Indian Navy ship reaches Male to evacuate stranded citizens

New Delhi (IANS) INA Jalashwa entered Male port in Maldives on Thursday morning for evacuating Indian nationals as part of Samudra Setu programme.

The Indian Naval ship will leave for Kochi on Friday carrying nearly 1,000 stranded Indian nationals…

Vizag gas tragedy: 8 dead, 240 under treatment, 20 on ventilators

Visakhapatnam/Amaravati (IANS) Majority of the affected in the gas leak disaster in Vizag on Thursday that reminded everyone of the Bhopal tragedy, comprised children. Close to 150 children are undergoing treatment and most of them are responding…

Multiple Indian Covid vaccines set to enter trial stages

New Delhi (IANS) With the focus shifting from containment to treatment of Covid-19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi conducted a detailed review of the current status of India's efforts in vaccine development, drug discovery, diagnosis and testing.

Top Hizbul commander Riyaz Naikoo trapped in J&K

Srinagar (IANS) Kashmir's most wanted militant and Hizbul chief Riyaz Naikoo has been trapped in his native Beighpora village in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district.

Heavy firing exchanges have been going on, top sources told IANS…

Italian researchers claim world's first Covid-19 vaccine: Report

Rome (IANS) Italian researchers have claimed that they have successfully developed a vaccine to contain coronavirus (Covid-19) which is likely to work on humans, a report said.

Luigi Aurisicchio, CEO of Takis, the firm developing the medication,…

Top militant Riyaz Naikoo, associate killed, bravehearts avenged

Srinagar (IANS) In a major success in anti-militancy operations in J&K, security forces on Wednesday killed the most wanted militant commander, Riyaz Naikoo along with his associate in Pulwama district thereby avenging the deaths of five security…

Equity indices trim initial gains, Sensex up 280 points

Mumbai (IANS) The key Indian equity indices trimmed gains on Tuesday after a gap up opening, with the BSE Sensex now trading 280 points higher.

Healthy buying was witnessed in energy and oil and gas stocks.

During initial trade Sensex…

20% repeat users flood Modi Govt chatbot with lockdown questions

New York (IANS) Built in a record time of five days, India's official coronavirus chatbot MyGov Corona Helpdesk which has scored 21 million users and 25 million user engagements, is now bunging out responses to repeat users' anxious queries…

BHEL may sell, offer manufacturing units to global players

New Delhi (IANS) State-owned Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) may sell four to five units of its non-core manufacturing business under government's asset monetisation process during the ongoing financial year.

The government also plans…

JEE-Main from July 18, NEET on July 26

New Delhi (IANS) The Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE-Main) will be held from July 18 to July 23 while the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) will be held on July 26.

JEE Advanced is expected to be held in August, the dates of…