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India-US relationship runs deep: Kamala Harris' uncle

The India-US relationship runs very deep and it doesn't matter who becomes next the President of the United States of America, said G. Balachandran, uncle of US Vice Presidential candidate Kamala Harris

Delhi's IGI airport starts on-demand Covid testing for passengers

The Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in Delhi has now started COVID-19 testing for all domestic passengers. The facility was on a pilot run since October 28

Covaxin: No major adverse events reported in first two phases of India's indigenous vaccine trials

Bharat Biotech, which recently received approval to conduct Phase III human trials of India's first indigenous coronavirus vaccine, Covaxin, has said that the vaccine has been found to be safe without any major adverse events in the first two stages of trials and that its goal is to attain strong immune response rate in clinical trials

No Hindu-centric or Muslim-centric nation till Indian Constitution is there: Ex-judge

Justice Kemal Pasha, who retired from the Kerala High Court in 2018, opined that as long as Article 25 and Article 26 are in force and the Indian Constitution is valid there is no question of a Hindu-centric or a Muslim-centric nation

'India to spend $500B on infra to accommodate population by 2030'

India is likely to spend around $513 billion on infrastructure by the year 2030 to accommodate its growing population, according to a report by Mace

India sends relief materials to disaster-hit Sudan

India has sent food and relief materials to the disaster-hit Sudan, which has declared a three-month emergency after experiencing the worst flooding in 30 years

'Lockdown exposed migrants' exclusion from Indian governance system'

While the Indian media gave migrants' voice during the lockdown, what became clear nevertheless is their near-total exclusion from local governance systems in the destination states, alongside near-total blindness by the state to their very existence, says a study

Covid deaths dip below 500/day as India's tally at 82.7L

With a fresh spike of 38,310 coronavirus infections and 490 deaths in 24 hours, India's tally on Tuesday rose to 82,67,623, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Decadal high: India's manufacturing output zooms in October

Easing COVID-19 restrictions and healthy market conditions on the back of higher demand accelerated India's manufacturing sector growth in October

India leveraging manufacturing capacity to secure Covid vax doses

India has leveraged its manufacturing capacity to pre-order 600 million doses of potential Covid-19 vaccine and negotiating for another billion doses, says a new global anaylysis of advance market commitments (AMC) for vaccine candidates against the coronavirus

India logs 45K new Covid cases, tally mounts to 82L

With a fresh spike of 45,230 coronavirus infections and 496 deaths in 24 hours, India's tally on Monday rose to 82,29,313 said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Mirzapur's famed rugs to woo buyers at Japan Carpet Fair

The Japan Carpet Fair will be exhibiting the world-famous footmats and wall hangings that are crafted and made by women of a Self-Help Group named Gareeb Prerna Swayam Sahayta Samuh in the Khajuri village in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh

90% of Jammu & Kashmir land cannot be sold to outsiders

The Modi government has repealed 11 land laws that existed in the erstwhile state of Jammu & Kashmir replacing the old, regressive, intrinsically contradictory and outdated laws with a set of modern, progressive and people-friendly provisions

Hizbul's Saifullah, last of "most wanted" local militant commanders in Kashmir, killed

In a serious blow to "homegrown militancy" in the Kashmir Valley, Hizbul Mujahideen's operational commander Saifullah Mir was killed in a gunfight with police and security forces in Srinagar district on Sunday, officials said

50 militants in J&K have surrendered in 2020

In an overnight gunbattle at Noorpora, Tral, the residential neighbourhood of the most prominent neutralised militants Zakir Musa and Burhan Wani, one unidentified militant was killed late in the night on October 26