World Sep 22 Anger, confusion spread over U.K.’s new COVID travel rules The British government announced what it billed as a simplification of the rules last week, allowing fully vaccinated travelers to skip quarantine and take fewer tests. But the fine print on who was considered “fully vaccinated” is proving far more…
World Sep 02 Geelani, Kashmir’s staunchest anti-India leader, dies at 91 Geelani was an ideologue and a staunch proponent of the merger of Kashmir with Pakistan. He was seen as the face of resistance against India, widely respected even by pro-India Kashmiri politicians. Kashmir is a disputed region, claimed by both…
Politics Jul 20 Protests erupt in India’s Parliament over spying scandal India's Parliament has erupted in protests as opposition lawmakers accuse the government of using military-grade spyware to monitor political opponents, journalists and activists.
World Jul 20 New research estimates millions may have died in India during pandemic India's excess deaths during the pandemic could be a staggering 10 times the official COVID-19 toll, likely making it modern India's worst human tragedy, according to the most comprehensive research yet on the ravages of the virus in the South…
World Jul 15 India internet law adds to fears over online speech, privacy At the heart of the standoff is a sweeping internet law that puts digital platforms like Twitter and Facebook under direct government oversight.
World May 23 India battles fatal fungal threat as virus deaths near 300K Doctors in India are fighting a fatal fungal infection affecting COVID-19 patients or those who have recovered from the disease amid a coronavirus surge that has driven the country’s fatalities to nearly 300,000.
World Apr 29 India cases set new global record as millions vote in West Bengal state India set another global record in new virus cases Thursday, as millions of people in one state cast votes despite rising infections and the country geared up to open its vaccination rollout to all adults amid snags.
World Apr 25 Virus ‘swallowing’ people in India; crematoriums overwhelmed The stories are told on social media and in television footage, showing desperate relatives pleading for oxygen outside hospitals or weeping in the street for loved ones who died waiting for treatment.
World Feb 05 India clamps down on free speech to fight farmer protests Media coverage around the tens of thousands of protesting farmers at the edges of the Indian capital have prompted a furious reaction from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.
World Jan 30 Indian farmers begin hunger strike amid fury against Modi Indian farmers taking part in more than two months of protest against new agriculture laws began a daylong hunger strike Saturday, as they sought to reaffirm the peaceful nature of their movement following recent violent clashes with police.