelligence experts on the issue ran deeper than is publicly known.
13 min read26 Dec 2024India to undertake mega study of covid-19 samples to help prepare for future pandemics
The objective of the study is to understand the science behind the infections, including the immunological basis for the susceptibility of different individuals.
4 min read4 Nov 2024Reeves to Boost UK Health Service Funding Amid Sweeping Reform
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves will set aside billions of pounds for the National Health Service in her budget next week as the institution kicks off an extensive program of reform.
2 min read21 Oct 2024Pfizer Went From Covid Star to Activist Target as Stock Fell
Pfizer Inc. and Albert Bourla got the upper hand in an early skirmish against Starboard Value LP — but the drugmaker and its embattled chief executive face a long war against an activist that hates to lose.
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Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared