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India plans Covid vax rollout with healthcare workers first

The government has planned to start the distribution of COVID-19 vaccine first to the healthcare workers followed by other groups to be added "sequentially"

'Multidisciplinary education central to lead India into 21st century'

Multidisciplinary education will be the central and crucial point to lead India into the 21st century and the fourth industrial revolution, said K. Kasturirangan, Chairman, Drafting Committee, National Education Policy 2020

Don't play dirty politics over Pulwama attack: PM Modi tells opposition

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday flayed certain opposition parties for "playing dirty politics" on last year's Pulwama terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir and urged all political parties "not to play in the hands of anti-national forces" trying to break the country

NBRI develops herbal drug in India to dissolve kidney stones

The National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) and Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (IITR) in collaboration with a urologist Salil Tandon have developed a herbal medicine that will dissolve kidney stones

Three Andhra abductees from Libya return home

Three welders of Srikakulam district in Andhra Pradesh, who were abducted in Libya, have safely returned home to Seetanagaram in Sompeta Mandal

India's Covid tally surges over 80L, Delhi also sees spike

With a fresh spike of 48,648 coronavirus infections and 563 deaths in 24 hours, India's tally on Friday rose to 80,88,851

Dr Reddy's partners with BIRAC for Sputnik V trials in India

Indian pharma major Dr Reddy's said it has entered into a partnership with Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) set up by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) for advisory support on clinical trials of Russian Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V in India

India asks Saudi Arabia to take corrective steps on banknote

India has asked Saudi Arabia to take corrective steps on the misrepresentation of its territorial boundaries on a new banknote

India bans exports of onion seeds

In a bid to provide onions at an affordable price, the government has prohibited the export of onion seeds

India's numbers touching 80L although daily spike dips

With a fresh spike of 43,893 coronavirus infections and 508 deaths in 24 hours, India's tally stood at 79,90,322

Indian charity organisation offers free school meals in England

An Indian child poverty charity that feeds millions of poor children in India, has joined the drive to end holiday hunger in England and distributed its first meals from a new kitchen in Watford, northwest of London

J&K new land laws: Kashmiris fear dilution of identity, culture

The new land laws notified by the Modi government for Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh have stirred a public debate in Kashmir

Circuses in India on the verge of extinction

The lockdown has adversely affected the future of circuses in India as there is no audience for the shows. Many circus operators don't even have money to recharge their phones

UAE's ADNOC explores more crude storage in India's strategic oil reserves

UAE's largest oil producer, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) on Tuesday said that it is interested in storing more oil in India's strategic petroleum reserves to boost energy ties with world's third-largest oil consumer

India's economic growth in FY21 may be negative: Finance Minister

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that India's economic growth in the current financial year may be in the negative zone or near zero amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic