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Mizoram village leads way to gender equality with mixed football

Amidst all the debates over gender equality, a remote village of Mizoram, Champhai -- some handshaking distance away from the India-Myanmar border -- is silently taking a firm stride forward towards establishing gender equality through Golden Baby Leagues

India needs to forge an alliance with neighbours against China: RSS chief

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) supremo Mohan Bhagwat, who heads the Hindu nationalist outfit that the ruling BJP sees as its ideological mentor, said at the organisation's biggest annual event on Sunday that India needed to be militarily better prepared against China

COVID-19 dampens Navratri, Durga Puja festive spirit

The year 2020 has been like no other. While the world still reels under the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, festivities are impacted as well

As spike continues, India's Covid tally crosses 7.8 million

After dipping below 47,000 four days back, a spike in daily fresh corona cases has once again been recorded. A total of 53,370 new infections and 650 deaths reported in the last 24 hours has taken India's total tally to 78,14,682, data from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Saturday

Confident of future of India's aviation industry: Airbus South Asia president

Strong local fundamentals will aide the revival of India's aviation sector, believes Airbus South Asia President, Remi Maillard

India, US likely to ink strategic info-sharing pact in New Delhi

The Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA), a breakthrough pact for sharing important strategic information, is likely to be signed during the 2+2 ministerial dialogue of the top foreign affairs and defence officials of India and the United States next week, a senior official in President Donald Trump's administration has hinted

India's COVID cases spike again as total mounts to 7.76 million

After dipping below 47,000 new cases three days back, spike in daily fresh corona cases has been on the rise ever since. A total of 54,366 new infections and 690 deaths in 24 hours, took India's tally on Friday to 77,61,312

US cabinet officials to discuss advancing strategic partnership with Modi

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mike Esper will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi next week to discuss advancing the US-India Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership that he and President Donald Trump committed to, according to the senior diplomat for the region

Look at India, it's filthy, it's air is filthy: Trump

US President Donald Trump - who has in the past praised India as a "great country" and its leader, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as a "true friend" - Thursday night described India and its air as "filthy" during the last presidential debate with his Democratic challenger Joe Biden while discussing the environment and the Paris climate change agreeement

India allows graded relaxation in visa, travel restrictions

As the Indian government has almost lifted all restrictions imposed earlier to contain COVID-19 pandemic, it has now decided to make a "graded relaxation in the visa and travel restrictions"

India breaches 77L cases as daily spike declines

With a fresh spike of 55,839 coronavirus infections and 702 deaths in 24 hours, India's tally on Thursday stood at 77,06,946

Modi inaugurates Durga Puja festivities in Bengal, says committed to women's empowerment

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the Bharatiya Janata Party was committed to empowering women, and the government has taken steps to give benefits to all sections

Indigenously-built INS Kavaratti commissioned in Indian Navy

Indian Army chief, Gen. Manoj Mukund Naravane on Thursday commissioned INS Kavaratti, the last of four indigenously-built anti-submarine warfare (ASW) stealth corvettes, at the Naval Dockyard in Visakhapatnam

India successfully tests anti-tank guided missile, ready for induction in Army

India successfully carried out the final trial of anti-tank guided missile -- Nag -- on Thursday

India moving rapidly towards indigenously-made supercomputers

India is fast expanding its supercomputer facilities and developing the capacity to manufacture its own supercomputers in the country, the Ministry of Science and Technology said