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Record 600,000 unemployed youths to take Jammu & Kashmir's biggest government job exam

Around 600,000 unemployed youth in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) are preparing to appear in the Union Territory's (UT) biggest job examination to be conducted by the J&K Services Selection Board (SSB) in late October or November 2020

India successfully tests anti-submarine weapon system

India successfully tested an anti-submarine weapon system developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Monday, in a boost to its naval warfare capabilities

European rights body calls for probe into human rights violations in India

Maria Arena, the Chair of the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights, on Monday expressed “great concern” over India’s deteriorating rule of law faced by “marginalised communities, religious minorities, particularly Muslims, a vocal and vibrant civil society and critics of government policies” for a long time

ISRO gearing up for rocket launches with Virtual Launch Control Centre

The Indian space agency ISRO is gearing up for three quick rocket launches carrying domestic and foreign satellites, said a senior official

Three-nation team with IIT-M researchers win US energy prize

The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) on Monday said the international team 'Nalu e Wai', in which its researchers were a part, has won the first two phases of the 'Waves to Water Prize'

Aim to cover 250 million people in India with Covid vaccine by July: Health Minister

India's Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said the government working on plans to procure 400-500 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine, which will be administered to up to 25 crore (250 million) people by July 2021 - that is about a fifth of India's population of 1.3 billion

Recovery rate at 84% as India's Covid cases breach 66L

With a spike of 74,442 coronavirus cases and 903 deaths in 24 hours, India's tally on Monday mounted to 66,23,816 cases

Hathras horror: 10,000 women, groups worldwide seek justice for Dalit victim

Over 10,000 women, feminist groups and rights activists from all over the world on Sunday got together to seek justice for the Hathras gang-rape victim as the case has rocked national and Uttar Pradesh state politics in the past one week

COVID-19 pushed breast health to low priority: Survey

With COVID-19 currently occupying the front seat on priorities for personal and public health, women seem to pushing their breast health to the recesses, by neglecting their mammograms and increasing nervousness to visit their physicians because of the possibility of contracting COVID-19, a new survey has shown

75,829 new corona cases in India, tally crosses 65L

With a surge of 75,829 coronavirus cases in 24 hours, India's total tally on Sunday crossed the 65-lakh mark, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) data showed

Atal Tunnel will give new strength to border infrastructure: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the majestic Atal Tunnel, beneath the lofty Rohtang Pass in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district, would give new strength to India's border infrastructure

India's Covid toll surpasses 100,000, cases over 6,4 million

India's COVID-19 death toll breached the grim one lakh (100,000) mark while the number of positive cases surged past 64-lakh (6.4 million) on Saturday, the health ministry data showed

Rahul, Priyanka among five Congress leaders allowed to visit Hathras

In a dramatic twist to the political and administrative drama being played out in Uttar Pradesh, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra along with three other party leaders, were on Saturday allowed to meet the family of the 19-year-old Hathras girl who died four days ago after being allegedly gang-raped by 'upper-caste men

India test-fires nuclear-capable Shaurya missile

India successfully test-fired an advanced version of Shaurya missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead from a defence facility off the Odisha coast on Saturday

Hathras tragedy brings protests back to India's streets

For the past few months India had become used to webinars and other virtual gatherings on social media either to register a protest or push a campaign because of COVID-19