India plans to procure missile shield from U.S.
India is in talks with the U.S. to procure an advanced air defence system to defend the National Capital Region (NCR) from aerial attacks.
Gold council to aid exports
The Centre has decided to set up a Domestic Council for Gold to aid exports of jewellery and to create an ecosystem to harness the true potential for jewellery making in the country.
FASTags
As per the latest data, around 26 lakh cars and trucks now use the radio frequency identification device (RFID)based FASTag system on windscreen to shorten their journey time.
Government panel to study stressed power sector
Government has announced its intention to set up a high-level empowered committee under the Cabinet Secretary to resolve the stress in the thermal power sector.
52 Bangladeshis sent back from Assam
The much-awaited complete draft of the updated National Register of Citizens (NRC), expected to take Assam a step closer to segregating genuine citizens from illegal migrants, will be published at 10 a.m. on 30 July 2018.
These beautiful strangers now thrive in India
As many as 471 plant species that are alien or exotic ”” not native to India ”” are ‘naturalised,’ for they can thrive in the country’s wildernesses by forming stable populations, says a recent report.
Nearly half of head and neck cancer patients die within a year of diagnosis: doc
Head and neck (mouth, larynx, throat or nose) cancers account for a large portion of the total number of cancer cases reported in India, and nearly half of the patients with such type of cancers die within a year of diagnosis, said doctors.
‘Made in India’ tank engines handed over to the Army
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday, handed over two fully indigenous battle tank engines, V-46-6 and V92S2, that power the T-72 Ajeya tank and the T-90 Bhishma tank, produced by the Engine Factory Avadi (EFA), a unit of Ordnance Factory Board, to the Vice Chief of Army Staff.
Novel biomarkers for gastric cancer progression
With stomach cancer figuring as the third leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, researchers from University of Delhi and National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research, Noida have identified two proteins ”” survivin and STAT3 ”” that can be potential markers of the disease.
India to give flash flood warning to Asian nations
India has been designated as a nodal centre for preparing flash-flood forecasts by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).