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Apollo Hospitals ready to administer 1 mn Covid vaccines daily

Leading Indian private hospital group Apollo Hospitals said it is prepared to administer one million COVID-19 vaccines per day whenever the vaccine is rolled out

Kashmir political parties form alliance for reversal of constitutional changes

Mainstream Kashmir parties, who are signatories to the Gupkar Declaration, have formed an alliance to seek reversal of the constitutional changes in Jammu and Kashmir made on August 5, 2019, National Conference President Farooq Abdullah announced on Thursday

'India needs cleaner fuels to combat air pollution'

With a massive spike in air pollution in Delhi and its surrounding regions, experts believe that the country needs to incentivise public transport, disincentivise personal vehicular transport and have a basket of cleaner fuels in a bid to mitigate the pollution emanating from the automobile sector

Rajasthan’s Kaavad: A 400-year-old evolving tradition of storytelling

While Rajasthan has an incredibly long list of historic monuments and sites, its glory is not confined to the heritage that charts its geographical space

India's Covid cases doubling in over 70 days

India's Health Ministry on Thursday said the country's doubling time of COVID-19 cases has sharply increased to 70.4 days from 25.5 days in mid-August, which is nearly thrice the time being taken earlier

Rains claim 30 lives in Telangana, 19 of them in Hyderabad

Torrential rains lashing various parts of Telangana since Tuesday have claimed 30 lives, including 19 in Greater Hyderabad

India allows Abu Dhabi oil company to export oil from strategic reserves

In a major policy shift, the Indian government has allowed the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (ADNOC) to export oil that it has filled in the Indian strategic petroleum reserve (SPR) facility at Manguluru

15% of start-ups have halted operations due to Covid

The impact of COVID-19 has been severe on the Indian start-up ecosystem during the lockdown as 15 per cent of start-ups have halted operations

63,000 Covid cases, 730 deaths in a day in India

Around 8,000 more cases were seen in the daily spike as 63,509 fresh infections were reported in 24 hours after Tuesday's 55,342, taking the total Covid tally to 72,39,389 on Wednesday

Global award for Indian conservationist who saved vultures

Britain's largest nature conservation charity Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has bestowed the prestigious Medal for Outstanding Contribution to Nature Conservation on Ram Jakati for saving India's vultures from certain extinction

Covid blow on dancers as culture took a back seat

The vortex created by the unprecedented lockdown imposed across the country to arrest the spread of the dreaded Covid-19 since late March has left almost everyone shaky. The crisis, among many, has also hit the lives of dancers and dance tutors hard as most have lost their livelihood

As winters approach, India stares at 2nd COVID-19 wave

In view of the winter season and festivities around the corner, the NITI Aayog has warned that the second peak of COVID-19 is impending over the country

Indian soldiers in Kashmir being trained to neutralise drones

Threat of terrorists using hexacopters to lob grenades at security forces at Line of Control (LoC) as well as in the Kashmir hinterland have made armed forces adopt new training course for the troops. Now, soldiers are learning how to neutralise drones.

Will fight for reversal of Article 370 scrapping in Kashmir: Former CM Mehbooba Mufti

In her first statement after she was released from detention on Tuesday evening, former J&K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said the decision of abrogating Article 370 was weighing on her mind during her detention and that she will fight for the reversal of the decision

7 Indians abducted in Libya released

Seven Indian nationals who were abducted in Libya last month have been released, the Indian government said in an official statement