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Preserve humane image built during pandemic, PM Modi urges police

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the country saw the humane face of police during the Covid-19 pandemic and asked the force to safeguard and build on this asset

Delhi's IGI airport to get India's first on-site Covid test lab, results in 6 hrs

To test incoming international passengers, India's's first on-site Covid testing facility is coming up at the capital's Indira Gandhi International Airport and will provide RT-PCR test results within six hours

India to deploy two towing vessels for blazing oil tanker

The Indian government has decided to deploy two emergency towing vessels to tow the very large crude carrier (VLCC) New Diamond on fire since Thursday morning 37 nautical miles off the Sri Lankan coast, the Indian Coast Guard said on Friday

India faces the threat of a two-front war: Chief of Defence Staff

India faces the threat of coordinated action along its northern and western fronts, Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat said on Thursday amid the ongoing border standoff with China

A self-reliant India merges local with global for world's good: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that 1.3 billion Indians have embarked on one mission - to make an "Aatmanirbhar Bharat", a self-reliant India, which seeks to merge the local with the global and ensure India's strengths act as a global force multiplier

'Lives are important, so is livelihood': Indian government

India's Health Ministry on Thursday said that it has adopted a graded approach to unlock the country and open up various economic activities, adding that while lives are important, so is livelihood

Social distancing our vaccine till Covid cure arrives: Health Ministry

India's health and family welfare ministry on Thursday appealed to the people to adopt Covid appropriate behaviour as Unlock 4.0 is already afoot and more people are out on the streets

'India's agriculture policy in alignment with regional aspirations'

India's Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Parshottam Rupala on Thursday reaffirmed India's commitment to fulfil the aspirations of Asia-Pacific regional countries and share responsibility to ensure food security for all

India records highest one-day spike of 83,883 COVID-19 cases

With 83,883 fresh coronavirus infections in 24 hours, India's tally mounted to 3,853,406 on Thursday, while the death toll climbed to 67,376 with 1,043 more fatalities, said the Health Ministry

Twitter account of PM Modi's personal website hacked

Twitter said it has fixed the account of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's personal website that was briefly hacked in the wee hours and tweets asking people to donate Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were posted on it

Only asymptomatic passengers to be allowed to board Metro trains

Only asymptomatic passengers would be allowed to travel in Delhi Metro trains after September 7

India jumps four places to rank among top 50 in Global Innovation Index

India has moved up four places to rank 48th in the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2020 released on Wednesday

India continues breaching 78K-mark, COVID-19 death tally crosses 66,333

The unabated surge of COVID-19 is maintained as India reported 78,357 fresh coronavirus cases in the past 24-hours mounting the national tally to 37,69,523, revealed Health Ministry data on Wednesday

'Two-month lockdown may increase underweight children by millions'

Noting that the two-month-long lockdown may increase the number of underweight children by millions, the Indian Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR) University, has called for modified parameters that focus on borderline children for better identification of at-risk groups and calibrate policy implementation accordingly

India's NIA books preacher Zakir Naik in kidnapping, trafficking case involving top Bangladesh politician

India's National Investigation Agency (NIA) has named radical Islamic preacher Zakir Naik and two hardline preachers of Pakistan origin as accused in an FIR pertaining to a high-profile case that involves the daughter of a Chennai-based businessman and the son of a top Bangladesh politician, belonging to former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party