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'Vaccine won't kill you': Top doctor allays fears

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Director Randeep Guleria on Monday allayed apprehensions about the coronavirus vaccines and assured that the side-effects will not result in death of the beneficiary

India rises to the occasion in war to defeat COVID-19

India has risen to the occasion in the war against the deadly coronavirus pandemic by not only launching the world's biggest inoculation campaign in the country but also with the production of affordable and easy-to-handle vaccines for which demand is pouring in from Latin America, Africa, Asia and some east European countries

Statue of Unity attracting more tourist than even Statue of Liberty: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asserted that Kevadiya in Gujarat is no longer just a small block in some remote area, it has come up as a one of the biggest tourist destinations of the world and the Statue of Unity situated in the region is attracting more tourist than even Statue of Liberty, a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor within New York City in the US

Efficacy of Covaxin meets WHO standards; India can develop 2 billion vaccines doses a year: India's Drugs Controller

Allaying the apprehensions associated with the safety of the vaccine developed by India's Bharat Biotech, S. Eswara Reddy, Joint Drugs Controller, Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), said on Saturday that Covaxin has satisfactory efficacy levels and there is nothing to worry

Four more Covid vaccines in different stages of trial: Serum Institute of India

Apart from Covishield, the Serum Institute of India (SII) is working on four more vaccines against the novel coronavirus, according to Suresh Jadhav, executive director at one of the world's largest vaccine manufacturers

India continues with low streak of daily Covid cases

With 15,145 new coronavirus infections reported in the last 24 hours, India on Sunday continued with its low streak of single-day cases, according to the Union Health Ministry

'No progress in talks between Dalai Lama's envoys and China'

There was no progress of formal negotiations between the Dalai Lama's envoys and China and the religious freedom continues to deteriorate in Tibet, the 2020 annual report by the US Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) has said

Indian military doctors, paramedics get COVID-19 vax shots

Indian military doctors, paramedics and hospital staff are being vaccinated against the coronavirus disease across the country as the inoculation drive kicked off on Saturday

India begins 'world's largest' immunisation exercise

India Saturday commenced what it touted as the world's largest immunistation drive against the coronavirus disease, with over 300,000 health workers to be inoculated with doses of either Covaxin or Covishield in the first phase

Indian Army employing autonomous weapon systems

The Indian Army - one of the world's largest - is now into offensive technology - from artificial intelligence to autonomous weapon systems to quantum blockchains and now robotics

PM Modi accepts social media picture challenge, tweet goes viral

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday responded to a user's unique challenge on social media platform Twitter and also described the exact source of the picture with the city's name

India connects its China-border region with a bus service

Over seven decades after India's independence, the first-ever passenger bus service was flagged off on Friday in Arunachal Pradesh's Dibang Valley district along the China border, officials said

Dolphins anchor Chilika lake tourism in Odisha

A dolphin jumps out of the brackish waters of Odisha's famed Chilika lake and is the cynosure of all eyes on a boat on the lagoon

EU looking forward to May summit with India

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen Friday said the European Union is looking forward to the summit with India in Portugal in May

IIT students develop digital health system for remote areas

Two research scholars of IIT Guwahati have submitted an idea of a benchtop digital setup integrated with an algorithm to record initial screening parameters like body temperature, pulse rate, eye and tongue analysis of a patient remotely