New Delhi Aviation regulator DGCA has asked for a report from IndiGo airlines on the alleged violation of safety and social distancing protocols by mediapersons in its Chandigarh-Mumbai flight that had actor Kangana Ranaut as a passenger, senior officials said on Friday. “We have seen some videos wherein mediapersons areRead More

Geneva The World Health Organization is in talks with India about joining the “COVAX” global vaccine allocation plan, a senior WHO adviser said on Monday. “India is certainly eligible, like all countries in the world, to be part of the COVAX facility and discussions are ongoing in that regard,” BruceRead More

September 7 Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and UP are contributing bulk of India’s total and active COVID case load and fatalities. Six in every 10 of the total 4,294,613 COVID-19 cases, more than six in ten of all currently active 882542 cases and seven in every ten amongRead More

Moscow Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday left Moscow for Iran where he will meet his Iranian counterpart and discuss bilateral defence ties, a day after he urged the Persian Gulf countries to resolve their differences through dialogue based on mutual respect. Singh was in Moscow on a three-day visitRead More

New Delhi Launching a strong attack against the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD government in Odisha, BJP president JP Nadda said on Saturday that it would not be long before the saffron party, which has emerged as the lead opposition in the State, will form the government there with an absolute majority.Read More

New York On June 3, 1971, when US National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger was wild at India and Prime Minister Indira Gandhi for sheltering millions of Bengali refugees fleeing Pakistan’s army, he and his boss, US President Richard Nixon didn’t just blame her for causing the refugee flow and covertRead More

Moscow, September 4 A climate of trust, non-aggression, sensitivity towards each other and peaceful resolution of differences are among key aspects to ensure regional peace and stability, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday in an address at a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) here. “Peaceful stable andRead More

New Delhi Cumulative tests for detection of COVID-19 surged to 4,55,09,380 in the country with a record 11,72,179 tests being conducted in a single day on Wednesday, said the Union Health Ministry underlining that “India’s daily testing numbers are one of the highest in the world”. Higher testing numbers subsequentlyRead More

Moscow, September 3 India and Russia have finalised a major deal for manufacturing AK-47 203 rifles in India during Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s ongoing visit here, the official Russian media reported on Thursday. The AK-47 203 is the latest and most advanced version of the AK-47 rifle, which will replaceRead More

New Delhi Japan and the EU have approved big loans to India to fight Covid and develop infrastructure, respectively. While Japan has lent to further equip hospitals, the EU Bank has made its second largest lending operation outside its traditional sphere to support the building of a metro in Kanpur.Read More