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For the first time in India, a village is all set to become sanitary napkin-free. The development comes as a part of an ongoing campaign in Kumbalangi in Ernakulam, Kerala.

Kerala governor Arif Mohammad Khan has declared the village as napkin-free.&nbsp;The step is being taken&nbsp;to ensure access to menstrual hygiene for adolescent girls and young women

As a part of the campaign, menstrual cups will be distributed to women aged 18 and above. Approximately 5,000 menstrual cups will be distributed.&nbsp;

Hibi Eden, the member of Lok Sabha after a tie-up with HLL management academy’s ‘Thingal’ scheme and Indian oil corporation said that the &nbsp;initiative is titled "Avalkayi," which means "for her."&nbsp;

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The Governor has also declared the village as India’s first model tourism village. This project is implemented through Pradhan Mantri Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY). The village will also have a new tourist information centre.&nbsp;

Earlier, Indian state&nbsp;Andhra Pradesh's government launched a program under which branded sanitary napkins will be provided free of cost to girl students of government educational institutions.&nbsp;

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy&nbsp; launched the 'Swechha'&nbsp;program to tackle the stigma attached to menstruation and prioritise female personal hygiene, and encourage a healthy dialogue of information.

(With inputs from agencies)

For the first time in India, a village is all set to become sanitary napkin-free. The development comes as a part of an ongoing campaign in Kumbalangi in Ernakulam, Kerala.

For the first time in India, a village is all set to become sanitary napkin-free. The development comes as a part of an ongoing campaign in Kumbalangi in Ernakulam, Kerala. Kerala governor Arif Mohammad Khan has declared the village as napkin-free. The step is being taken to ensure access to menstrual hygiene for adolescent girls and young women As a part of the campaign, menstrual cups will be distributed to women aged 18 and above. Approximately 5,000 menstrual cups will be distributed. Hibi Eden, the member of Lok Sabha after a tie-up with HLL management academy’s ‘Thingal’ scheme and Indian oil corporation said that the initiative is titled "Avalkayi," which means "for her." Also read | 40 years and counting.. in service of India, thank you Dr K. Sivan The Governor has also declared the village as India’s first model tourism village. This project is implemented through Pradhan Mantri Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY). The village will also have a new tourist information centre. Earlier, Indian state Andhra Pradesh's government launched a program under which branded sanitary napkins will be provided free of cost to girl students of government educational institutions. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy launched the 'Swechha' program to tackle the stigma attached to menstruation and prioritise female personal hygiene, and encourage a healthy dialogue of information. (With inputs from agencies)

To ensure menstrual hygiene, this Indian village is the first to become sanitary napkin-free

A journey that began in 1982 with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has come to an end on 14th January 2022.&nbsp; 
Dr Kailasavadivoo Sivan, who joined the state-run space agency as a young engineer fresh out of college, is stepping down as Chairman, ISRO and Secretary, Department of Space, after 40 years of service, with many feathers in his cap.&nbsp;

Some of them include the then (February 2017) record launch of 104 small satellites from a PSLV rocket, development of SITARA, a 6-dimensional trajectory simulation software that is applicable for all of ISRO’s rockets.&nbsp;

Notably, in more than 50 years of ISRO’s operations, it was during his tenure (in late 2018) that ISRO managed to perform three successful rocket launch missions (GSLV Mk3, PSLV and GSLV) within a short span of 35 days. This is considered significant given how ISRO’s launch calendar generally accommodates only a single launch per month.&nbsp;

Hailing from Sarakkalvilai Village in India’s Southernmost district, Kanyakumari, Dr Sivan hails from a very modest family that was dependent solely on their father’s agricultural income.&nbsp;

During his education at a nearby government school in Tamil medium and while pursuing his college education, he worked on their family’s agricultural land to support the family.&nbsp;

He has described having spent his childhood without footwear. &nbsp;It was only after getting into his post-graduation that he wore a pant for the first time in his life. Till then, he had been wearing a ‘Dhoti’.&nbsp;

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Three of Sivan’s siblings couldn’t complete their higher education, owing to the family’s financial situation. However, having completed his B.Sc Mathematics with a 100% score, Sivan alone was allowed to pursue his higher studies, first at the Madras Institute of Technology (Aeronautical engineering) and later a Master’s in Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru.&nbsp;

He began his career with ISRO right after having completed his Master’s.

