New York, Nov 30 Covid-19 infections in the 'fully' vaccinated are rare but are more common and severe in people with weaker immune systems, according to a real-world retrospective study led by the US drug maker Pfizer involving nearly 1.2 million people. The immunocompromised people include those with advanced HIV/AIDS, cancer, kidney disease, rheumatologic or other
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 30 Five infants have died due to malnutrition and other health issues in Attapadi in Palakkad district in less than a week, giving the political fronts in Kerala a chance to score brownie points, indulge in blamegame and politicise the issue. Despite the successive governments in Kerala pumping in over Rs 130 crore for
New Delhi, Nov 30 Japanese consumer electronics company Panasonic has confirmed that its network was illegally accessed by a third party on November 11. While no other information was provided by the company, Japanese publications Mainichi and NHK claimed that the breach actually started on June 22 and ended on November 3. NHK reported that
Mumbai, Nov 30 Filmmaker Abhishek Kapoor has heaped praises on his 'Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui' star Ayushmann Khurrana and said that the actor has bridged the gap between conventional tentpole movies and parallel cinema. Abhishek said: "We've been led to believe that there's conventional tentpole cinema and then there's parallel cinema but thanks to actors like
Kanpur, Nov 30 India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has thanked Harbhajan Singh for inspiring him to bowl off-spin, saying that he picked up the ball only after seeing Bhajji's "wonderful spell" against Australia in 2001. Ashwin on Monday moved past Harbhajan's tally of 417 wickets, becoming India's third-highest wicket-taker in Test cricket at 419 on the
New York, Nov 30 Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has named IIT Mumbai, central school alumnus, Parag Agrawal, as his successor. IANS refreshes a list of prominent CEOs of US Inc. and the schools in India (and the US) that shaped their lives. Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft, attended Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet, and
Mumbai, Nov 30 The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) gained in early trade session on Tuesday. At 9.30 a.m., the S&P BSE Sensex traded at 57,620 points, up 0.62 per cent. It opened at 57,272 points from the previous close of 57,260 points. Till now it has touched a low of 57,252 points. Besides, the broader
Lucknow, Nov 30 In a heart-warming gesture, a judge of the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court gave Rs 15,000 to a poor Dalit student who could not deposit the fees for allotment of a seat in IIT(BHU) after cracking it through joint entrance examination (JEE) advanced. The bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh directed
New Delhi, Nov 30 Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI), a game developed specifically for the country, has become the 'Best Game of the year', while Garena Free Fire MAX was the 'Users' Choice pick' in 2021, a Google Play India report said on Tuesday. Bitclass, a platform enabling interactive cohort-based learning, became the 'Best App' of the
New Delhi, Nov 30 Congress MP Shashi Tharoor offered an apology after he posted his picture on the first day of the winter session of Parliament. Tharoor posted a selfie with six women MPs, including Trinamool's Nusrat Jahan and Mimi Chakraborty, Congress' Preneet Kaur and Jothiman Sennimalai, NCP's Supriya Sule and DMK's Thamizhachi Thangapandian and wrote: