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Survey predicts NDA victory in Bihar polls

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is all set to return to power in Bihar, according to the IANS C-Voter Bihar opinion poll survey

Hyderabad startup develops 'world's first social drinking platform'

A Hyderabad-based startup has launched what it claims to be the world's first social drinking platform, which will also deliver liquor to people at their doorsteps

Over 10 million air passengers in India since flights restarted: Minister

Over 1 crore (10 million)  passengers have flown on domestic flights since recommencement of operations on May 25, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Friday

Online grocery to become $18bn industry in India by 2024: Report

As companies from Reliance to Amazon put their top dollar in serving daily grocery at your doorstep, a new report said on Friday that online grocery is going to be the next battleground for growth, expanding to over $18 billion by 2024

National Medical Commission to streamline medical education established in India

Putting into effect what it described as "historic reforms" in the field of medical education, the Indian government has set up the National Medical Commission (NMC) along with four other autonomous boards while abolishing the MCI

Farmer protests rock Punjab-Haryana

India woke up on Friday with farmers up in arms across the nation against the contentious agri Bills passed in the monsoon session of Parliament

Norwegian university supplying advanced Covid test kits to India

Highly sensitive COVID-19 test kits, developed by researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), relies on magnetic nanoparticles to extract viral RNA, have been supplied to India and Denmark

India reports 86,052 new Covid cases

India has reported 86,052 new COVID-19 cases and 1,141 deaths in the last 24 hours taking its tally to 58,18,570, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Friday

Iconic singer SP Balasubrahmanyam dead

Famed playback singer S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, popular as SPB or Balu in the movie world, who recorded over 40,000 songs in 16 languages over a period of five decades, died on Friday afternoon, his son S.P.Charan said

Cutting across party lines, farmers protest in Punjab, Haryana against Modi's farm bills

Cutting across party lines, day-long statewide protests by farmers in Punjab and Haryana began on Friday morning against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's farming reform bills passed by both Houses of Parliament

PM Modi interacts with fitness enthusiasts on Fit India anniversary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with fitness enthusiasts on Thursday after the completion of one year of the Fit India movement including cricketer Virat Kohli and Bollywood actor Milind Soman

Salman Khurshid, Prashant Bhushan named in Delhi riots charge sheet's disclosure statements

From politicians to lawyers and activists, names of various prominent personalities have come up in the charge sheet filed by the Delhi Police in the Delhi riots case

India's banking sector recovery to pre-Covid levels may take years: S&P

The path to recovery will be more painful for emerging markets such as India and the banks' recovery to long-term averages for key asset quality and profitability ratios will take years, S&P Global Ratings said

IIT Madras develops 'MOUSHIK' chip for IoT devices

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras on Thursday said its researchers have successfully developed 'MOUSHIK', an indigenously-made microprocessor for the Internet of things (IoT) devices

International flights from UP's Kushinagar to galvanise 'Buddhist Circuit'

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced the start of international flights from the Kushinagar airport by Diwali which falls on November 14