India

The first train of this service driven by next-generation technology ran from Janakpuri West station to Botanical Garden station of the 37-km Magenta Line as the DMRC leaped into an elite club of metro networks globally.

We streamed, we Zoomed, we ordered groceries and houseplants online, we created virtual villages while navigating laptop shortages to work and learn from home. When it comes to technology, 2020 was a year like no other.

The MHA asked the states and union territories to keep a strict vigil to prevent any rise in cases during the New Year celebrations and the winter season.

The government is also considering building 'gaushalas' (cow shelters) to ensure that aged cows that are not used for milching do not become a burden on the farmer.

Mishra (80), became unconscious immediately after delivering his speech while standing on an open jeep along with OPCC president Niranjan Patnaik.

Kufri in Shimla district witnessed 30 cm of snowfall, followed by 32 cm in Dalhousie of Chamba district, 14 cm in Manali of Kullu district and nine cm in Shimla city.

Since flight operations are currently less than pre-COVID levels, only Terminal 2 and Terminal 3 of the Delhi airport are handling aircraft movement.

Prof (Dr) Ramji Singh, Executive Director of AIIMS, Kalyani said a limited OPD service of the departments of Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Opthalmology, ENT, Psychiatry and Dermatology will start functioning from January, 2021.

The year 2021 will witness 2 solar and 2 lunar eclipses from different parts of the world. Check the date and timings of the solar and lunar eclipses of 2021.

As biting cold continued, minimum temperatures at most places settled below normal limits. Bathinda was the coldest place in Punjab while Ludhiana braved a cold night at 2.1 degrees Celsius.

Uttar Pradesh police's arrest spree under the new 'love jihad' law saw as many as 35 people being held within a month of the anti-conversion ordinance being approved.

The two sub-inspectors and a constable are attached with the Surajpur police station in Greater Noida and had travelled to Chandigarh recently, according to the officials.

Congress state president Govind Singh Dotasra said the Rajasthan government is with the agitating farmers and support their demand for repeal of the laws.

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu said bold economic reforms initiated by the former prime minister have helped accelerate the country's development, but he did not get due recognition.

Bharat Biotech is developing Covaxin in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-National Institute of Virology (NIV).

A meeting of the National Task Force (NTF) on Covid-19 concluded that there is no need to change the existing treatment protocol in view of the mutations emerging in the strain.