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Four rebel guerillas surrender in northeast India

Four militants, allegedly trained in "camps" in Bangladesh, on Thursday surrendered to Indian security forces in the state after they fled from their "camps" across the border on January 31, police said

Technology emerging as a core combat capability replacing conventional weapons of war: Indian Army chief

Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane said on Thursday that the current weapons of war are fast losing their importance and are being overtaken by disruptive technologies that operate in the cyber and space domain

If world manages to conquer Covid, it will be because of India: Canadian PM

Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called up Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, requesting for COVID-19 vaccines, which India has generously gifted to 20 countries under its vaccine diplomacy

India's cereal exports jump five fold during pandemic

India has quietly become a food grain provider to the world during the time of the pandemic with exports of rice, wheat and coarse cereals witnessing a sharp jump during the first three quarters of 2020-21 financial year

Modi reaches out to protesting farmers: New farm laws are 'optional, not compulsory'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday declared that the farm reforms legislated by his government are "optional and not compulsory", asserting that the government honours the farmers and is ready to accept their logical suggestions on the three contentious farm laws

Indian Navy's combat-readiness exercise Tropex-21 underway in IOR

Indian Navy's largest exercise -- Theatre Level Operational Readiness Exercise (Tropex 21) -- to test its combat readiness in the context of the current geo-strategic environment is underway in the Indian Ocean Region

IIHR-Bengaluru develops disease-resistant chilies

Bengaluru-based Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR) has developed disease-resistant green chili varieties which will drastically cut the production cost of farmers by nearly 40 per cent to 50 per cent if these varieties are grown scientifically

Indians advised against travel to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait via UAE

The Embassy of India in Abu Dhabi has advised Indian citizens against travelling to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait via the United Arab Emirates due to "Covid-related restrictions on incoming passengers" imposed in the two countries

Indian Army canines can detect Covid virus in real-time

Indian Army has trained canines to detect COVID-19 virus for a quick and in real-time situation for easier movements of troops

Modi government's reforms far superior to previous policies, says chief economic advisor

The Modi government's structural reforms with clear long-term growth objectives are far superior to the previous Manmohan Singh government's economic policies, Chief Economic Advisor K. Subramanian says

ISRO said it was not glacier burst in Chamoli: CM Rawat

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Monday said that as per the team of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) there was no glacier burst in Chamoli but rather it was the result of a sudden slide of snow accumulated on top of the mountain

India vaccinates 2.2L beneficiaries in a day, total crosses 6 million

More than 200,000 beneficiaries, including healthcare and frontline workers, received Covid vaccine shots on Monday, pushing the tally of the vaccinated population above the 6 million-mark, the Health Ministry said

India-US exercise in counter-insurgency ops begin

"The India-US joint training Exercise Yudh Abhyas commenced at the Mahajan Field Firing Ranges on Monday with an opening ceremony that saw the unfurling of the national flags of both countries amidst the playing of the national anthems," said Lieutenant Colonel Amitabh Sharma, PRO Defence, Rajasthan

Biden calls Modi, to work closely on terrorism, Indo-Pacific, Covid, climate change, promoting democracy

US President Joe Biden and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi committed themselves to work closely on a range of issues from fighting terrorism and upholding territorial integrity to defeating the COVID-19 pandemic, rebuilding the global economy and promoting democratic values, according to the White House

Glacier burst in northern India: 18 bodies recovered, 202 missing

At least 202 people are missing while 18 bodies have been recovered so far after a flash flood inundated a power project at Raini village in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district in the upper Himalayas, the state government said on Monday