NEW DELHI: As Covid-19 infections surged to an unprecedented level in India over the weekend, the country moved to the center of the global pandemic scene, accounting for more than 40% of all cases recorded around the world on Sunday. Cases in India on both Saturday and Sunday were higher …
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Minister of Foreign Affairs S. Jaishankar NEW DELHI: Chancellor S. Jaishankar will make a stop in Tehran on Tuesday en route to Moscow to attend the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the SCO‘ meeting. He would be the second cabinet minister after Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, who also made a …
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GUWAHATI / NEW DELHI: China on Monday denied knowledge of the five missing youths from Arunachal pradesh allegedly kidnapped by the People’s Liberation Army. “China’s position in the eastern sector of the China-India border, or Zangnan (the southern part of China’s Xizang), is consistent and clear. The Chinese government has …
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Stock Photo NEW DELHI: Even as Lok Janshakti Party refrained from carrying out his publicized threat to leave the NDA to protest against Nitish kumarprojection as the face of the alliance in Bihar polls, JD (U) made it clear on Monday that it would not tolerate any challenge to Bihar …
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NEW DELHI: Leader of Congress Rahul gandhi on Monday he accused the government of privatizing Public Sector Units (UPM) and destroying jobs. Gandhi’s accusations came against the background of the government selling its entire 52.98 percent stake in India’s second-largest fuel retailer and India’s third-largest oil refiner, BPCL. “Today, the …
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NEW DELHI: India successfully tested a locally developed hypersonic technology demonstrator vehicle (HSTDV) powered by a scramjet engine, which will serve as a fundamental element for the hypersonic generation cruise missiles. The HSTDV test, conducted from Dr. Abdul Kalam island off the coast of Odisha at 11:03 am to demonstrate …
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Representative image BENGALURU: A Russian research company has started the production of spacesuits for Indian astronauts as part of Gaganyaan mission, Glavkosmos, a subsidiary of Russia’s Roscosmos space corporation, said Monday. “Research, development and production company Zvezda under Glavkosmos contract with Human Space Flight Center of Indian Space Research Organization …
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Bihar’s Chief Minister Nitish Kumar addresses JD[U]office during a virtual rally in Patna on Monday. (Photo …read more PATNA: While playing the cornet for him Upcoming Bihar Assembly Polls through its first virtual demonstration, the president of JD (U) and CM Nitish Kumar on Monday he recounted in detail the …
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MOSCOW: Clinical trials of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine will take place this month in several countries, including India, Kirill Dmitriev, executive director of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), confirmed on Monday. Dmitriev said that clinical trials in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Philippines, India and …
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GENEVA: The World Health Organization is in talks with India to join the global ‘Covax’ vaccine allocation plan, a senior WHO adviser said on Monday. “India is certainly eligible, like every country in the world, to be part of the Covax facility and discussions are ongoing about it,” Bruce Aylward …
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