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India's Wipro to take over IT operations of German firm

Indian software major Wipro on Tuesday announced that its is taking over the IT operations of German food services firm Metro AG in a $700 million (Rs 5,171 crore) deal

World Bank to fund $500 mn 'green' highway project in India

India and the World Bank on Tuesday signed a $500 million project to build safe and green national highway corridors in the states of Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh

No one will be discriminated against on religious lines: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that his government was committed to ushering in development in India without any discrimination on the basis of religion

Modi impressed with rise in leopard population In India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday expressed happiness over the increasing population of leopards in India which has registered more than 60 per cent rise in the latest report

Less than 20,000 new Covid cases recorded across India

For the first time since the first week of July, India on Tuesday recorded its lowest number of daily cases, which were 10,000 less than the number of recoveries, even as the tally went past 1,00,75,000 cases

2020: A defining year for Indian space with entry of private sector

Even though the year 2020 would be known as COVID-19 year, it could also be termed as the defining year for the Indian space sector to put it in a different orbit with the private sector as a co-traveller of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

ADB to give Rs 2100-cr loan to Tripura for urban, tourism development

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is likely to provide a Rs 2,100 crore loan to the Tripura government for the development of urban areas and tourism in the northeastern state that borders Bangladesh, officials said here on Tuesday

Trump awards America's highest military decoration to Modi

US President Donald Trump has presented America's highest military decoration, The Legion of Merit, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his personal leadership that "accelerated India's emergence as a global power" and "elevated the strategic partnership between the US and India"

Three women get INAE Woman Engineer of the Year award

Three women were awarded the Woman Engineer of the Year 2020 prize under the category academia, research and development (R&D) and industry by the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) on Monday

IIHMR University, Johns Hopkins collaborate on vaccine economics for region

IIHMR University, Jaipur and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA have collaborated on capacity building of health professionals to undertake research studies on the economics of COVID-19 vaccine for optimum use of scarce resources

Modi proposes to create a library of Buddhist literature

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday proposed the creation of a library of traditional Buddhist literature and scriptures in India

'No need to panic': Indian health minister on new coronavirus strain in UK

Alluding to the emergence of a mutated variant of coronavirus in the United Kingdom, India's Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Monday clarified that there is no need to panic as the government was alert on the issue

Inactivated vaccines are safest with lesser adverse reactions: India's Bharat Biotech

Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech, the leading Indian biotech company, has claimed that amongst all the vaccine platforms such as an mRNA-based vaccine, DNA-based vaccine, vector-based vaccine, or live attenuated vaccines, etc

Hyderabad: Vaccine capital of the world?

Amid the gloom caused by COVID-19, one sector which provided a ray of hope was life sciences, and turning challenge into an opportunity, Hyderabad fortified its position as a global force in the world of pharmaceutical

Modi pays surprise visit to Sikh gurdwara

Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a surprise visit to the Gurudwara Rakabganj in Delhi on Sunday early morning and paid tributes to Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth of ten Sikh gurus, whose death anniversary was observed Saturday