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Over a million took jabs in India on Thursday

With an escalation in immunization sites, the number of vaccination in India on Thursday was reported to be close to 11 lakh (1.1 million)

12 Indian varsities in top 100 of QS world rankings

In the 11th edition of QS World University Rankings by subject released by global higher education consultancy QS Quacquarelli Symonds, 12 leading Indian universities and higher education institutions have achieved top-00 positions in their subjects

India to expand space ties with Italy

India has agreed to expand space cooperation with Italy by tapping opportunities in earth observation, space science, robotic and human exploration, the state-run Indian space agency said on Thursday

A plastic waste shredder to hit Indian roads soon

An innovative machine designed by a team of six final-year engineering students that gathers and shreds waste plastic is slated to hit Indian roads soon!

India's scientists make low-cost optical telescope for seeing distant quasars, galaxies

Indian scientists have indigenously designed and developed a low-cost optical spectrograph

Combined Commanders' Conference: Modi to discuss strategic scenario and give 'strategic guidance'

Theaterisation of armed forces, self-reliance in defence sector and evolving threats in the region will be the focus areas during the three-day Combined Commanders' Conference, in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to give strategic guidance to India's military

India moving to partner Uzbekistan on Chabahar

India and Uzbekistan are swiftly moving to strengthen their partnership to develop connectivity in Central Asia via the Chabahar port

India-made COVAXIN is 81 pc effective: Bharat Biotech

Bharat Biotech, a global leader in vaccine innovation, developing vaccines for infectious diseases, has announced the first interim analysis of itsBBV152 (COVAXIN) where it showed it was 81 percent effective

India, New Zealand foreign ministers discuss Indo Pacific 'aspirations'

Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on interacted with Minister for Foreign Affairs of New Zealand Nanaia Mahuta when the two leaders discussed issues related to the Indo-Pacific region

Caribbean nations thank PM Narendra Modi for vaccine; call it a 'significant act of benevolence'

Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Alfonso Browne has thanked Indian PM Narendra Modi for demonstrating an “act of benevolence, kindness and empathy” by sending 175,000 AstraZeneca vaccines to the Caribbean countries which will help in fighting against COVID-19

India sending rice, medical assistance to Madagascar as drought relief

India is sending a consignment of 1000 metric tonnes of rice and 100,000 tablets of HCQ to Madagascar in response to an urgent appeal for assistance to deal with the humanitarian crisis in the south of the Indian Ocean island country caused by severe drought

Vaccine acceptance high among Indian women

As India has started rolling out the next phase of its COVID-19 vaccination drive for people above 60 years of age and those over 45 years with comorbidities, a new survey by Harvard researchers has found that vaccine acceptance among women in India is among the highest in the world

34 countries in line to receive Covid vaccines from India: EAM Jaishankar

The coronavirus vaccine - one of the world's most in-demand commodities - has become a new currency for international diplomacy

India celebrates NGOs' role in combating COVID-19 pandemic

In the very first week India entered void lockdown in March 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on the NGOs to help the government during the lockdown by providing basic necessities to the underprivileged, supplying medical and protective gear, and assisting with awareness campaigns on social distancing

Modi calls for technological solutions to India's farming woes

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday gave a call to make concerted efforts in the farming sector in the country to find a comprehensive technological solution from "irrigation to sowing, till harvesting and earning"