Bharat Biotech has successfully developed COVAXIN, India’s 1st vaccine candidate for COVID-19, in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) - National Institute of Virology (NIV).
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World's largest repatriation programme, Vande Bharat Mission (VBM), will enter its fourth phase between July 3 and July 15, bringing Indians back home from United States, UK, Canada, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Kyrgyzstan, Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, Thailand, South Africa, Russia, Australia, Myanmar, Japan, Ukraine, Vietnam and Gulf countries.
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Last month, Russia once again endorsed India for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), during the virtual trilateral meeting of the foreign ministers of the RIC grouping comprising Russia, India and China.
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India’s AI-enabled MyGov Corona Helpdesk bagged two awards under categories - “Best Innovation for Covid-19 – Society”, and “People’s Choice Covid-19 Overall Winner”, at the recently held CogX 2020, which is a prestigious Global Leadership Summit and Festival of AI & Emerging Technology held annually in London.
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INS Airavat, deployed by the Indian Navy for “Operation Samudra Setu", entered Tuticorin harbour early morning Tuesday, June 23, with 198 Indian nationals embarked from Male, Maldives. Thus far Indian Navy has brought back 2386 Indian citizens from Maldives to India.
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In the wake of the Covid 19 outbreak, entire mankind across the globe is suffering. Enhancing the body’s natural defence system (immunity) plays an important role in maintaining optimum health. We all know that prevention is better than cure. While there is no medicine for COVID-19 as of now, it will be good to take preventive measures which boost our immunity in these times.
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One of the five pillars of Islam, Hajj is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holiest city for Muslims. The pilgrimage, which lasts approximately 5 to 6 days depending on the lunar Islamic calendar, is a mandatory religious duty for Muslims that must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by all adult Muslims who are physically and financially capable of undertaking the journey, and can support their family during their absence.
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The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) gained a significant advantage in the Rajya Sabha results 2020 last week, with his party the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) winning eight of the 19 seats across eight states.
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For the first time in its history, the famous Puri Rath Yatra of 12-century Jagannath temple in Indian state of Odisha, saw around 1,500 priests pulling the three colourful chariots on Tuesday around noon. This came as devotees stayed away from the festival following a Supreme Court order earlier in the week.
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On Monday, the face-off between Indian and Chinese soldiers in eastern Ladakh, India, resulted in 20 Indian soldiers attaining martyrdom, including the commanding officer of 16 Bihar battalion. The incident marks bilateral tensions of an intensity not seen since the 1962 war.
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The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi this week interacted with state chief ministers via video conferencing to discuss the situation emerging post Unlock 1.0 and plan ahead for tackling the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Javed Akhtar wins Richard Dawkins Award and he is the first Indian to receive it.
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On June 2, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed concern regarding the ongoing civil disturbances in the US, and conveyed his best wishes for an early resolution of the situation, in a telephonic conversation with the US President Donald Trump.
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"Today on US Google & YouTube homepages we share our support for racial equality in solidarity with the Black community and in memory of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery & others who don't have a voice. For those feeling grief, anger, sadness & fear, you are not alone," he tweeted on May 31.
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On May 25, India’s domestic air travel resumed, as long queues and chaos greeted passengers at airports with cancellations of almost 100 flights. This so, as Maharashtra state, which has India's highest number of Covid-19 cases, said it would only allow 50 flights a day.
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Let me give you an automobile example. Suppose you take a little car and put a very powerful engine in it. If you don’t beef up the entire car, the car is going to fall apart – not because the engine is bad, but simply because the engine is too good. Similarly, if your energy body is greatly enhanced without enhancing your physical body, and without making your karmic body conducive to that, something may fall apart.
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In one of the largest ever evacuation exercises undertaken by India, and aptly named “Vande Bharat Mission“, the Indian Government has announced that nearly 14,800 Indians will be brought back home from 12 countries in 64 flights between May 7 to May 13. Air India and its subsidiary Air India Express will be operating these flights, and only those who test Covid-19 negative would be allowed to travel.
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National's Kiwi-Indian MP writes to Indian Foreign Minister .
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Virtual addressing the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit, for the first time since assuming office in 2014, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday flagged the issues of “terrorism” and “fake news”, calling them “deadly viruses” at a time when the world fights the novel coronavirus.
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In a world-wide recognition of the great Indian journalistic traditions, the winners of the Pulitzer Prize for 2020 were declared on May 4, with Channi Anand, Mukhtar Khan, and Dar Yasin of The Associated Press winning the prize for Feature Photography for their coverage of the Jammu and Kashmir lock-down, after the erstwhile state’s special status was revoked.
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