According to ISRO’s website, Dr Sivan had served as Project Director, GSLV (India’s heavy-lift rocket series), and had led the team that revisited the entire design in the rocket’s post-failure scenario, during the early days.&nbsp;

Besides the resolution of design issues and making GSLV operational, he had also been involved in the flight testing of indigenous cryogenic engines and stages.

He was also instrumental in the successful accomplishment of the first development flight of GSLV Mk-III, India’s heaviest payload-carrying rocket.&nbsp;

Flight testing of the SCRAMJET engine and the technology demonstration of the re-usable launch vehicle (RLV-TD) is also to his credit.&nbsp;

Chandrayaan-2, a highly-anticipated Lunar exploration mission was also launched successfully and inserted into Lunar orbit, during his tenure. Months ahead of the high-profile launch, he had exclusively revealed the launch date and mission objectives, in conservation with WION, while at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India’s spaceport.&nbsp;

On the day of launch, the mission had to be called off, just an hour ahead of lift-off time, owing to a leak in the Cryogenic stage (the uppermost stage) of the GSLV Mk 3 rocket.&nbsp;

After a couple of days of identifying and rectifying the issue, the mission was launched successfully on July 22nd 2019, one week after the original date.&nbsp;

However, it was what Dr Sivan himself had earlier described as “seven minutes of terror”(the Lunar landing process), that proved to be an insurmountable challenge of the mission.&nbsp;

The Vikram lander which was supposed to land on the Lunar South Pole had gone incommunicado and off the planned path, just minutes ahead of the scheduled landing, following which it was learnt to have crashed.&nbsp;

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All of India stood in solidarity and shared the grief with an emotional and teary-eyed ISRO Chairman, in the aftermath of the crash landing.&nbsp;

With more ambitious targets to meet, ISRO continued to work on the prestigious Human-Spaceflight mission(Gaganyaan), a third Lunar mission Chandrayaan-3, Aditya L1 (a probe to study the Corona of the sun), NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture radar, XpoSat(X-Ray Polarimetry Satellite) among other routine missions.&nbsp;

With the pandemic having struck in early 2020 and later in 2021, ISRO’s launch activities had slowed down. Lockdown-induced travel restrictions, logistical issues and supply issues from various industries (that were shut during the pandemic) are among the reasons said to have setback the launch calendar.&nbsp;

Even amid the pandemic, ISRO continued to function in hybrid mode and carried out the design, software development, documentation and several other tasks that could be accomplished remotely.

Helping the country in its fight against COVID-19, ISRO had also provided its cryogenic oxidizer (high-purity Liquid oxygen) to various states, to meet the rising demand for medical-grade oxygen.&nbsp;

ISRO had also developed low-cost ventilators and oxygen concentrators, thereby offering them to the Indian industry to meet the requirements indigenously by promoting local manufacture of these devices.

In August 2020, India’s Department of Space, which Sivan headed as secretary, rolled out reforms that enabled private participation in the space sector that has been a state monopoly.

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This meant that private industry and start-ups would be enabled to perform space activities such as rocket-building, satellite-building, owning, operating spacecraft and providing space and ground-based services.&nbsp;

Given that these activities are capital intensive and technologically not-so-easy to access, ISRO would be enabling start-ups to use their own facilities to perform various processes and functions, besides offering mentoring support, that would help the fledgling firms get closer to their orbital launch aspirations.&nbsp;

Dr Sivan had a detailed conversation with WION on the Space sector reforms.&nbsp;

2021 witnessed two ISRO launch missions - a PSLV and a GSLV Mk2, of which the latter ended up unsuccessful, owing to the final (Cryogenic) stage not igniting as planned.&nbsp;

As Chairman, Dr Sivan has also made announcements regarding how India was working with more than six countries to send Indian astronauts to space.&nbsp;

“Indian astronauts have completed their training at the Gagarin Cosmonaut training Center in Russia, we are working with French space agency CNES in the field of Space medicine, with Canada and Romania for wind-tunnel testing, Australia (ASA) and European Space Agency for ground station support” he said.&nbsp;

