A Chinese soldier was apprehended on the Indian side of the LAC, Ladakh, South of Pangong Tso lake, the Indian Army said on Saturday. According to the army, the PLA soldier had transgressed across the LAC and was taken into custody by Indian troops deployed in the area.
A total of 11 crows have been found dead in two consecutive days in three locations in Gurugram giving rise to bird flu fears in the district, officials said on Saturday.
Karnataka's Dakshina Kannada district banned entry of poultry and their products from bird flu-hit Kerala, an official said on Friday. Poultry and its products like eggs and chicken have been banned entering the district from across the border as a precautionary measure due to avian flu spread in the neighbouring state, Deputy Commissioner K.V. Rajendra said in an order.
The Central government on Saturday said that a total of 90 persons have been detected with the new 'more transmissible' UK coronavirus mutant strain. They are kept in physical isolation in health facilities. "A total number of persons infected with the UK mutant strain of Covid-19 now stands at 90 in the country," the Union Health Ministry said in a statement.
Police have recovered a highly decomposed body of a woman from near a drain in east Delhi’s New Ashok Nagar area, officials said on Saturday.
A major fire incident in Maharashtra claimed the lives of ten newborn babies in the wee hours of Saturday. The incident has triggered a massive wave of grief across the state with leaders demanding an immediate probe into the fatal incident. Meanwhile, details have revealed the Bhandara district hospital, where the incident took place, lacked fire safety arrangements. According to the details provided by the RTI, the Bhandara district hospital, in 2018 had said it lacked the equipment to control fire. 
India is ready with two made-in-India vaccines for the protection of humanity and the world is not only waiting for them but also watching as to how the country runs the globe's biggest vaccination programme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday.Republic Day 2024 : As India's 75th Republic Day Parade kicked off in the national capital, a 30-member band contingent and a marching c...
