New York-based Rockefeller Foundation on Monday announced two new grants totalling $5.5 million (approximately Rs 40.3 crore) to support the expansion of Covid-19 testing and contact tracing across India

Heavy rains and flash floods have caused untold misery to hundreds of families in Hyderabad as many of them lost everything in the worst natural calamity to strike the city in recent years

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Indian government on Monday signed an agreement for $177 million loan to upgrade 450 kilometres of state highways and major district roads in the state of Maharashtra

Concerned about the education of poor children, Delhi Police constable Than Singh has set up a school in a temple behind the Red Fort

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday lauded more enrollment of girls in higher education in India, especially in professional courses like engineering and medicine

With a spike of 55,722 coronavirus cases and 579 deaths in 24 hours, India's tally on Monday crossed the 75-lakh (7.5 million) mark with a total of 75,50,273 cases

The kind of challenges confronting Indian Muslims today are actually 'blessings in disguise' that will not only help the community but also spur the country to emerge stronger in future, said Haji Syed Salman Chishty, world-renowned Islamic and Sufi scholar

India's Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has informed that Bharat Biotech will develop an intranasal vaccine for Sars-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19

The recruitment of local youth into terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir is a big concern for the Indian Army. This year, 131 youth in all have joined militancy in the Valley so far. Last year, 117 youth had joined terrorism

With a spike of 61,871 cases and 1,033 fresh deaths in last 24 hours, India's tally reached 74,94,551, the Union Health Ministry data said on Sunday

The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted approval to Dr Reddy's, a global pharmaceutical company headquartered in India, to conduct phase 2 and 3 clinical human trials of the Sputnik V, a COVID-19 vaccine made by Russia

India is coming up with a surrender and rehabilitation policy for the youth who want to give up militancy in Jammu and Kashmir. The Union Defence Ministry is deliberating over the issue with the Union Home Ministry in New Delhi

With a spike of 62,211 new Covid-19 cases and 837 deaths in 24 hours, India's tally reached 74,32,680, the Union Health Ministry data said on Saturday

Amid the standoff with China which has necessitated deployment of augmented army presence at the Line of Actual Control, India has gone for urgent purchase of additional high-altitude winter clothing from the US for troops deployed at forward locations in eastern Ladakh

India's premier investigative agency Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been appluaded by the US Department of Justice for taking simultaneous action against several companies for transmitting pop-ups to the victims' personal computers with warnings or bogus messages about serious technical problems including malware infections and defrauding US citizens