He also elaborated on how ISRO had initiated 46 technological endeavours such as Quantum communication, space-debris mitigation technologies like self-eating rockets, self-vanishing satellites and robotic arms to catch space debris.&nbsp;

In his New Year message for 2022, Dr Sivan had mentioned about three new space science missions -DISHA, a twin aeronomy satellite mission, a Venus mission and an ISRO-CNES joint science mission TRISHNA. Regarding the targets for the year, he outlined the launch of EOS-4 and EOS-6 satellites onboard PSLV.&nbsp;

Launch of EOS02 satellite onboard maiden flight of SSLV rocket, besides many test flights for Crew escape system of Gaganyaan and launch of the first unmanned mission of Gaganyaan.&nbsp;

He also mentioned that Chandrayaan-03, Aditya Ll, XpoSat, IRNSS and technology demonstration missions with advanced, indigenously developed technologies on-board.&nbsp;

Dr Sivan was appointed Chairman, ISRO and Secretary, Department of space in early 2018 and his tenure was due to end in January 2021.&nbsp;

In December 2020, the government of India had extended his tenure until January 14, 2022.

While his journey at ISRO has come to an end, the humble farmer’s son-turned-scientist and technocrat would continue to inspire the country, its aerospace aspirants via the upcoming missions he chooses to undertake. Thank you Dr K. Sivan!

A journey that began in 1982 with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has come to an end on 14th January 2022. Dr Kailasavadivoo Sivan, who joined the state-run space agency as a young engineer fresh out of college, is stepping down as Chairman, ISRO and Secretary, Department of Space, after 40 years of service, with many feathers in his cap.

