In his address to the nation on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the extension of PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana till November end, helping over 80 crore people to avail 5 kg free food grains. The PM said this extension will cost over Rs 90,000 crore....
In a big relief to train passengers, the Indian Railways has resumed bookings of Tatkal tickets for all 230 special trains from June 29, a service that was stopped in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic....
In the fight against Covid-19, researchers have developed a strategy to use data from existing cellular wireless networks to identify areas that are at the greater risk of disease....
Amid the face-off between the Congress and the BJP in Uttar Pradesh, the nearly dormant Congress is giving a tough fight to the ruling party on the streets of Lucknow. On Tuesday, state Congress President Ajay Kumar Lallu and Congress legislature party leader Aradhana Misra staged protests against the arrest of Congress minority cell chief...
PM Narendra Modi on Thursday made two big announcements during his address to the nation -- extension of the current free ration scheme for 80 crore Indians for another five months till the festive season gets over in November, besides announcing the ‘One India, One ration Card' scheme. ...
A senior Iranian judge has said that Interpol Red Notices have been issued for the prosecution of dozens of military and political officials of the US, including President Donald Trump, "who were involved in the assassination" of Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani, it was reported....
China on Tuesday reached out to India, expressing anxiety about the ban imposed by the Indian government on popular Chinese mobile applications like TikTok and WeChat, among others....
China is forcing women to be sterilised or fitted with contraceptive devices in Xinjiang in an apparent attempt to limit the population of Muslim Uyghurs, according to a new research....
Researchers in China have discovered a new type of swine flu that is capable of triggering a pandemic, according to a study published in the US science journal PNAS. ...
India’s first COVID-19 vaccine COVAXIN has got the Drug Controller General of India’s approval for phase I and II of human clinical trials. The two trials are designed to test whether the vaccine is safe, rather than whether it is effective....
