District authorities in Samba, Ramban and Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday banned the storage, sale or possession of drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles. Authorities in Srinagar and border districts of Rajouri and Kathua have already imposed such a ban after the recent terror attack at an IAF station in Jammu with armed drones.
As much as 69 per cent children in Chandigarh tested positive for antibodies in an interim sero survey report, the PGI Hospital said on Tuesday.
An under-construction flyover's beam collapsed on a car at Anakapalle in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam district on Tuesday, leading to the death of two people.
India on Tuesday rejected mounting international criticism over the death of rights activist Father Stan Swamy, and said the due process of law was followed in his case and that the authorities act against violations of law and do not restrain legitimate exercise of rights. Asserting that India remains committed to the promotion and protection of human rights of all its citizens, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the country's democratic polity is complemented by an independent judiciary and a range of national and state-level human rights commissions.
The Delhi government is working to come up with an e-waste processing park for an efficient disposal of waste generated due to junked electronic gadgets.
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday urged the Centre to provide more doses of the coronavirus vaccines for the people of the city as required for the inoculation exercise. The Delhi government's stock of COVID-19 vaccine has run out, Sisodia said. In a tweet, he asserted that in the last two weeks, vaccination was done in the national capital at a "record speed".
After a drone attack at the Indian Air Force (IAF) station in Jammu, the force has decided to procure 10 anti-drone systems to stop such attacks in the future in the border areas. The force has floated a Request for Information (RFI) for Indian vendors for Counter Unarmed Aircraft System (CUAS) that can be armed with laser-directed energy weapons to bring down rogue drones.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...
