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With 70K new cases, India's corona tally crosses 6.1 million

With a spike of 70,589 coronavirus cases and 776 deaths in 24 hours, India's tally on Tuesday breached the 61 lakh-mark with a total of 61,45,291 cases

India does away with offset policy in Rafale-like deals

India has done away with the offset clause in government-to-government, inter-government and single-vendor defence deals, a week after the country's auditor pulled up French defence giant Dassault for not meeting its contractual obligation to reinvest in India after the sale of 36 Rafale fighter aircraft to the Indian Air Force

India can now take defence assets on lease

India can take defence assets on lease as and when required and operate without owning thereby, substituting huge initial capital outlays, the Defence Ministry said on Monday while releasing the new defence acquisition procedure

India approves procurement of 72,000 assault rifles from US

India's Defence Ministry has approved a proposal to purchase 72,000 Sig Sauer assault rifles from the United States at a cost of around Rs 780 crore

IS 'war zone' operative in Iraq gets life imprisonment

Four years after his arrest on charges of entering into a conspiracy to carry out terrorist attacks in India, a special court here on Monday awarded life imprisonment to Islamic State (IS) terrorist Subahani Haja Mohideen, who was in the war zone in Iraq

Taiwanese electronic majors to invest US$900 million in India?

Three Apple suppliers in Taiwan are reportedly planning to invest US$900 million in India in the next five years under the Indian government's new incentive plan for large-scale electronics manufacturing

Clinical trial of ayurvedic remedy for COVID-19 shows groundbreaking results

A groundbreaking interim report on a clinical trial being conducted in three hospitals has shown that COVID-19 patients on natural treatment, based on the Indian traditional systems of herb-based medicines, are resolving most symptoms earlier than those on conventional medicines

Artiste community bearing brunt of event cancellations: Kathak guru Rekha Mehra

Artistes were among the worst-hit communities due to the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting lockdown, Kathak exponent Rekha Mehra has organised an online talent hunt to assert that, despite all odds, the artiste community is active and waiting for opportunities to exhibit talent

India has over six million Covid cases

With a spike of 82,170 coronavirus cases and 1,039 deaths in 24 hours, India's tally on Monday breached the 60 lakh (6 million) mark with a total of 60,74,702 cases

Committed to raise health spending to 2.5% of GDP: Health Minister

India's Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday reiterated the Narendra Modi government's commitment to increase the expenditure on public health to 2.5 per cent of India's gross domestic product (GDP) by 2025

Herd immunity still far off, don't get complacent: Health Minister

India's Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday cautioned that the ICMR's Sero survey report should not create a sense of complacency in people, as the Indian population is not even close to achieving herd immunity

Travellers from Dubai, UK main Covid sources to India: IIT Study

Travellers from Dubai and Britain played a crucial role in spreading Covid-19 in the early phase and were the primary sources of the importations of the disease into India, said a study by the researchers at Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi (IIT-Mandi)

Pandemic dampens spirits in Agra on World Tourism Day

Amid the growing socio-economic uncertainties and health concerns due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a new tourist season has begun in Agra - the Taj Mahal city - but without the fervour and hopes of a revival of the hospitality industry

Sad state of Yamuna pains green warriors

River lovers and green activists in Agra on Sunday celebrated World Rivers Day, at the Etmauddaula view-point park, by cleaning up a stretch of Yamuna bank and taking out a rally to demand a comprehensive National Rivers Policy along with constitution of a Central Rivers Authority to manage major rivers of India

PM Modi says new agri Bills to help farmers sell produce

Hailing the contribution of Indian farmers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that they would benefit too from the new agriculture-related Bills once these become laws