New Delhi (IANS) The coronavirus vaccine might be ready by the first quarter of 2021, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday. “While no date has been fixed for the vaccine launch, it may be ready by … read more
New Delhi (IANSlife) Bringing into sharp nation-wide focus the indispensable role nutrition plays in the development of not just a child, but communities and the nation at large, September 2020 has been announced as POSHAN Maah, or National Nutrition Month, … read more
New Delhi (IANS) Indian pomegranates will soon appear on Australian supermarket shelves for the first time in another positive development in the two countries’ agricultural relationship. Australia’s High Commissioner to India, Barry O’Farrell AO, said India is well placed to satisfy … read more
New Delhi (IANS) Being shaped by the broad trends in the global environment caused by Covid-19, India will have to rethink its growth model as following the “post-1991 mantras” makes “little sense” with a greater emphasis needed on self-reliance. This is … read more
New Delhi (IANS) As long as the Indian Army was at its peace-time locations due to the coronavirus, the Chinese were able to sneak into Indian territory at Pangong Tso lake and set up their bases. Once their chicanery was detected … read more
New Delhi (IANS) The Great Indian Bustard (GIB) or Great Indian Bast*** this was the main concern of the Indian delegation that was participating in the XIIth Conference of the ‘International Council for Bird Preservation’ meeting in Tokyo in May 1960, … read more
New Delhi (IANS) As the focus shifts to India and its rising number of Covid-19 cases, a new book suggests ways to boost immunity and overcome fear in the fight against the deadly virus. ‘Save your family and self from viruses’ … read more
New Delhi (IANS) In yet another surgical strike on malicious Chinese apps, the Indian government on Wednesday banned 118 apps over national security concerns, including the immensely popular PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) Mobile, Baidu and couple of virtual private networks (VPNs) … read more
New Delhi (IANS) The baggage of India’s foreign policy made the country “struggle mightily” to gain influence that “could have come so much more easily earlier”, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar writes in a seminal book to be released on Thursday. … read more
About Pranab Mukherjee, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh once told me that he was like Dhrupad Sangeet. If you don’t understand Dhrupad or if your ears are not trained to listen to Dhrupad, then it will be difficult for you to … read more