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Modi bets on urban transformation, invites global investors to India

Emphasising on the transformation of urban landscapes in the post-Covid era, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday invited global investors to invest in India's urbanisation plans, mobility among other sustainable solutions

Indian PM Modi corners China, asks BRICS to hold accountable 'state sponsors of terror'

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the BRICS countries to hold accountable the "state sponsors of terrorism", indirectly cornering Pakistan's ally China at the twelfth BRICS summit

Massive response to Jammu & Kashmir local polls

Kashmir-based mainstream opposition parties' decision to form an anti-BJP conglomerate and to participate in the first District Development Council (DDC) elections in the Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir has put many speculations to an end

Recoveries up in India, active cases down since October: Health Ministry

India's cumulative COVID-19 positivity rate is currently 7.01 per cent and daily positivity 4.1 per cent, but in the last 45 days alone, the number of recovered cases has gone up while the number of active cases has gone down, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday

Indian experts hail 'promising' mRNA vax for Covid treatment

With the two mRNA vaccine candidates from pharma giants Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna showing effectiveness in preventing COVID-19 in an interim analysis, health experts in India said that mRNA vaccine that works on previously unproven technology can be very promising in the fight against the pandemic despite the challenges

India's first vaccine candidate Covaxin's Phase-3 trials begin

Vaccine maker Bharat Biotech has announced that it has commenced Phase-3 trials of Covaxin, India's first indigenous vaccine for COVID-19

World counting on India for affordable and accessible Covid vaccines: External Affairs Minister Jaishankar

India's External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar on Monday said that the world is counting on India for making COVID-19 vaccines accessible and affordable

World again looking towards India for guidance: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that India has always shown the path of peace, humanity, non-violence and fraternity to the whole world which is now again looking towards our country for this guidance

Vaccinating 1.3 billion people with injectable Covaxin a challenge: Bharat Biotech

Even as India's first indigenous coronavirus vaccine Covaxin is entering its third phase of human trials, Bharat Biotech on Monday raised the logistical query on "how to vaccinate 1.3 billion (130 crore) people with two injectable doses

Home Minister Amit Shah orders air-lifting of doctors to Delhi, crackdown on unmasked

Apart from providing 750 ICU beds in the DRDO Centre out of which 500 will be made available in the next two days itself and doubling of RT-PCR tests in the national capital to nearly 125,000 tests daily

Indian forces capable of giving fierce reply, says Modi while warning of 'expansionism'

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered a stern message to its neighbouring countries, saying "no force in the world can stop our brave soldiers from protecting the country's border"

Diabetes spreading in India, could catalyse chronic conditions

Several medical studies have shown that India has fast become the diabetes capital of the world with a large percentage of patients suffering from uncontrolled diabetes

Foreign embassies celebrate quiet Diwali sans socialising

Diwali, the festival of lights, is not just celebrated across India, but all over the world with the same pomp and grandeur

SII aims to have 100 mn doses of AstraZeneca vaccine ready by December in India

Serum Institute of India (SII) is ramping up production of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, aiming to have 100 million doses ready by December for a vaccination drive that could begin across India that same month, Bloomberg reported

Soor Sarovar is now Ramsar site: Agra lake is also home sloth bear shelter and elephant hospital

Environmentalists have hailed the Uttar Pradesh government's decision to declare Agra's Soor Sarovar (Keetham lake) as a Ramsar site