More on India

India jumps four places to rank among top 50 in Global Innovation Index

India has moved up four places to rank 48th in the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2020 released on Wednesday

India continues breaching 78K-mark, COVID-19 death tally crosses 66,333

The unabated surge of COVID-19 is maintained as India reported 78,357 fresh coronavirus cases in the past 24-hours mounting the national tally to 37,69,523, revealed Health Ministry data on Wednesday

'Two-month lockdown may increase underweight children by millions'

Noting that the two-month-long lockdown may increase the number of underweight children by millions, the Indian Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR) University, has called for modified parameters that focus on borderline children for better identification of at-risk groups and calibrate policy implementation accordingly

India's NIA books preacher Zakir Naik in kidnapping, trafficking case involving top Bangladesh politician

India's National Investigation Agency (NIA) has named radical Islamic preacher Zakir Naik and two hardline preachers of Pakistan origin as accused in an FIR pertaining to a high-profile case that involves the daughter of a Chennai-based businessman and the son of a top Bangladesh politician, belonging to former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Pune scientists find remote galaxy

A team of scientists from Pune's Inter-University Centre for Astronomy & Astrophysics (IUCAA) have discovered one of the farthest galaxies in the universe, officials said

Baggage of past made Indian foreign policy struggle harder, EAM Jaishankar in book

The baggage of India's foreign policy made the country "struggle mightily" to gain influence that "could have come so much more easily earlier", External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar writes in a seminal book to be released on Thursday

Daily Covid numbers dip a bit in India after five days to around 70K

Fresh coronavirus infections recorded in past 24 hours in India were 69,921. This was on an average a drop of several thousand cases after the numbers regularly inched closer to the 80,000-mark over the past five days

Public health experts seek graded reopening of schools

Public health experts from three medical associations have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggesting that schools and other educational institutions should be reopened in a graded manner

Former President Pranab Mukherjee is no more

Former President Pranab Mukherjee, who was admitted at the Army Research and Referral Hospital in New Delhi, died on Monday evening, his son Abhijit Mukherjee said in a tweet

India again breaches 78K case mark, death toll touching 65k

India recorded 78,512 fresh coronavirus cases in the past 24-hours continuing its unabated surge of highest daily infections as the national tally mounted to 3,621,245, revealed Health Ministry data on Monday

Covid woes: India's core industrial output down 10% in July

The deceleration in the production rate of India's eight major industries' narrowed on a sequential basis in July, but remained deep in the red on a year-on-year count

The next Google, Facebook & Twitter are coming from India: PM Modi

In the quest for the next Google, Facebook and Twitter coming from India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday talked about several homegrown apps which were recently awarded top prizes in the AatmaNirbhar Bharat (Self-reliant India) App Innovation Challenge

'Vocal for local toys': PM Modi stresses on making India a toy hub

Noting that the global toy industry is worth over Rs 7 lakh crore but that India's share is very small in the sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday gave a clarion call to be "vocal for local toys", stressing on the need for making the country a toy hub

Andhra's 400-yr-old Etikoppaka toys craft seeks to regain past glory

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his monthly 'Mann Ki Baat' broadcast on Sunday, mentioned Etikoppaka toys, bringing into focus Andhra Pradesh's famous craft and the efforts of local artisan C.V. Raju to bring innovations and restore the past glory of this 400-year-old art

ASEAN, India ministers discuss review of FTA

ASEAN-India Economic Ministers Consultations were held to discuss the review of the ASEAN India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA), an official statement said