Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday emphasised that India is entering into a decisive battle against Covid-19, as the country prepares for the Made in India vaccination drive from January 16

India's Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Dairies informed on Monday that avian influenza has been confirmed in 10 states of the country till date

Clashes broke out between security forces and supporters of the monarchy who had taken a rally in Kathmandu on the occasion of Prithvi Jayanti on Monday

A Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) S. A. Bobde on Monday took a tough stand on the contentious farm laws in India, that have led to over month-long protests by tens of thousands of farmers on the capital's borders and the deaths of at least 60 of them, and said the court will suspend their implementation, but the government requested the court not to do anything in a hurry

With 16,311 new coronavirus infections reported in the last 24 hours on Monday, India recorded the lowest one-day figure in over six months taking India's overall tally to 1,04,66,595

Dispelling popular fears about the bird flu virus, also known as avian influenza, and its spread via consumption of cooked poultry products, health experts said the disease usually does not infect humans as the virus is heat-labile (degraded and killed when subjected to heat)

The minimum temperature is very likely to fall gradually by three-four degree Celsius during the next three-four days, causing isolated cold wave conditions over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and north Rajasthan on January 12 and 13, the Indian Meteorological Department said

After oil, India may now build a strategic reserve of natural gas to further strengthen the country's energy security and shield itself from supply disruptions and frequent price fluctuations coming from perennial political risks in the prime energy supplying countries in the Middle East and Africa

Public health experts believe that intranasal vaccines for coronavirus, administered through nose rather than muscles, can be a potential gamechanger in India's fight against the coronavirus pandemic

Nestled in the sylvan surroundings of the Kangra valley in Himachal Pradesh, the Pong Dam wetlands in the foothills of the Himalayas are normally agog with flapping of feathered guests each winter

Air India is operating its first flight from San Francisco to Bengaluru on Saturday with an all-women cockpit crew

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the country has the strongest and most vibrant democracy in the world

India's Health Ministry said on Saturday that the much-awaited coronavirus vaccination drive will start on January 16

India's contribution in maintaining global food security is rising rapidly as it expands its rice exports to various countries amid the COVID-19 pandemic crisis that impacted crop production and supplies

US Ambassador to India Kenneth Juster said the US-India partnership is one of the most consequential relationships of the 21st century