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Former Union minister and RJD leader Sharad Yadav (ANI photo)NEW DELHI: Former Union minister and RJD leader Sharad Yadav on Friday said the 'Agnipath' scheme is not a reform but an "attempt to damage" the existing system of recruitment…

BENGALURU: New computer simulations on how speech droplets or aerosols move in the air space between interacting people by researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and their collaborators show that the risk of getting…

Indian Army chief General Manoj Pande (ANI photo)NEW DELHI: As the central government is yet to announce the official date of commencement of the Agnipath scheme, Indian Armychief General Manoj Pande on Friday said that the training of…

NEW DELHI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi was detected with a lower respiratory tract infection after her admission to the Ganga Ram Hospitalhere, and continues to be under close observation and treatment, the party said Friday.…

CHENNAI: The Madras high court on Friday refused to direct the Tamil Nadu government to release Rajiv Gandhi assassination case life convicts S Nalini and Ravichandranwithout waiting for the assent of the governor. The first bench of…

UNITED NATIONS: China has put a hold in the UN at the last moment on a joint proposal by India and the US to list Pakistan-based terrorist Abdul Rehman Makkias a global terrorist under al-Qaida Sanctions Committee of the Security…

HYDERABAD: Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL)’s whole-virion inactivated Covid-19 vaccine candidate Covaxinhas proven to be safe, well-tolerated, and highly immunogenic in children aged 2-18 years in a phase II/III study, the…

SRINAGAR: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday vouched for the Central government's decision to approve the 'Agnipath' scheme and said that it gives a golden opportunity to the youth to join the defence system and serve the country.…

NEW DELHI: India on Friday reported more than 12,000 Covid-19cases for the second day in a row. With 12,847 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the country's total tally of coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic reached…

NEW YORK: India on Thursday (local time) raised concern over the multi-dimensional challenges Haiti faces in the backdrop of natural calamities and political turmoil at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Pratik Mathur, India's…