CEPI—the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations—today announced a collaboration with Profectus BioSciences, Inc. and Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE: EBS) under which Profectus and Emergent will receive up to $25 million to advance the development and manufactu...
An American President is elected in a divisive election, in which a section of his supporters used purported criminal means - including stealing or trying to steal the opposition party's confidential documents; the FBI's inquiry into the matter is stymied by the new administration but leaks and dogged journalis...

Some thought he was possessed, some thought he was just being a pervert when he started questioning young women about sanitary pads. ...
Olga Tokarczuk, a 56-year-old bestselling author from Poland, has won the prestigious Man Booker International Prize for her novel "Flights," which deals with travels in the 21st century and human anatomy....

Homeless beggars, ragpickers and labourers sitting with plates on a mat are waiting under a flyover. As the clock strikes 12.30 pm, a slim man appears on the scene and starts serving hot rice and dal....
A farming community in Madhya Pradesh auctions off girls aged 9 to 14 to men that place bids on their virginity, says Taher Ali, who, deeply hurt by the reality, has set out to produce a feature film "Modhi" in the hope of bringing about a change. The movie's name means a girl in the local dialect....
Innovative cocktails like the one made with chilli and rasam powder, as also discounts and freebies would mark this years World Whisky Day falling on May 19, senior hotel industry officials in three metros said....

From Canada, that boasts of a first Indian-origin Defence Minister in Harjit Singh Sajjan, here is the story of another Indian-origin woman migrant who has risen to become a minister in the government of the British Columbia -- the Western-most province of the country known for its tech prowess globally....

The return of B.S Yeddyurappa as Karnataka's Chief Minister on Thursday for the third time, reaffirmed his stature as the BJP's mascot in south India where it has been striving to spread its footprint over the last two decades....
Though independent Indian cinema has always found a place for itself at Cannes Film Festival, right from the days of Satyajit Ray, it had been overshadowed by the the sharp rise in the international popularity of 'Bollywood' cinema but seems to be staging a strong comeback now....