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India gets the first five of 36 Rafale fighter jets from France

Five of the 36 medium multi-role Rafale fighter jets built by French aircraft manufacturer Dassault landed at the Indian Air Force airbase in Ambala on Wednesday afternoon

Mumbai slummers, women lead march to Covid herd immunity: Survey

In a heartening development for health authorities, a sero-survey conducted in Mumbai has indicated that slum dwellers and women are at the forefront in the march to herd immunity against coronavirus, officials said here on Wednesday

Kerala spices add flavour to new gin on Irish coast

An assortment of spices grown in Kerala have been spreading their aroma, and fame, in far-off lands for centuries now

India to build four more atomic power units in 2020

India's atomic power plants operator Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) plans to start construction of four more nuclear power units this year, said a top official of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)

Kashmir's new icon who weaponised Rafale for India

In 1988, just before Kashmir erupted with Pakistan-sponsored terrorism, a young man from Anantnag, a small town in the Valley, was commissioned in the Indian Air Force

With 48K fresh cases India's Covid tally crosses 1.5 million mark

India on Wednesday went past the psychological 15-lakh (1.5 million) mark and registered 48,513 fresh novel Coronavirus cases and 768 new deaths, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare data showed

Mumbai may be heading to herd immunity: Experts

In an encouraging development, an experts' report late on Tuesday pointed to Mumbai heading towards 'herd immunity' as the city recorded the lowest number of cases -- 700 -- in the past three months on Tuesday, officials said

Pollution 'shortens' average Indian life by five years

A quarter of India's population is exposed to pollution levels not seen in any other country and an average Indian sees their life cut short by more than five years relative to what it would be if the World Health Organization (WHO) guideline was met, the Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) by the Energy Policy Institute University of Chicago (EPIC) said on Tuesday

India-built Supreme Court building to be inaugurated in Mauritius

Bolstering bilateral ties with Mauritius, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Mauritius counterpart Pravind Jugnauth will jointly inaugurate the new Supreme Court building of the island nation on Thursday, which was constructed with Indian grant assistance

Pak web series 'Churails' to release on Indian OTT platform in August

A Pakistani web series that aims to challenge the hypocrisy of patriarchal societies vanquishing women and their rights is all set to release on August 11

Kashmir's Hilal Ahmad Rather is first Indian pilot to fly Rafale fighter jets

Air Commodore Hilal Ahmad Rather has become a buzz name in Kashmir overnight

India's COVID fatality rate dips to 2.25%

As the confirmed COVID-19 cases in India have spiked to 14,83,156 of which 33,425 people have died, the falling fatality rate at 2.25 per cent as per latest government reports has come as a ray of hope

Many animals, including rhinos, perished in Assam floods

While the annual monsoon floods in Assam claim hundreds of lives, damage crops, infrastructure and assets, animals too have not been spared

Unsung frontier heroes: How BRO clears roads and passes in record time

South Asia Monitor speaks to Lt Gen S. Ravi Shankar (retd), former Director General, India's Border Roads Organisation, who highlights the vital frontier role of BRO in timely snow-clearing and bridge-building efforts in two major military operations - in Kargil in 1999 and in Ladakh in 2020

Loss of lives, crops, houses & hopes: India battles floods

Parts of India, be it Assam in the Northeast or Bihar in the East, are inundated and helpless due to floods that have killed scores and affected lakhs