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All-Women Cockpit Crew To Fly Air India's Inaugural San Francisco-Bengaluru Flight
All-Women Cockpit Crew To Fly Air India's Longest Nonstop Flight From San Francisco To Bengaluru

New Delhi: All-women cockpit crew will operate Air India’s inaugural San Francisco-Bengaluru flight on Saturday, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said. The Air India flight will fly on Saturday over the North Pole, taking the Atlantic route to reach Bengaluru, a senior official of the airline said. All women cockpit crew consisting of Capt […]

  • Wednesday, 07 April 2021
Australia
Aus Vs Ind 3rd Test: Aus Declare At 312/6, Set 407-Run Target For India

Sydney: Australia on Sunday declared their second innings at 312/6 at Tea on Day Four, thus setting a 407-run target for India in the ongoing third Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). Umpires called the end of the second session after Cameron Green, who scored 84, got out after being caught behind by substitute […]

  • Wednesday, 07 April 2021
NDRF
India To Get UN Tag Of International Disaster Response Force For NDRF

New Delhi: India could soon be a part of the United Nations (UN) mandated international disaster rescue operations as the country’s federal contingency force, NDRF, is expected to obtain a globally recognised standardisation later this year, a top ranking official has said. The authorisation will be done by the Switzerland-headquartered INSARAG (or the International Search […]

  • Wednesday, 07 April 2021
Pant
Aggressive Rishab Pant, Cautious Cheteshwar Pujara Take India To 206/3 At Lunch But Australia Still Hold Edge

Sydney:  India put up a counter-attack through Rishabh Pant as they recovered from the early loss of skipper Ajinkya Rahane to move to 206 for 3 against Australia at lunch on the final day of the third Test here at the Sydney Cricket Ground. India still need 201 runs to accomplish a near-impossible chase of […]

  • Wednesday, 07 April 2021
India-China
India Releases Apprehended PLA Soldier To China

New Delhi: Indian Army on Monday released a soldier of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA), three days after apprehending him at the southern bank of Pangong Tso in eastern Ladakh, official sources said. The soldier was returned to China at the Chushul-Moldo border point in eastern Ladakh at 10.10 am, they added. The Chinese soldier […]

  • Wednesday, 07 April 2021
Nolan
Want To Work More In India, Says Christopher Nolan

New Delhi: Hollywood filmmaker Christopher Nolan said he wants to come back and shoot again in India, and work with Indian actors. “I never make plans so far ahead. But I had an amazing experience in India, and I definitely want to come back and work more in India with Indian actors. I don’t know […]

  • Wednesday, 07 April 2021
India, Bangladesh To Enhance Counter-Terrorism Cooperation
India, Bangladesh To Enhance Counter-Terrorism Cooperation

New Delhi: In a virtual meet of Police chiefs of India and Bangladesh emphasis was laid on enhancing counter-terrorism cooperation especially against global terror groups. As a step towards that, designated ‘nodal points’ would be established for timely and effective handling and response to existing as well as emerging security and counter-terrorism challenges. In the […]

  • Tuesday, 06 April 2021
Polio
Centre Defers National Polio Immunisation Programme

New Delhi: The National Polio immunisation programme, as part of which children in the age group of 0-5 years are administered polio drops, has been deferred “till further notice” by the Centre citing “unforeseen activities”. The National Immunisation Day (NID), commonly known as Pulse Polio Immunisation programme, was scheduled for January 17 across India. The […]

  • Tuesday, 06 April 2021
Covaxin
Centre Disapproves Administration Of Covaxin To Those Below 18 Yrs

New Delhi: In a major shift of narrative, the government has now disapproved the authorisation of Bharat Biotech’s Covid vaccine to people below 18 years of age whereas earlier, it was approved for children above the age of 12 years by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI). A letter from the office of additional […]

  • Tuesday, 06 April 2021
IMF
Farm Bills Have Potential To Represent Significant Step Forward For Agricultural Reforms In India: IMF

Washington: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) believes the farm bills passed by the Indian government have the potential to represent a significant step forward for agricultural reforms, a spokesperson of the organisation said here. There is, however, a need to strengthen the social safety net for those who might be adversely affected by the transition to […]

  • Tuesday, 06 April 2021
PM-Modi
Covid-19: PM Modi Launches World's Largest Vaccination Drive In India

New Delhi: India began the world’s largest Covid-19 vaccination programme on Saturday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi launching the drive aimed at ending the pandemic which so far has killed 1,52,093 people in the country and ravaged the economy. Addressing the country digitally, the Prime Minister said that India managed to make two ‘Made-in-India’ vaccines […]

  • Tuesday, 06 April 2021
COVID-19-India
India Records Lowest Covid Figures In Last 8 Months

New Delhi: Continuing its low streak of fresh daily cases, India on Tuesday recorded 10,064 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, the lowest single-day spike in seven months. With this the overall tally of Covid-19 cases touched 1,05,81,837, according to the Union Health Ministry. #CoronaVirusUpdates: 📍Total #COVID19 Cases in India (as on January […]

  • Tuesday, 06 April 2021
Covid 19
India Records Over 13K New COVID19 Cases & 162 Deaths In A Day

New Delhi:  With 13,823 new coronavirus infections reported in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,05,95,660, while the recoveries surged to 1,02,45,741, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday. The death toll due to the disease increased to 1,52,718 in the country as 162 new fatalities were recorded, the ministry data updated […]

  • Tuesday, 06 April 2021
India Reports Over 14K New Covid-19 Cases, 152 Deaths In 24 Hours
India Reports Over 14K New Covid-19 Cases, 152 Deaths In 24 Hours

New Delhi: With 14,256 fresh coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, the Covid-19 tally in India rose to 1,06,39,684 while the recoveries have surged to 1,02,83,708, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday. For the past 16 days, the country has been recording less than 20,000 daily new infections even as […]

  • Tuesday, 06 April 2021
COVID-19 Vaccination
Covid-19 Vaccination: Nearly 14 Lakh Beneficiaries Receive Shots In India

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry on Saturday informed that nearly 14 lakh beneficiaries have been vaccinated against Covid-19 in the country, including 3,47,058 in the last 24 hours. According to data released by the ministry, the highest number of 1,84,699 vaccinations in the country has been reported from Karnataka, followed by Andhra Pradesh (1,33,298), […]

  • Tuesday, 06 April 2021
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