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Three-nation team with IIT-M researchers win US energy prize

The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) on Monday said the international team 'Nalu e Wai', in which its researchers were a part, has won the first two phases of the 'Waves to Water Prize'

Aim to cover 250 million people in India with Covid vaccine by July: Health Minister

India's Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said the government working on plans to procure 400-500 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine, which will be administered to up to 25 crore (250 million) people by July 2021 - that is about a fifth of India's population of 1.3 billion

Recovery rate at 84% as India's Covid cases breach 66L

With a spike of 74,442 coronavirus cases and 903 deaths in 24 hours, India's tally on Monday mounted to 66,23,816 cases

Hathras horror: 10,000 women, groups worldwide seek justice for Dalit victim

Over 10,000 women, feminist groups and rights activists from all over the world on Sunday got together to seek justice for the Hathras gang-rape victim as the case has rocked national and Uttar Pradesh state politics in the past one week

COVID-19 pushed breast health to low priority: Survey

With COVID-19 currently occupying the front seat on priorities for personal and public health, women seem to pushing their breast health to the recesses, by neglecting their mammograms and increasing nervousness to visit their physicians because of the possibility of contracting COVID-19, a new survey has shown

75,829 new corona cases in India, tally crosses 65L

With a surge of 75,829 coronavirus cases in 24 hours, India's total tally on Sunday crossed the 65-lakh mark, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) data showed

Atal Tunnel will give new strength to border infrastructure: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the majestic Atal Tunnel, beneath the lofty Rohtang Pass in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district, would give new strength to India's border infrastructure

India's Covid toll surpasses 100,000, cases over 6,4 million

India's COVID-19 death toll breached the grim one lakh (100,000) mark while the number of positive cases surged past 64-lakh (6.4 million) on Saturday, the health ministry data showed

Rahul, Priyanka among five Congress leaders allowed to visit Hathras

In a dramatic twist to the political and administrative drama being played out in Uttar Pradesh, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra along with three other party leaders, were on Saturday allowed to meet the family of the 19-year-old Hathras girl who died four days ago after being allegedly gang-raped by 'upper-caste men

India test-fires nuclear-capable Shaurya missile

India successfully test-fired an advanced version of Shaurya missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead from a defence facility off the Odisha coast on Saturday

Hathras tragedy brings protests back to India's streets

For the past few months India had become used to webinars and other virtual gatherings on social media either to register a protest or push a campaign because of COVID-19

Hathras horror: Congress to hold nationwide protests on Oct 5

The opposition Congress will hold a 'satyagraha'  (peaceful protest for truth) across the country on October 5 to protest the alleged high-handedness shown by Uttar Pradesh's Yogi Adityanath government towards top Congress leaders Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi as they were proceeding on Thursday to Hathras to meet the family of the gang-rape and murder victim

515 doctors died from COVID-19 in India: government had no data

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Friday released a poster carrying the names and photographs of 515 doctors -- 492 men and 23 women -- who died on the line of duty while treating COVID-19 patients

India's 1328th butterfly species found in Rajasthan

India's 1328th butterfly species has been discovered in Rajasthan during the ongoing "Big Butterfly Month", which is being celebrated from September 5

Large protests over gang-rape, death of Dalit woman

Hundreds of protesters, including politicians, lawyers and even an actor-activist, gathered in the centre of New Delhi Friday to protest the horrific gang-rape and murder of a Dalit woman and the alleged cover-up of the crime by local authorities in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state governed by the ruling BJP