Covid 19 News
COVID stands for Coronavirus disease. The virus, also known as the SARS-CoV-2 virus, outbreak resulted in COVID and a worldwide pandemic, which began in December 2019. SARS-CoV-2 is an airborne virus that can cause respiratory illness. After first being discovered in Wuhan, China in 2019, it subsequently spread throughout the world, including India and claimed countless lives. It has mutated into various potent strains that beset India in the form of the 1st, 2nd and Omicron wave. The disease causes flu-like symptoms, including sore throat, fever, could, cough,
Mint 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 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 2024Why Pfizer will find it hard to appease its activist investor
The drugmaker has cut costs already and has no coming product approvals or research that could offer a quick lift.
4 min read8 Oct 2024Covid Resurgence Alert: Scientists warn of XEC variant surge this Autumn, check symptoms here
A new Covid variant, XEC, first identified in Germany, may become dominant. Although vaccines remain effective against severe cases. Symptoms are similar to previous strains, and monitoring is challenging due to reduced testing.
1 min read18 Sep 2024RTX sees labor challenges, exploring alternatives to China suppliers
RTX-CEO/ (UPDATE 2):UPDATE 2-RTX sees labor challenges, exploring alternatives to China suppliers
2 min read11 Sep 2024Pandemic darling Moderna needs a reality check
Moderna is spending aggressively to broaden the uses of its mRNA technology. Investors are losing patience.
3 min read6 Sep 2024Anti-DEI Outcry Online Spurs Flurry of Big-Name Firms to Retreat
At the end of July 2020, as the Covid-19 pandemic raged and unprecedented supply-chain challenges distorted markets, then-Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Jim Hackett started the company’s earnings call not with financials or strategy but with a message on racial justice and the murder of George Floyd.
3 min read31 Aug 2024Long covid knocked a million Americans off their career paths
Years after infection, even answering email remains arduous for many.
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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