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  Virus fears hit Haj pilgrim flow in Mecca

  World | October 14, 2013 17:07 IST

  Mecca: Fears of an outbreak of the deadly MERS, a respiratory virus centered in the Arabian peninsula, in Saudi Arabia and construction in the holy city of Makkah have forced cuts in the numbers of

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  Saudi Arabia: 2 more deaths from new virus

  World | July 03, 2013 20:42 IST

  Riyadh, Jul 3: Saudi Arabia says two more people have died from a new respiratory virus related to SARS, bringing the total number of deaths to at least 34 in the kingdom at the center

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  Cambodian deaths tied to common child illness

  World | July 09, 2012 15:45 IST

   Cambodia, Jul 9: A deadly form of a common childhood illness has been linked to the mysterious deaths in Cambodia that caused alarm when a cause could not immediately be determined, health officials said Monday.Lab

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  Malware may knock thousands off Internet on Monday

  World | July 05, 2012 20:50 IST

  Washington, Jul 5: The warnings about the Internet problem have been splashed across Facebook and Google. Internet service providers have sent notices, and the FBI set up a special website.But hundreds of thousands of people

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  US Drones Hit By Computer Virus

  World | October 08, 2011 17:52 IST

  Los Angeles, Oct 8: America's remote controlled kill machines, the Predator and Reaper drones which fly hunt missions over Pakistan, Afghanistan and Yemen, have been hit by a computer virus and network specialist can't seem

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  Dengue Fever Returns To Delhi, One Dead

  India | July 23, 2011 18:45 IST

  New Delhi, July 23: Dengue fever has returned to the city as the Municipal Corporation of Delhi today reported one death due to the infection and six new cases in the past one month, taking

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  Virus In 3 Idiots Not Inspired By Javed Akhtar: Boman Irani

  Bollywood | December 01, 2010 20:20 IST

  Panaji, Dec 1: Actor Boman Irani has said that many people thought his character Viru Sahastrabuddhe (Virus) in '3 Idiots' was inspired from the oratory style of eminent lyricist Javed Akhtar."Everybody thinks that my character