Harsh Vardhan launches ‘COVID India Seva’ twitter handle
New Delhi: Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday launched the COVID India Seva twitter handle, aiming to provide an interactive platform to establish a dire…
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BRO constructs strategic Daporijo bridge in Arunachal Pradesh in record time
Itanagar: Amid nationwide coronavirus lockdown, the Border Road Organisation (BRO) has constructed a strategic Daporijo bridge over the Subansiri River in record time at Daporijo town i…
Rajnath Singh chairs GoM meet on coronavirus
New Delhi: Discussing the ways to minimize the hardships being faced by the people throughout the country due to coronavirus pandemic, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh-headed Group of Min…
Indian Army's wife prepares sanitiser
PC: Indian ExpressChandigarh: Under the ongoing ‘OP NAMASTE’ launched by Indian Army to fight COVID-19, one of the Electronics & Mechanical Engineers workshop of the Rising Star Corps i…
2 special trains to move Army troops to northern, eastern command
New Delhi: Amidst the nationwide lockdown and in an effort to meet Army’s operational requirements at the northern and the eastern command, two special military trains will run this wee…
Three people killed in ceasefire violation by Pakistani troops in J&K
New Delhi: Three persons, including a woman and child, were killed on Sunday in artillery shelling by Pakistan in Chowkibal, Kupwara, near the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir.“Un…
50,000 more NCC cadets volunteered to contribute
New Delhi: Around 2000 National Cadet Corps (NCC) have been employed in 12 states and union territories and 50,000 cadets have so far volunteered to contribute in ‘Exercise NCC Yogdan’ …
Rishikesh AIIMS, BEL develop remote health monitoring system
New Delhi: With an objective to remotely assess the health of COVID-19 suspects and patients quarantined in homes and hospitals, Rishikesh-based All India Institute of Medical Sciences …
Ex-Servicemen mobilised to fight COVID-19
New Delhi: In order to augment Nation’s fight against the global pandemic Coronavirus, the defence ministry on Thursday took an initiative to mobilise services of Ex-Servicemen (ESM) co…
NCC offers cadets for national duty to fight COVID-19
New Delhi: National Cadet Corps (NCC) has offered a helping hand to civilian authorities in the country’s fight against COVID-19 by extending the services of cadets under ‘Exercise NCC …
India to accept foreign donations for PM CARES Fund
New Delhi: In the wake of coronavirus outbreak in the country, the government has decided to receive donations from abroad for the Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emer…
OPINION: Coronavirus and Corporate Social Responsibility in India
By Harshit KumarNew Delhi: The expenditure incurred by companies to deal with the coronavirus will be considered as part of their social corporate responsibility (CSR). While this decis…