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India, Iran defence ministers to meet in Tehran

India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will make a stopover in Tehran and meet his Iranian counterpart on his way back to India from Russia

With spike of 86K cases, India's corona tally crosses 4million

India on Saturday recorded the highest spike of 86,432 cases taking the total tally to 40,23,179 cases, Health Ministry data revealed

Sudden COVID-19 deaths due to cardiac arrest, low oxygen levels

The sudden deaths which have been noticed during the COVID-19 pandemic are due to cardiac arrest and silent hypoxia in which there is no visible breathing distress, but oxygen levels drop, and pulmonary thromboembolism or a blockage of the artery in the lungs

India's forex reserves rise by over $3 billion

India's foreign exchange reserves jumped higher by $3.883 billion during the week ended August 28. According to the Reserve Bank of India's weekly statistical supplement, the reserves rose to $541.431 billion from $537.548 billion reported for the week ended August 21

Preserve humane image built during pandemic, PM Modi urges police

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the country saw the humane face of police during the Covid-19 pandemic and asked the force to safeguard and build on this asset

Delhi's IGI airport to get India's first on-site Covid test lab, results in 6 hrs

To test incoming international passengers, India's's first on-site Covid testing facility is coming up at the capital's Indira Gandhi International Airport and will provide RT-PCR test results within six hours

India to deploy two towing vessels for blazing oil tanker

The Indian government has decided to deploy two emergency towing vessels to tow the very large crude carrier (VLCC) New Diamond on fire since Thursday morning 37 nautical miles off the Sri Lankan coast, the Indian Coast Guard said on Friday

India faces the threat of a two-front war: Chief of Defence Staff

India faces the threat of coordinated action along its northern and western fronts, Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat said on Thursday amid the ongoing border standoff with China

A self-reliant India merges local with global for world's good: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that 1.3 billion Indians have embarked on one mission - to make an "Aatmanirbhar Bharat", a self-reliant India, which seeks to merge the local with the global and ensure India's strengths act as a global force multiplier

'Lives are important, so is livelihood': Indian government

India's Health Ministry on Thursday said that it has adopted a graded approach to unlock the country and open up various economic activities, adding that while lives are important, so is livelihood

Social distancing our vaccine till Covid cure arrives: Health Ministry

India's health and family welfare ministry on Thursday appealed to the people to adopt Covid appropriate behaviour as Unlock 4.0 is already afoot and more people are out on the streets

'India's agriculture policy in alignment with regional aspirations'

India's Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Parshottam Rupala on Thursday reaffirmed India's commitment to fulfil the aspirations of Asia-Pacific regional countries and share responsibility to ensure food security for all

India records highest one-day spike of 83,883 COVID-19 cases

With 83,883 fresh coronavirus infections in 24 hours, India's tally mounted to 3,853,406 on Thursday, while the death toll climbed to 67,376 with 1,043 more fatalities, said the Health Ministry

Twitter account of PM Modi's personal website hacked

Twitter said it has fixed the account of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's personal website that was briefly hacked in the wee hours and tweets asking people to donate Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were posted on it

Only asymptomatic passengers to be allowed to board Metro trains

Only asymptomatic passengers would be allowed to travel in Delhi Metro trains after September 7