As many as eight vaccine candidates for COVID-19 are under different stages of clinical trials which could be ready for authorisation in near future, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed in a press briefing on Tuesday

Biological E. Ltd, a Hyderabad-based vaccine and pharmaceutical company, and the Ohio State Innovation Foundation on Tuesday announced an exclusive license agreement for a COVID-19 vaccine technology

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that all stakeholders in the telecom sector along with the government will have to work together to ensure a timely roll-out of the fifth generation technology

The tweet by Prime Minister Narendra Modi about lighting lamps of hope and good health during the COVID-19 pandemic was the 'Most Retweeted Tweet in Politics' on Twitter, the company announced on Tuesday

Excessive amounts of heavy metals such as lead and nickel were found in the blood samples of patients suffering from the mysterious disease in Eluru town of West Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh in southern India

Early inputs from across the country showed mixed response to the 'Bharat Bandh' (Indian Shutdown) call given by the farmer unions on Tuesday against the Modi government's farming reforms

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced that there would not be much delay in the availability of COVID-19 vaccine in India

Serum Institute of India (SII) has applied for emergency use authorization of the first Made in India COVID-19 vaccine, Covishield

India remained in the top 10 for the second year in a row in this year's Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2021, occupying rank 10, a report said on Monday

Five men from Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab were arrested in Delhi after a brief shootout on Monday, the police said, underlining how Pakistan's ISI is trying to link the Khalistan movement with Kashmir-based terror outfits like Hizbul Mujahideen through narco-terrorism

The Europe India Chamber of Commerce (EICC), the Brussels-based body that promotes bilateral trade between the European Union and India, in a letter to Portuguese Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva has said that Portugal, which will take over the presidency for the European Council, has a "historic opportunity to create a framework and chart out future roadmap to bring EU and India closer beyond ‘strategic partners.’”

The India Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) said its Bhopal-based Indian Institute of Soil Science has been awarded the King Bhumibol World Soil Day 2020 Award by the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO)

A jeweller from Meerut, Uttar Pradesh has found a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for making a ring with the maximum number of diamonds

Hours after Haryana state's s Health Minister Anil Vij, who was administered a dose of Covaxin last month, tested positive for COVID-19, Indian vaccine manufacturer Bharat Biotech said the efficacy of its COVID-19 vaccine could be determined only 14 days after a second dose

India, with its strong domestic industry and innovative capacity, can play a major role in fighting the pandemic and the time is now," said Patrick Kilbride, senior vice president of the US Chamber's Global Innovation Policy Center