A journey that began in 1982 with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has come to an end on 14th January 2022. Dr Kailasavadivoo Sivan, who joined the state-run space agency as a young engineer fresh out of college, is stepping down as Chairman, ISRO and Secretary, Department of Space, after 40 years of service, with many feathers in his cap. Some of them include the then (February 2017) record launch of 104 small satellites from a PSLV rocket, development of SITARA, a 6-dimensional trajectory simulation software that is applicable for all of ISRO’s rockets. Notably, in more than 50 years of ISRO’s operations, it was during his tenure (in late 2018) that ISRO managed to perform three successful rocket launch missions (GSLV Mk3, PSLV and GSLV) within a short span of 35 days. This is considered significant given how ISRO’s launch calendar generally accommodates only a single launch per month. Hailing from Sarakkalvilai Village in India’s Southernmost district, Kanyakumari, Dr Sivan hails from a very modest family that was dependent solely on their father’s agricultural income. During his education at a nearby government school in Tamil medium and while pursuing his college education, he worked on their family’s agricultural land to support the family. He has described having spent his childhood without footwear. It was only after getting into his post-graduation that he wore a pant for the first time in his life. Till then, he had been wearing a ‘Dhoti’. Also read | From liquid oxygen to O2 concentrators, here’s how ISRO is aiding India’s COVID-19 battle Three of Sivan’s siblings couldn’t complete their higher education, owing to the family’s financial situation. However, having completed his B.Sc Mathematics with a 100% score, Sivan alone was allowed to pursue his higher studies, first at the Madras Institute of Technology (Aeronautical engineering) and later a Master’s in Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. He began his career with ISRO right after having completed his Master’s. According to ISRO’s website, Dr Sivan had served as Project Director, GSLV (India’s heavy-lift rocket series), and had led the team that revisited the entire design in the rocket’s post-failure scenario, during the early days. Besides the resolution of design issues and making GSLV operational, he had also been involved in the flight testing of indigenous cryogenic engines and stages. He was also instrumental in the successful accomplishment of the first development flight of GSLV Mk-III, India’s heaviest payload-carrying rocket. Flight testing of the SCRAMJET engine and the technology demonstration of the re-usable launch vehicle (RLV-TD) is also to his credit. Chandrayaan-2, a highly-anticipated Lunar exploration mission was also launched successfully and inserted into Lunar orbit, during his tenure. Months ahead of the high-profile launch, he had exclusively revealed the launch date and mission objectives, in conservation with WION, while at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India’s spaceport. On the day of launch, the mission had to be called off, just an hour ahead of lift-off time, owing to a leak in the Cryogenic stage (the uppermost stage) of the GSLV Mk 3 rocket. After a couple of days of identifying and rectifying the issue, the mission was launched successfully on July 22nd 2019, one week after the original date. However, it was what Dr Sivan himself had earlier described as “seven minutes of terror”(the Lunar landing process), that proved to be an insurmountable challenge of the mission. The Vikram lander which was supposed to land on the Lunar South Pole had gone incommunicado and off the planned path, just minutes ahead of the scheduled landing, following which it was learnt to have crashed. Also read | Exclusive: Young scientists at ISRO’s VSSC develop ventilators, oxygen concentrators All of India stood in solidarity and shared the grief with an emotional and teary-eyed ISRO Chairman, in the aftermath of the crash landing. With more ambitious targets to meet, ISRO continued to work on the prestigious Human-Spaceflight mission(Gaganyaan), a third Lunar mission Chandrayaan-3, Aditya L1 (a probe to study the Corona of the sun), NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture radar, XpoSat(X-Ray Polarimetry Satellite) among other routine missions. With the pandemic having struck in early 2020 and later in 2021, ISRO’s launch activities had slowed down. Lockdown-induced travel restrictions, logistical issues and supply issues from various industries (that were shut during the pandemic) are among the reasons said to have setback the launch calendar. Even amid the pandemic, ISRO continued to function in hybrid mode and carried out the design, software development, documentation and several other tasks that could be accomplished remotely. Helping the country in its fight against COVID-19, ISRO had also provided its cryogenic oxidizer (high-purity Liquid oxygen) to various states, to meet the rising demand for medical-grade oxygen. ISRO had also developed low-cost ventilators and oxygen concentrators, thereby offering them to the Indian industry to meet the requirements indigenously by promoting local manufacture of these devices. In August 2020, India’s Department of Space, which Sivan headed as secretary, rolled out reforms that enabled private participation in the space sector that has been a state monopoly. Also read | Who is S Somanath? Here’s all you need to know about newly appointed ISRO Chairman This meant that private industry and start-ups would be enabled to perform space activities such as rocket-building, satellite-building, owning, operating spacecraft and providing space and ground-based services. Given that these activities are capital intensive and technologically not-so-easy to access, ISRO would be enabling start-ups to use their own facilities to perform various processes and functions, besides offering mentoring support, that would help the fledgling firms get closer to their orbital launch aspirations. Dr Sivan had a detailed conversation with WION on the Space sector reforms. 2021 witnessed two ISRO launch missions - a PSLV and a GSLV Mk2, of which the latter ended up unsuccessful, owing to the final (Cryogenic) stage not igniting as planned. As Chairman, Dr Sivan has also made announcements regarding how India was working with more than six countries to send Indian astronauts to space. “Indian astronauts have completed their training at the Gagarin Cosmonaut training Center in Russia, we are working with French space agency CNES in the field of Space medicine, with Canada and Romania for wind-tunnel testing, Australia (ASA) and European Space Agency for ground station support” he said. He also elaborated on how ISRO had initiated 46 technological endeavours such as Quantum communication, space-debris mitigation technologies like self-eating rockets, self-vanishing satellites and robotic arms to catch space debris. In his New Year message for 2022, Dr Sivan had mentioned about three new space science missions -DISHA, a twin aeronomy satellite mission, a Venus mission and an ISRO-CNES joint science mission TRISHNA. Regarding the targets for the year, he outlined the launch of EOS-4 and EOS-6 satellites onboard PSLV. Launch of EOS02 satellite onboard maiden flight of SSLV rocket, besides many test flights for Crew escape system of Gaganyaan and launch of the first unmanned mission of Gaganyaan. He also mentioned that Chandrayaan-03, Aditya Ll, XpoSat, IRNSS and technology demonstration missions with advanced, indigenously developed technologies on-board. Dr Sivan was appointed Chairman, ISRO and Secretary, Department of space in early 2018 and his tenure was due to end in January 2021. In December 2020, the government of India had extended his tenure until January 14, 2022. While his journey at ISRO has come to an end, the humble farmer’s son-turned-scientist and technocrat would continue to inspire the country, its aerospace aspirants via the upcoming missions he chooses to undertake. Thank you Dr K. Sivan!

