Legitimate questions about the virus created perfect conditions for conspiracy theories. In the absence of knowledge, guesswork and propaganda flourished

From May 18 to June 5, the AQI remained in the 'moderate' category. From July to September, monsoon rains kept pollution levels in check.  By October end, the air turned 'severe' again

Australian TV mathematician Matt Parker made several assumptions to come up with the figure but says that even at the upper end of his estimates, all the Covid virus on the planet would fit inside a shot glass

India pulled out of RCEP talks in November last year, but ASEAN leaders said the door remained open for it to join

India has learnt that growth in GDP does not automatically translate into growth in jobs and that GDP growth does not necessarily mean well-being of a vast majority of population. It needs to put these experiences into work and frame appropriate policy responses to the job crisis

Coronavirus cases in India: The active patients' tally in India stands at 9,42,217; around 53,52,078 patients have recovered and 99,773 have succumbed to the deadly virus so far

The government is aiming to implement all the four labour codes in one go by December this year and complete the final stretch of labour sector reforms; With total cases standing at 32.4 million or 0.4 per cent of the world's population, every 250th person on the Earth is now infected with coronavirus; A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his address at the UN General Assembly, assured the world that India's vaccine production and delivery capacity will be used to help humanity in the COVID-19 crisis, world's largest vaccine maker Serum Institute of India (SII) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Adar Poonawalla said SII also shares and applauds his vision. Watch this and more on News Blast.Also Read: SBI announces special benefits on home, auto, gold, personal loans

COVID-19 pandemic: One in every 250 people on Earth now infectedWith total cases standing at 32.4 million or 0.4 per cent of the world's population, every 250th person on the Earth is now infected with coronavirus. As of September 2020, the world's population stood at 7.8 billion, according to the estimates by the United Nations.The total number of deaths now stand at 983,000.Serum Institute shares, applauds PM Modi's vision: Adar Poonawalla on India's vaccine offer to worldA day after Pr...

With total cases standing at 32.4 million or 0.4 per cent of the world's population, every 250th person on the Earth is now infected with coronavirus

Coronavirus outbreak: Just like the tail of an exponential curve, in each country, the number of cases with time shows a very slow rise leading to complacence only to grow at a very rapid rate soon after

Bill Gates' philanthropic venture- the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) has global health as its main areas of focus

Economist Deepak Nayyar writes that despite wide diversity among Asian countries, there are common discernible patterns.

Independence Day: This is PM Modi's sixth straight Independence Day speech ever since the BJP-led NDA came to power in 2014.