Month: January 2021

At least five Indian Army soldiers including Colonel B Santosh Babu of 16 Bihar battalion who blocked Chinese People Liberation Army (PLA) aggression to capture territory in East Ladakh’s Galwan Valley on June 15 last year will be posthumously honoured with gallantry medals on Republic Day, people familiar with the matter said.

Narinder S. Kapany, 94, is survived by daughter Kiran and son Raj

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Veteran journalist, writer and Padma Shri awardee Turlapati Kutumba Rao passed away in the early hours of Monday. He was 89-years old.

Vijayawada.

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will adopt 100 Atal Tinkering Labs across the country to promote space technology and education-related innovations among school scholars. This decision was taken by ISRO and Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog, at a virtual meeting on Monday.

I am extremely elated that different departments and ministries of the Government of India are working in synergy to create an Atma Nirbhar Bharat,” said Dr Rajiv Kumar, NITi Aayog vice chairman.

The application ensures that one user can login only from one device at a time making it highly secure. 

Zermelo Technologies, an award-winning edtech startup announced that its platform ZeClassroom has been designed to conduct online classes in the rural and urban areas where internet and bandwidth availability is a challenge.

As many as 2,54,500 doses of Covishield are set to be delivered at Delhi’s central storage, Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital, in Tahirpur.

Three temperature-controlled trucks rolled out of the Serum Institute gates shortly before 5 am and left for Pune airport, from where the vaccines will be flown across India.

Lokeswara Rao discusses his life and teachings through philatelic materials, including stamps & postcards

Kochi.

Orial Imara, a Kerala-based soap manufacturer and exporter, has launched Elaria, nano soaps packed in tablet strips to help fight Covid conveniently on the go.