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Naval Officer in Charge (West Bengal) Commodore Rituraj Sahu. (DC image)

Navy sees progress in coastal security in Sundarbans delta

We have been able to reach out to contemporary technologies by our combat platforms; Cmde Sahu

4 Dec 2021 2:35 AM IST

Union Minister of State for Rural Development Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti speaks in the Lok Sabha during ongoing Winter Session of Parliament, in New Delhi. (LSTV/PTI Photo)

Global hunger index flawed, says India

'There is hardly any proof that child mortality is an outcome of hunger, the minister said

4 Dec 2021 12:33 AM IST

Covishield, the India-manufactured Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, was added to the UKs approved list last month. (PTI)

Top scientists for COVID booster vaccine dose

Give booster jabs to 40 plus and high risk cases, recommend top genomic scientists

3 Dec 2021 12:53 PM IST

Survivors and victims families of Bhopal Gas Tragedy in Madhya Pradesh during a protest (Photo: PTI/File)

Bhopal Gas Tragedy: 37 years on, children then not born scarred...

Thirty-seven years later, the darkness of that night hangs like an impenetrable cloud over the lives of untold thousands

3 Dec 2021 11:26 AM IST

A woman returns after getting inoculated as other line up to register their names to receive COVID-19 vaccine in Hyderabad. (Photo: AP)

India records 9,216 fresh cases in 24 hours, active caseload near...

The death toll climbed to 4,70,115 with 391 fresh fatalities

3 Dec 2021 10:20 AM IST

SC asks Muslim personal law board whether a woman can be given an option of saying no to triple talaq at the time of execution of nikahnama.

Buddhist-Muslim tensions brewing in Ladakh's Zanskar region over...

A local imam performed nikah after the Buddhist woman Sonam Angmo converted to Islam and took Summaya Kousar as her...

3 Dec 2021 2:15 AM IST

Indian Coast Guard personnel are seen making announcements to alert fishing boats and vessels at sea of Cyclone Jawad. DC Image

Coast Guard puts assets to tackle Cyclone Jawaad

ICG ships and aircraft were tasked specifically for relaying weather warnings to mariners, urging fishing boats at sea...

3 Dec 2021 1:50 AM IST

Arriving passengers leave a terminal at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai. (Photo: AFP)

India detects first two cases of Omicron, both from Karnataka

Health Ministry said that both the cases have been reported in Karnataka, with the patients being two men aged 66 and 46

2 Dec 2021 4:39 PM IST

The SKAT of the IAF is known for its professionalism, precision and prowess. (Photo: By arrangement)

IAF Suryakirans to hold aerobatic show over Umiam Lake in Shillong

The SKAT, consisting of 17 officers, 200 technicians was formed in the year 1996

2 Dec 2021 2:50 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairs a meeting on the cyclone related situation in the country, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

PM Modi chairs meeting on cyclone situation

The prime minister was briefed on the possible cyclonic storm over the Bay of Bengal that could affect Andhra Pradesh...

2 Dec 2021 2:24 PM IST

Students wearing masks sit inside a classroom as schools reopened in Kochi, Kerala. (Photo: AP)

In-person student attendance in schools may drop by 14 per cent due to...

The World Health Organisation has designated the new SARS-Cov-2 variant as a 'variant of concern'

2 Dec 2021 2:19 PM IST

Paramedical staff screen Indians after they arrive at New Delhi airport from Chinas coronavirus-hit city of Wuhan on Sunday. India airlifted the second batch of 323 Indians on Sunday from Wuhan. (Photo: PTI)

Four more international travellers test COVID-19 positive at Delhi...

A total of eight people from 'at-risk' countries have tested positive for COVID-19 in Delhi till now

2 Dec 2021 12:59 PM IST