India to procure over 30 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses per month by January: Sources

India will have a vaccine capacity of 28 crore doses this month, which includes 22 crore Serum Institute of India’s Covishield and 6 crore doses of Bharat Biotech Biotech’s Covaxin and production of 60 lakh Zydus Cadila’s ZyCoV-D doses are also ready, said government sources. India will have a capacity of more than 30 crores…Continue Reading

India to host in-person NSA meet on Afghanistan, Pakistan’s Moeed Yusuf invited

India has proposed to host an in-person meet of the National Security Advisors (NSA) on Afghanistan in Delhi in November. Many countries in the region and key stakeholders like Russia and Pakistan have been invited. The meet was to take place earlier this year, but it could not materialise.  Islamabad sources confirmed that Pakistan’s National…Continue Reading

India records 15,981 new Covid-19 cases, 166 deaths; active cases fall to 2.01 lakh

India recorded 15,981 new Covid-19 cases in the 24 hours ending 8 am Saturday, taking the country’s total infections to over 3.40 crore. With 166 new fatalities, the toll rose to 4,51,980. Active cases in the country stand at over 2.01 lakh and comprises of 0.60 per cent of the total infections. The recovery rate,…Continue Reading

India records 15,981 COVID-19 cases, 166 fatalities in a day

New Delhi: India recorded 15,981 COVID-19 cases in a day, taking the infection tally to 3,40,53,573 while 166 more fatalities pushed the death toll to 4,51,980, according to the Union Health Ministry’s data on Saturday.The number of active Covid cases has declined to 2,01,632, the lowest in 218 days. The national recovery rate was at…Continue Reading

Coronavirus India Live Updates: कोरोना की रफ्तार पड़ रही सुस्त, 8 दिनों से नए केस 20 हजार के नीचे

Coronavirus Cases Live: पिछले 24 घंटों के दौरान 17,861 मरीज कोरोना से ठीक हुए हैं जबकि अब तक कुल 3,33,99,961 लोग संक्रमण की चपेट में आकर स्वस्थ हो चुके हैं.Edited by पवन पांडे, Updated: 16 अक्टूबर, 2021 11:21 AMCovid-19 Cases in India: दिल्ली में शुक्रवार को कोरोना के 26 नए मामले सामने आए. (फाइल फोटो)देश…Continue Reading

‘There is a very strong optimism in India, and it has never been like this before’ – 20 quotes on the India bu

Launched in 2014, StoryBites is a weekly feature from YourStory, featuring notable quotable quotes in our articles of this past week (see the previous post here). Share these 20 gems and insights from the week of October 4-10 with your colleagues and networks, and check back to the original articles for more insights. See also…Continue Reading

Make India the world’s biggest military power: PM Modi inaugurates seven new State-run defence firms

There is more transparency, trust and technology-driven approach in India’s defence sector now than ever before and major reforms are taking place for the first time since Independence while discarding stagnant policies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday. In an address at an event to dedicate seven new defence companies to the nation, Modi, referring…Continue Reading

India has faced Covid crisis with resilience and fortitude: Sitharaman

India has not only faced the COVID-19 crisis with great resilience and fortitude but has also played a major role and “walked the talk” on the global fight against it, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said. Pointing out the fast recovery of India’s economy, Sitharaman in her address to the Development Committee of the…Continue Reading

India records 16,862 new Covid-19 cases, 379 deaths; active cases fall to 2.03 lakh

By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: October 15, 2021 10:39:19 am Visitors at Vaishno Devi Bhawan during the ongoing Navratri festival, at Katra in Reasi district, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021. (PTI) India recorded 16,862 new Covid-19 cases in the 24 hours ending 8 am Friday, taking the country’s total infections to over…Continue Reading