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.
World Dec 01 No breakthrough in India’s talks with protesting farmers The Indian government and protesting farmers have been unable to reach common ground in talks held Tuesday, with the farmers saying their demonstrations against new agriculture laws will continue as will their blockades of key highways.
Arts Nov 15 Soumitra Chatterjee, legend of Indian cinema, dies at 85 Chatterjee had a career in Bengali-language films that spanned six decades and was best known for his work with Ray, one of the world’s most influential Indian directors, whose films garnered critical acclaim and won multiple awards worldwide, putting India…
World Sep 07 India now 2nd behind U.S. in virus cases amid economic pain India's increasing coronavirus caseload made the Asian giant the world's second-worst-hit country behind the United States on Monday, as its efforts to head off economic disaster from the pandemic gain urgency.
World Sep 01 India eases virus restrictions as cases near 3.7 million Many Indian states eased lockdown restrictions on Tuesday, even as the country's new daily infections remain the highest in the world and its confirmed cases near 3.7 million.
World Jun 12 Indian capital’s crematoriums overwhelmed with virus dead Hospital morgues are beyond capacity, and with summer temperatures reaching 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Farenheit) some bodies are being kept on thick ice slabs.
World May 21 Death and destruction after cyclone hits India, Bangladesh Wide swathes of the coasts of India and Bangladesh were flooded and millions of people remained without power Thursday, after the most powerful cyclone to hit the region in more than decade left dozens dead and a trail of destruction.
World May 12 India’s prime minister announces huge virus relief package India entered its sixth week of a stringent nationwide lockdown on Tuesday, pushing an economy already enfeebled before the pandemic to the brink of collapse.