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An estimated 200 people are missing and 18 are confirmed killed after an avalanche in India's Himalayan region broke dams, swept away bridges, and left dozens of construction workers trapped in tunnels.

As part of the COVID-19 management and response policy, the Centre's focus is not only in containing fatality but to reduce deaths and save lives by providing quality clinical care to critical and severe patients, it said.

District Medical Officer Dr. K Sakeena said that after one student tested positive, others were tested as part of contact tracing and surveillance.

After hurtling hundreds of millions of miles through space since last summer, three robotic explorers are ready to hit the brakes at Mars.

Efforts have been undertaken to address the trust deficit between business and the government through steps like limiting tax assessments, and the enterprises have to now respond by complying.

Kaur was arrested on January 12, weeks before mass arrests were made by the Delhi Police over the tractor rally violence on January 26. She had participated in the ongoing protests at Delhi's borders against the new agri laws introduced by the Centre.

The notification by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Friday came a day after the Biden administration announced that it will continue with the traditional lottery system to issue the much sought-after work visa to foreign professiona...

The three were nabbed by the special investigating team (SIT) of north district on Wednesday.

The health ministry said 64,25,060 HCWs have taken the first dose and 11,15,542 HCWs have taken the second dose.

Soumen Mitra has been appointed the new Commissioner of Police (CP), Kolkata, while the existing CP Anuj Sharma has been shifted to the CID as Additional Director General of Police.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) chief also called on companies to share manufacturing facilities to help ramp up the production of Covid-19 vaccines.

For more than two decades, this Hyderabad resident has been getting invitations for painting walls with Quranic verses in mosques and dargahs of the old city. He is also approached for painting murals in Hindu temples.

India received official development assistance grants and loans from Japan for undertaking measures during the COVID19 pandemic, the government said in a written reply in Lok Sabha on Friday.

Physical gold demand picked up in China this week ahead of the Lunar New Year festival, while Indian retail buyers cheered a sharp dip in domestic rates.

The Centre said that the relaxation shall not create any vested right whatsoever or any other purported right on ground of parity or otherwise, in favour of any other set/class of candidates at any time in the future.

No injuries have been reported in the incident, so far. The fire apparently broke out at around 2:30 pm, and the fire brigade has classified it as a level 3 fire.