With China now fielding the world’s largest Navy and fast constructing two more aircraft carriers to add to its two existing ones, the Indian Navy has finally got a long-delayed shot in the arm with a new indigenous guided-missile destroyer even as its second aircraft carrier undergoes another set of sea trials.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday met German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the sidelines of the G20 Summit and the two leaders held extensive deliberations on the strong bilateral relations and reaffirmed commitment to maintain the close strategic partnership.
Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Sunday said it is now time that cement and steel industries start using green hydrogen as energy instead of coal for production. He was speaking at the inauguration of various facilities of Manganese Ore India Limited (MOIL) based in Nagpur.
An Army officer and a jawan were killed in a mine explosion near a forward post along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district late Saturday.
French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have agreed to boost ties in the Indo-Pacific region during a meeting on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit. Macron's office said France and India will open a ``strategic dialogue'' next week in Paris to set a common agenda. The talks will address bilateral, regional and international issues.
Union health and family welfare minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday said that G20 needs to aid in increasing available funds to World Health Organization (WHO) with a specific focus on equitable and affordable access. As per an official statement, the Union minister while addressing G20 Joint Finance and Health Ministers' meeting said that "in a pandemic no one is safe until everyone is safe."
By Shirish B Pradhan Kathmandu, Nepal Army chief General Prabhuram Sharma will pay a four-day visit to India next month during which he will meet with his Indian counterpart General M Naravane and other service chiefs to boost bilateral defence ties, it was announced here on Thursday.
India's Bharat Biotech has been submitting data on the EUL of Covaxin "regularly and very quickly" to a technical committee which hopes to have a final recommendation to the WHO next week, a top official of the global health agency said on Thursday, stressing that the UN body "trusts" the Indian industry that manufactures high quality vaccines.
Around 11 crore people who have taken the first shot of Covid-19 vaccine have not got themselves jabbed with the second dose even after the expiry of the prescribed interval between two doses, according to government data.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet Pope Francis on October 30 during his European visit commencing later this week, a Catholic Bishops' body in Kerala said on Wednesday.
A day after former Goa governor Satya Pal Malik levelled serious corruption charges against the state government, BJP on Tuesday demanded his resignation. Malik is currently the Governor of Meghalaya.
United Sikhs, an advocacy organisation affiliated to the United Nations, has been applauded by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella organisation of 32 farmer bodies leading protests at the borders of New Delhi.