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PM Modi chairs high-level meeting as India witnesses Covid surge

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting on Sunday to review the recent upsurge in Covid-19 cases as well as the vaccination drive across the country

Indian Army personnel to participate in Exercise Shantir Ogroshena in Bangladesh

Multinational Military Exercise Shantir Ogroshena 2021 (Front Runner of the Peace) will be held at Bangladesh to commemorate the birth centenary of Bangladesh ‘Father of the Nation’ Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and mark glorious 50 years of liberation

Over 3.6 million people vaccinated in India in single-day record

India on Friday registered the highest single-day figure of vaccinating more than 3.67 million people against the COVID-19 in the past 24 hours

Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar hospitalised

Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, who has tested positive for COVID-19, was hospitalised on Friday

India reports over 72,000 Covid-19 cases, biggest single-day spike since early October 2020

In more worries for 1.3 billion people in the country, India on Thursday reported the biggest single-day spike in Novel Coronavirus cases since Oct 11 last year with the addition of over 72,000 new infections

India on way to becoming world's pharma hub

The COVID-19 pandemic might have pushed several economies and businesses to the brink, but what stood strong at such a crucial period was the Indian pharmaceutical industry

India, US special forces share best practices, operational tactics

A joint special forces exercise by India and the United States, Vajra Prahar 2021, was conducted at the Special Forces Training School in Bakloh in Himachal Pradesh

Paraguay receives 100,000 doses of India's Covaxin

Paraguay on Monday received the shipment of 100,000 doses of India's first domestically-produced COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin, the country's Health Ministry said

India-Australia dialogue on disarmament, non-proliferation and export control held

The 6th round of India-Australia Dialogue on Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Export Control was held in a virtual format on 30 March 2021

Jammu & Kashmir gives push to eco-tourism, opens seven new treks

In a mega push to promote eco-tourism, the Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Council, meeting under the chairmanship of Lt Governor Manoj Sinha, on Monday approved the development of seven new trekking routes in various wildlife protected areas

India records highest single-day jump in nearly five months in Covid cases

India recorded a massive spike of 62, 714 cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day rise in nearly five months, the Union Health Ministry said in a statement on Sunday

India-US to re-establish Homeland Security Dialogue

US Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas spoke on Monday with India’s Ambassador to the United States, Taranjit Singh Sandhu when the two leaders discussed the issue of further strengthening the partnership between the two countries

India to join France-led naval drill

India will, for the first time, participate in the France-led naval war game La Perouse in the Bay of Bengal next month, top government sources said

Bangladesh PM stresses on infrastructure to develop trade with Bhutan

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday held a meeting with visiting Bhutanese Prime Minister Lotay Tshering and stressed on developing infrastructure to enhance bilateral trade with Bhutan, reported Dhaka Tribune

Indian women paramilitary personnel in counter-terror ops along Pakistan, Myanmar borders

Breaking the shackles, women are joining the paramilitary and armed forces in huge numbers and are participating in counter-terrorism and counter-infiltration operations along India's border with Pakistan and Myanmar