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Wednesday, January 28, 2026
TopicViruses

Topic: Viruses

How to detect early signs of disease outbreak? Govt’s plan is to expand wastewater surveillance

Wastewater surveillance works as an early detection system for outbreaks, allowing public health officials to better understand and respond to public health threats.

Pune-based firm receives major international grant to accelerate development of Nipah virus vaccine

Gennova has been working on self-amplifying mRNA vaccine. mRNA vaccines use body’s machinery to make antigenic protein rather than injecting antigen directly into body.

Livin’ la vida virovore — scientists find 1st microscopic organism that feasts on viruses

Published in the journal PNAS, study by microbiologists from University of Nebraska-Lincoln said ciliate protists grew in quantity & multiplied in sample, viruses shrank.

Faster mutations, heavy rains, crowded gaushalas — how lumpy skin disease spread like wildfire

There have been outbreaks of lumpy skin disease in India before, but none as widespread or as deadly as this year's. Experts say it’s the result of a perfect storm.

Neo-CoV is a no Cov: How 10-yr-old virus is causing needless alarm & what study actually says

It’s hard for NeoCoV, found in bats, to infect human cells without mutation that’s yet to be detected occurring naturally, says preprint paper by Chinese scientists.

New book traces science & natural history of viruses

Published by Penguin India, ‘Invisible Empire: The Natural History of Viruses’ by Pranay Lal will be released on on 3 November on ThePrint’s 'SoftCover'.

On Camera

India-Pakistan ready for lehenga diplomacy. Maryam Sharif has made the first move

Sometimes, we end up embroidering the truth as we overthink and overanalyse a fastidious lady’s personal wardrobe preferences for significant occasions.

Most EU firms eye India expansion post-trade deal, 90% say profitability to go up—FEBI survey

FEBI survey reveals Europe’s big bet on manufacturing, innovation hub amid ‘mother of all trade deals’, but flags regulatory concerns.

India, EU sign security & defence pact. How it links Indian firms to ‘ReArm Europe’ network 

The agreement comes despite differences between India and the EU on issues such as Russia-Ukraine war, showcasing the intent to deepen strategic ties. 

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.