40 years and counting.. in service of India, thank you Dr K. Sivan

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A factory assembling apple iPhones in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu is gradually getting back in action. This comes after nearly a month-long shutdown following complaints on poor living conditions of workers. Apple Inc supplier Foxcon will reopen an iPhone manufacturing facility in the state.

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In a first, sewage samples taken from the Indian city, Chandigarh have tested positive for Covid. The ongoing pandemic has taken over the entire world by great shock. After humans, Covid cases have also been detected in various animals. However, sewage samples testing positive for Covid comes as another shocking development.

Sewage samples are processed differently from the human samples.

A report by Tribune India states that the samples were being tested as a mandate of the WHO-ICMR Centre for “environment surveillance for Covid-19”.

They were tested by Department of Virology, PGI. The testing of samples from wastewater treatment plants began in Indian cities Chandigarh and Amritsar during the month of December.&nbsp;

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Earlier, similar technique has been used for the surveillance of polio as this virus is also excreted in the human faeces, just like coronavirus. This method&nbsp;is used as a prominent tool in determining virus transmission. Accordingly, measures can be taken to prevent the virus from spreading in that area.&nbsp;

One litre of sewage sample is concentrated for two to three days to 2-3 ml in order to improve the detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA. Then, nucleic acid is extracted and purified. This way the virus is isolated from the sewage mixture. The sample is then tested on the RT-PCR machine to detect the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. WHO states that finding RNA in wastewater implies that one or more person in the community have excreted virus through faeces.

(With inputs from agencies)

In a first, sewage samples taken from the Indian city, Chandigarh have tested positive for Covid. The ongoing pandemic has taken over the entire world by great shock.

In a first, sewage samples taken from the Indian city, Chandigarh have tested positive for Covid. The ongoing pandemic has taken over the entire world by great shock. After humans, Covid cases have also been detected in various animals. However, sewage samples testing positive for Covid comes as another shocking development. Sewage samples are processed differently from the human samples. A report by Tribune India states that the samples were being tested as a mandate of the WHO-ICMR Centre for “environment surveillance for Covid-19”. They were tested by Department of Virology, PGI. The testing of samples from wastewater treatment plants began in Indian cities Chandigarh and Amritsar during the month of December. Also read | Cannabis help in preventing Covid? Viral study offers no evidence: Report Earlier, similar technique has been used for the surveillance of polio as this virus is also excreted in the human faeces, just like coronavirus. This method is used as a prominent tool in determining virus transmission. Accordingly, measures can be taken to prevent the virus from spreading in that area. One litre of sewage sample is concentrated for two to three days to 2-3 ml in order to improve the detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA. Then, nucleic acid is extracted and purified. This way the virus is isolated from the sewage mixture. The sample is then tested on the RT-PCR machine to detect the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. WHO states that finding RNA in wastewater implies that one or more person in the community have excreted virus through faeces. (With inputs from agencies)

In a first, sewage samples test positive for Covid in Indian city

Thousands of families were torn apart back in 1947 when the partition between India and Pakistan took place. There were only a few who managed to find their way back to their families, and this is the story of two brothers who have managed to reunite after 74 long years.

Story of two brothers who have managed to reunite after 74 long years at Kartarpur corridor

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In 1947, India became independent from oppressive British rule but freedom came at an expense after the British announced Partition.&nbsp;

The Indian subcontinent&nbsp;was divided into two independent dominions: India and Pakistan but it was marred by brutality and violence as massacres began soon as the Partition was announced. The scars of the Partition still linger.&nbsp;

Meanwhile, the recent reports of two brothers reuniting after 74 years after getting separated during the Partition are heartwarming.&nbsp;

Pakistan-based newspaper The News International reported that a resident of Pakistan's Faisalabad named Siddique&nbsp;met with elder brother Habib.&nbsp;Siddique is reportedly&nbsp;80 years old now.&nbsp;

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Habib arrived at Kartarpur from the Phullanwal area of Punjab in India via the Kartarpur Corridor, which connects Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan to the border with India.

