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India logs 1,007 new covid cases, active case tally rose to 11,058

India logged 1,007 new covid infections, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 43,039,023, while the active cases rose to 11,058, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.

India-US ties have strength, comfort to discuss all issues: Jaishankar

In response to a question, Jaishankar strongly refuted the notion that the situation in Ukraine is going to hurt India-US relationship

India, US discuss ways to accelerate economic partnership: EAM S Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday held discussions with US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo for accelerating the economic partnership between India and United States

India to face more power cuts due to coal shortage, soaring demand

India is likely to face more power cuts this year as utilities' coal inventories are at the lowest pre-summer levels in at least nine years

Eastern, western regions show dip in water levels with onset of summer

Overall water storage is around 9 per cent higher than same period last year

India conducive for FDI, is a critical market for us: CPP Investments CEO

The pension fund has invested in Byju's, Flipkart, ReNew Power and a number of InvITs. It invested C$128 million in NSE in FY21 and is currently exploring options in pharma and healthcare

Live: Putin says peace talks with Ukraine are at dead end, goads West

Putin says Kyiv had derailed peace talks by staging what he said were fake claims of Russian war crimes

Germany weighs snubbing India as G-7 guest over Russia stance

India was among the more than 50 countries that abstained from a United Nations vote to suspend Russia from the UN Human Rights Council, and has not imposed sanctions on Moscow

India, US reaffirm their desire for building advanced defence partnership

India and the US have reaffirmed their ambitions for building an advanced and comprehensive defence partnership in which militaries of the two nations coordinate closely together across all domains. In a joint statement issued after the conclusion of the India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue here on Monday, the two sides commended the significant and continuing progress in the India-US Major Defence Partnership. "Drawing on the momentum from the India-US Defence Policy Group meeting in October 2021, they reaffirmed their ambitions for building an advanced and comprehensive defence partnership in which the US and Indian militaries coordinate closely together across all domains," the statement said. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar led the Indian delegation for 2+2 Ministerial, while the US side was represented by Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken. As information-sharing forms an important pillar of the India-US

India-Russia ties developed when US was unable to be its partner: Blinken

He showed an understanding of New Delhi's position on Ukraine war

Gender equality: Rank declines a notch in 2022 against last year

India's position went down despite its score remaining 74.4 out of 100 in all the three years

World's stockpile of usable nuclear weapons is increasing, warns watchdog

The Nuclear Weapons Ban Monitor has found no evidence, however, that any of the nuclear-armed states currently have the will to purposefully pursue nuclear disarmament

Power crisis: Inter-ministerial coordination in spotlight again

Numbers indicate that the availability of rakes or freight wagons is a key issue that may lead to a possible power crisis by June

Asked Putin to talk directly with Zelenskyy: PM Modi to Joe Biden

Both Biden and Modi, whose meeting kicked off the latest annual 2+2 meeting, called for an end to hostilities in Ukraine

Skoda enhances presence in North India to cater to customer needs

Skoda Auto India on Monday said it has increased its presence in North India by two folds in the last two years in order to cater to the increased demand in the region

Big boost to India after Apple confirms manufacturing top-selling iPhone 13

In a major fillip to India's dream to become a global manufacturing hub, Apple on Monday confirmed it has started manufacturing its top-selling iPhone 13 smartphone in India.

Boosters for all: Pvt hospitals in a bind over new pricing, old vax stocks

Some Kolkata hospitals have decided to go with the new pricing from Monday on the basis of discussions.

Statsguru: Six charts show daily Covid cases, testing down in India

During the peak of the second wave, over 50 per cent of the world's daily Covid-19 infections were from India

India successfully flight tests missile system SFDR booster in Odisha

The test demonstrated reliable functioning of all critical components involved in the complex missile system and met all the mission objectives

India records 1,109 new COVID-19 cases, 43 deaths in the last 24 hours

India logged 1,109 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,30,33,067,while the active cases dipped to 11,492, according to the Health Ministry data updated on Friday