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.
World Jan 26 Protesting farmers storm India’s Red Fort in challenge to Modi Tens of thousands of protesting farmers marched, rode horses and drove long lines of tractors into India's capital on Tuesday.
World Jan 16 India starts world’s largest COVID-19 vaccination drive Indian authorities hope to give shots to 300 million people, roughly the population of the U.S and several times more than its existing program, which targets 26 million infants. The recipients include 30 million doctors, nurses and other front-line workers,…
World Jan 03 India OKs AstraZeneca and locally made COVID-19 vaccines The country's drugs regulator gave emergency authorization for the vaccine developed by Oxford University and U.K.-based drugmaker AstraZeneca, and another developed by the Indian company Bharat Biotech.