The video capturing the moment is filled with emotions and was widely circulated on social media on Tuesday.&nbsp;

The media outlet also shared the background story as it stated that Siqqique was an infant during the time of the Partition when his family got split.&nbsp;

In the video, it is visible that the brothers aren't able to control their emotions and burst into tears of joy. &nbsp;

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During the meeting, Habib lauded the initiative of Kartarpur, saying that the corridor helped him to reconnect with his brother. Reports quoted the brothers thanking the governments of the two countries for opening the Kartarpur Corridor and facilitating visa-free travel from India to Pakistan up to Kartapur.&nbsp;

What is&nbsp;Kartarpur Corridor?

For those who are not aware, the Kartarpur Corridor is a visa-free border crossing and a religious corridor between India and Pakistan.

It connects the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan to the border with India and allows devotees from India to visit the gurdwara in Kartarpur, in Pakistan without a visa.&nbsp;

(With inputs from agencies)

In 1947, India became independent from oppressive British rule but freedom came at an expense after the British announced Partition. The Indian subcontinent was divided into two independent dominions: India and Pakistan but it was marred by brutality and violence as massacres began soon as the Partition was announced.

In 1947, India became independent from oppressive British rule but freedom came at an expense after the British announced Partition. The Indian subcontinent was divided into two independent dominions: India and Pakistan but it was marred by brutality and violence as massacres began soon as the Partition was announced. The scars of the Partition still linger. Meanwhile, the recent reports of two brothers reuniting after 74 years after getting separated during the Partition are heartwarming. Pakistan-based newspaper The News International reported that a resident of Pakistan's Faisalabad named Siddique met with elder brother Habib. Siddique is reportedly 80 years old now. ALSO READ | Watch: Amid lockdown, this Chinese woman is stuck with blind date who is 'mute as a mannequin' Habib arrived at Kartarpur from the Phullanwal area of Punjab in India via the Kartarpur Corridor, which connects Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan to the border with India. The video capturing the moment is filled with emotions and was widely circulated on social media on Tuesday. The media outlet also shared the background story as it stated that Siqqique was an infant during the time of the Partition when his family got split. In the video, it is visible that the brothers aren't able to control their emotions and burst into tears of joy. Watch the video here: Kartarpur Sahib corridor has reunited two elderly brothers across the Punjab border after 74 years. The two brothers had parted ways at the time of partition. A corridor of reunion 🙏 pic.twitter.com/g2FgQco6wG — Gagandeep Singh (@Gagan4344) January 12, 2022 × During the meeting, Habib lauded the initiative of Kartarpur, saying that the corridor helped him to reconnect with his brother. Reports quoted the brothers thanking the governments of the two countries for opening the Kartarpur Corridor and facilitating visa-free travel from India to Pakistan up to Kartapur. What is Kartarpur Corridor? For those who are not aware, the Kartarpur Corridor is a visa-free border crossing and a religious corridor between India and Pakistan. It connects the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan to the border with India and allows devotees from India to visit the gurdwara in Kartarpur, in Pakistan without a visa. (With inputs from agencies)

Watch: Brothers 'separated during India-Pak Partition' in 1947, reunited after 74 years at Kartarpur Corridor

Amid a rapid surge in COVID-19 cases and the active caseload breaching a million mark, Indian PM Modi to hold a meeting with CMs.

Indian PM Modi to hold a meeting with CMs as active caseload breaches a million mark

For the first time in 14 days daily cases decreased in India due to the lower testing over the weekend and amid a battle against surging coronavirus infections. India began its booster program for frontline workers and those aged is 60 and above. Now, India reported over 168,000 cases alongside 70,000 recoveries in the past 24 hours.

India sees fall in fresh covid cases, all private offices to work remotely in capital

India and China are state to meet for the 14th round of commander level talks over the 21-month long standoff along the LAC in eastern Ladakh but ahead of the talks the US has said that china is trying to intimidate its neighbors.

LAC Standoff: India, China to hold 14th round of talks over Ladakh faceoff

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