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National Medical Commission to streamline medical education established in India

Putting into effect what it described as "historic reforms" in the field of medical education, the Indian government has set up the National Medical Commission (NMC) along with four other autonomous boards while abolishing the MCI

Farmer protests rock Punjab-Haryana

India woke up on Friday with farmers up in arms across the nation against the contentious agri Bills passed in the monsoon session of Parliament

Norwegian university supplying advanced Covid test kits to India

Highly sensitive COVID-19 test kits, developed by researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), relies on magnetic nanoparticles to extract viral RNA, have been supplied to India and Denmark

India reports 86,052 new Covid cases

India has reported 86,052 new COVID-19 cases and 1,141 deaths in the last 24 hours taking its tally to 58,18,570, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Friday

Iconic singer SP Balasubrahmanyam dead

Famed playback singer S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, popular as SPB or Balu in the movie world, who recorded over 40,000 songs in 16 languages over a period of five decades, died on Friday afternoon, his son S.P.Charan said

Cutting across party lines, farmers protest in Punjab, Haryana against Modi's farm bills

Cutting across party lines, day-long statewide protests by farmers in Punjab and Haryana began on Friday morning against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's farming reform bills passed by both Houses of Parliament

PM Modi interacts with fitness enthusiasts on Fit India anniversary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with fitness enthusiasts on Thursday after the completion of one year of the Fit India movement including cricketer Virat Kohli and Bollywood actor Milind Soman

Salman Khurshid, Prashant Bhushan named in Delhi riots charge sheet's disclosure statements

From politicians to lawyers and activists, names of various prominent personalities have come up in the charge sheet filed by the Delhi Police in the Delhi riots case

India's banking sector recovery to pre-Covid levels may take years: S&P

The path to recovery will be more painful for emerging markets such as India and the banks' recovery to long-term averages for key asset quality and profitability ratios will take years, S&P Global Ratings said

IIT Madras develops 'MOUSHIK' chip for IoT devices

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras on Thursday said its researchers have successfully developed 'MOUSHIK', an indigenously-made microprocessor for the Internet of things (IoT) devices

International flights from UP's Kushinagar to galvanise 'Buddhist Circuit'

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced the start of international flights from the Kushinagar airport by Diwali which falls on November 14

Over 57L Covid cases, above 91K deaths in India

With a spike of 86,508 coronavirus cases in 24 hours, India's tally on Thursday reached 57,32,518 and there were 1,129 deaths in one day, including that of a junior minister,  Suresh Angadi, in the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi

India with over 5.6 million Covid cases, goes past 90,000 deaths

India's tally on Wednesday crossed 56 lakh cases following a spike of 83,347 fresh coronavirus infections reported in 24 hours, according to data from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

India's Bharat Biotech inks deal with Washington varsity for intranasal Covid vaccine

Leading Indian vaccine maker Bharat Biotech on Wednesday announced a licensing agreement with Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis for a novel chimp-adenovirus, single-dose intranasal vaccine for COVID-19

31 farmer bodies in Punjab call for lockdown

In a first-of-its-kind show of solidarity, 31 farmer organisations in Punjab cut across party lines on Wednesday to announce a joint statewide protest to be held on September 25 against the farm bills passed by both Houses of Parliament