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Nipah virus spreads by consuming infected fruits like mango and fresh date palm sap contaminated by bats and also by coming in direct contact with an infected patient and sometimes infected pigs.

Nipah is deadly, stay alert

It's believed habitat loss of bats could be contributing to this emerging zoonosis, whose natural host is the fruit bat.

25 May 2018 7:03 AM IST

Newly sworn-in Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy along with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, AICC president Rahul Gandhi, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, BSP leader Mayawati and Congress leader Sonia Gandhi wave after the swearing-in ceremony, in Bengaluru, on Wednesday. (Image: PTI)

Despite the bonhomie, Opposition unity is not easy

Can mere physical proximity automatically translate into a foolproof alliance?

25 May 2018 7:00 AM IST

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate the regional hub complex of the elite anti-terror force National Security Guard (NSG) at Ibrahimpatnam near Hyderabad on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Heed archbishop's message

In his usual rough way, BJP chief Amit Shah asked the archbishop â€œnot to polariseâ€ Indians.

24 May 2018 3:35 AM IST

11 people including a teenager were killed in anti-Sterlite protest in Tuticorin on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Firing deaths in TN show failure by govt

The firing was the surest sign that this was a failure of the administration and police intelligence.

24 May 2018 3:33 AM IST

Navika Sagar Parikrama: women crew members in INSV Tarini enter Lyttelton. (Photo: DC)

An inspiration for all

It's not concessions and reservations that Indian women need so much as equal opportunity.

23 May 2018 6:59 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin hold talks during informal summit in Sochi. (Photo: Twitter/@PMOIndia)

Delhi, Moscow must build on Sochi spirit'

Modi has also evidently come to appreciate that putting all eggs into the American basket wasn't too clever.

23 May 2018 6:57 AM IST

The possibility of the government skidding on the fiscal deficit front is hardly good news at the close of a turbulent year that saw demonetisation and a hurried introduction of a flawed Goods and Services Tax ravage the economy, particularly the cash-dependent rural economy.

Is India's economy headed for iceberg?

The last Budget by the NDA government was seen neither as people-friendly nor business-friendly.

22 May 2018 1:24 AM IST

Pakistan violated ceasefire in Keri and Digwar areas of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir. (Photo: PTI/File)

On Pak, explore options

Since January, Pakistan has been violating the ceasefire on a steady basis.

22 May 2018 1:22 AM IST

Cauvery: Some light at end of the tunnel

The February 16 ruling will be the cornerstone of this final process of setting up an authority to oversee the measuring...

21 May 2018 12:40 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

J&K: More empathy needed

The PM was not on a healing-touch mission.

21 May 2018 12:39 AM IST

In his resignation speech, B S Yeddyurappa said, I assure the people of the state, I will fight with all I have and win 28 of the 28 seats in the Lok Sabha elections. (Photo: PTI)

K'taka: Lessons for all as history made

JD(S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy will become chief minister, in terms of the understanding reached with the Congress.

20 May 2018 12:54 AM IST

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle leave after their wedding ceremony at St. Georges Chapel in Windsor Castle in Windsor, near London. (Photo: AP)

A new era for royals?

The Meghan effect may soon help redefine the future of royalty.

20 May 2018 12:53 AM IST