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New Delhi, Aug 17: India's COVID-19 death toll breached the 50,000 mark as 941 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday. The number of deaths due to the infection has reached 50,921. As many as 57,982 COVID-19 cases were reported in the last 24 hours across the country, taking India's total coronavirus cases to 26,47,664 cases. As

New Delhi, Aug 15: An anti-drone system developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) was deployed near the Red Fort on Saturday on the ocassion of the 74th Independence Day. The DRDO-developed system can detect and jam micro drones up to 3 kilometres and use laser to bring down a target up to 1-2.5 kilometres depending on the wattage of laser weapon, officials had earlier

New Delhi, Aug 15: With an increase of 65,002 COVID-19 cases and 996 deaths reported in India in the last 24 hours, the coronavirus count in the country crossed 25 lakhs on Saturday. According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), the tally rose to 25,26,193, including 6,68,220 active cases, 18,08,937 discharged and migrated, and 49,036 deaths. The number of active cases in

New Delhi, Aug 15: A kit containing a mask, a small bottle of hand sanitiser and a pair of gloves kept on all chairs which were neatly separated to maintain the prescribed distance -- Independence Day celebrations this year typified the 'new normal' in times of Covid-19. Known otherwise to witness bustling crowd across many age groups, the annual grand event at the historic Red Fort was scaled

New Delhi, Aug 15: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that three vaccines against coronavirus are in the testing stage in the country and it is geared up for mass production once there is a green signal from scientists. Addressing the nation on 74th Independence Day from ramparts of Red Fort, the Prime Minister also talked about the steps taken to increase the number of labs and

New Delhi, Aug 15: Delivering his seventh straight Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the call for "Atma Nirbhar Bharat" (self-reliant India) has captured people's imagination and become a "mantra" for everyone, as he pushed for raising India's share in the global economy. For how long India will keep exporting raw materials and import finished products, Modi

New Delhi, Aug 15: As India battles the Covid-19 crisis, Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought to send out a message of hope by unveiling plans to provide healthcare, link all villages by optical fibre, assuring that the country was prepared to roll out a vaccine for coronavirus after a nod from scientists and sending out a warning of a befitting reply to hostile neighbours. The thrust of Modi’s 96

Kochi, Aug 14: The Kottayam trial court hearing the nun rape case in Kerala read out the chargsheet against accused Bishop Franco Mullakal on Thursday. The date for commencement of trial has been set for September 16. The important points in the charge sheet that runs over a thousand pages were read out to him, which he flatly denied. The charges against the rape accused Bishop are IPC section 342

New Delhi, Aug 14: The Supreme Court on Friday held activist-lawyer PrashantBhushan guilty of contempt for his two derogatory tweets against the judiciary. A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra said it would hear on August 20 the arguments on quantum of sentence to be awarded to Bhushan in the matter. The apex court had on August 5 reserved its verdict in the matter after Bhushan had defended his

New Delhi, Aug 14: Indian flyers holding any kind of valid visa under the 'Air Bubbles' agreement can travel to the UK, the US, Canada and UAE, said the Director-General of Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) India. "Under bubble agreement any Indian holding any kind of valid visa can travel to Canada, UK, US and UAE," said DGCA India in a statement. According to the earlier guidelines