IPL 2020: It was a complete game, says David Warner after SRH crush RR in Dubai

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Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper David Warner praised his team’s all-round effort after they crushed Rajasthan Royals by 8 wickets in Match 40 of the Indian Premier League 2020 to keep their campaign alive this season. SRH rode on a record 140-run unbeaten partnership between Manish Pandey and Vijay Shankar to gun down 155 in 18.1 overs … Read more

Rural employment falls, employment rate in urban India stays low

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New Delhi: India’s labour market remains under stress, primarily because of a fall in the employment rate in rural India and continued low employment rate in urban India, the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy said. “The falling employment rate in rural India and the continued low employment rate in urban India are the weaknesses in … Read more

I-T Dept raids Congress office in Patna, recovers Rs 8.5 lakh cash from car parked inside

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Income Tax officials also questioned Bihar Congress in charge Shakti Singh Gohil and national media in-charge Randeep Surjewala in connection with the cash recovered as they were present at the Congress office then. File image for representation: Reuters The Income Tax Department on Thursday carried out raids at Sadakat Aashram, state headquarter of Bihar Congress, … Read more

Bihar polls: Free rice and TV is fine but not free vaccine, asks BJP; Congress says don’t play with lives

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As electioneering for the Bihar assembly polls enters its final leg, the war of words between the BJP and the Opposition has further intensified with each accusing the other of indulging in petty politics. The latest in this chain is the controversy over the BJP’s promise of providing a free Covid-19 vaccine to Bihar if … Read more

View: Need to move past binary ways of thinking about workers’ conditions and economic growth

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With the Covid-19 pandemic, we have yet another crisis on our hands that appears never-ending, obfuscating any clear thinking on fundamental questions: what kind of society do we want to rebuild after the pandemic? How will benefits and burdens be distributed in such a society? Source link

Covaxin: Bharat Biotech granted permission to start Phase III trials for Covid-19 vaccine

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Bharat Biotech has been granted permission to start the Phase III trials of Covaxin – India’s indigenous Covid-19 vaccine candidate. [REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE] File photo of Covaxin (Picture Courtesy: Twitter @airnewsalerts) The Drug Controller General of India (DGCI) on Thursday allowed Bharat Biotech International Limited to conduct the Phase III trials of its Covid-19 vaccine candidate … Read more

Half of Americans Know Someone Impacted by COVID

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Oct. 22, 2020 (HealthDay News) — More than half of all Americans have been personally affected by COVID-19 at this point in the pandemic, according to a new HealthDay-Harris Poll survey. The national survey was conducted by The Harris Poll between Oct. 8 and 12. … Read more

Dating During the Pandemic: Online and Restless

Abraar Karan, MD, internal medicine and global health doctor, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston. Dolores Albarracin, PhD, professor of psychology, business, and medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.Sara Heimerl, senior director of matchmaking, Selective Search, Chicago. Rachel DeAlto, chief dating expert, Match Lisa Bonos, dating and relationships writer, The Washington Post Style Section, … Read more

Fauci: Masks, Social Distancing Likely Until 2022

Fauci: Masks, Social Distancing Likely Until 2022

“We shouldn’t be lulled into complacency that this is only an old person disease,” Fauci said. The best way to achieve herd immunity is through a vaccine, he said. Otherwise, a large number of people will die by simply allowing everyone to become infected with the coronavirus. A “profound degree” of herd immunity won’t likely … Read more