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Ms Athaiya, who won an Oscar for her work on the 1983 epic film Gandhi, passed away peacefully in her sleep, her daughter Radhika Gupta said. Costume designer Bhanu Athaiya, India’s first Oscar winner, died at her home on Thursday after a prolonged illness, her daughter said. She was 91 …

The world is experiencing unprecedented stressful times. With the coronavirus pandemic disrupting life and causing large-scale deaths around the world and no cure in sight, hope is perhaps all that has been driving humanity forward. In such compelling moments, the image of a newborn baby taking off a doctor’s mask …

Although the World Health Organization believes that vaccines are the only possibility to achieve herd immunity, two major clinical trials have been temporarily halted due to unexplained diseases. Mint looks at how long it would take for the immunization campaign to materialize. How do we describe herd immunity? When the …

MUMBAI: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said on Thursday that attempts to smear and “kill” the Hindi film industry or “change” it will not be tolerated. Thackeray’s statement came in the context of the multi-agency investigation into the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput and his media coverage, which was …

NEW DELHI: World Health Organization (WHO) chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said Thursday that young, healthy people may have to wait until 2022 to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. Swaminathan also stressed that priority should be given to healthcare workers and those most at risk. He noted that despite the many vaccine …

By: Express Web Desk | Updated: October 15, 2020 9:11:26 pm In an attempt to increase his chances of re-election, Trump has downplayed the severity of the crisis and the infection, especially after he caught himself and had to be hospitalized a few days ago. During the last weeks before …

NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman On Thursday, he said that a V-shaped recovery pattern is being seen in several high-frequency indicators, driven by various measures taken by the government to revive economic growth, hit hard by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. . In his address to the plenary …

India is expected to have a Covid-19 vaccine in a few months and the country should be in the process of delivering it to people in the next six months, the Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said. He made the remarks at the Annual General Meeting of the Indian Red …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a review meeting on Thursday to assess the progress of research and the vaccine development ecosystem to combat Covid-19. Be it tests, vaccines and drugs, the solution has to be cost-effective, readily available and scalable, the Prime Minister said. The meeting was attended by Union …

Written by Tora Agarwala | Guwahati | Updated: October 15, 2020 7:01:45 pm A fine print photograph of the 2005 Arunachal rain snake. (Photo courtesy: Abhijit Das) A damaged specimen beyond repair, just a surviving color-printed photograph, and a 15-year pass – the clues were far more challenging than the …