India Covid Crisis

The Covid-19 active cases in the country have further declined to 4,59,920 and constitute 1.52 per cent of the caseload. Photo :AFP via Hindustan Times
Coronavirus chronicle

Covid-19 third wave in India likely by August-end, will be less severe than second: ICMR

The Indian Medical Association said earlier this week the third wave is "inevitable and imminent" and urged state governments to disallow large gatherings as these could become “potential...

Healthcare workers carry COVISHIELD vaccine, a coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India, to inoculate villagers during a door-to-door vaccination and testing drive at Uttar Batora Island in Howrah district in West Bengal state, India, June 21, 2021. REUTERS
Coronavirus chronicle

India's Covid-19 infection rate edges up, with second wave yet to abate

A farmer feeds iceberg lettuce to his buffalo during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to slow the spreading of coronavirus disease (Covid-19), at Bhuinj village in Satara district in the western state of Maharashtra, India, April 1, 2020. REUTERS/Rajendra Jadhav/File Photo
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Rising Delta variant cases make Covid-19 third wave real risk for India: Report

Angurbala Kamila, 45, a villager, receives a dose of COVISHIELD vaccine, a coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India, on a boat during "Vaccination on boat" programme in Gosaba Island in the eastern state of West Bengal, India, July 12, 2021. REUTERS
Coronavirus chronicle

In India's remote Sundarbans, boats full of vaccines bring hope

FILE PHOTO: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks with the media inside the parliament premises on the first day of the budget session, in New Delhi, India, January 29, 2018. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File photo
Coronavirus chronicle

India PM Modi warns against overcrowding at tourist spots

Health workers carry the body of a person, who died from complications related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), for cremation at a crematorium in New Delhi, India, June 10, 2021. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
Coronavirus chronicle

Third Covid wave inevitable and imminent in India, warns IMA

FILE PHOTO: A woman walks past a painting of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi a day before the inauguration of the COVID-19 vaccination drive on a street in Mumbai, India, January 15, 2021. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo
Coronavirus chronicle

Modi chairs oxygen supply revamp meet, over 1,500 oxygen plants to be set up across India

Policemen direct pedestrians towards a Covid-19 testing booth at a market during a lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus in Jammu, India, Monday, May 31, 2021. Photo: AP via Hindustan Times
Coronavirus chronicle

India reports 43,393 new Covid-19 cases, active cases slide to 458,727

FILE PHOTO: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks with the media inside the parliament premises on the first day of the budget session, in New Delhi, India, January 29, 2018. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File photo
Politics

India's Modi fires 12 ministers in Covid crisis reshuffle

A health official draws a dose of the AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, at Infectious Diseases Hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka Jan 29, 2021. REUTERS/FILE
Coronavirus chronicle

India raises Covid vaccine production amid sharp dip in cases

A woman holds a small bottle labelled with a "Coronavirus Covid-19 Vaccine" sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration taken October 30, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
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Global vaccine alliance GAVI hopes India will resume exports this quarter

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South Asia

Poorer Indian women lost more jobs, ate less amid the pandemic

Members of the State Disaster Response Force patrol in the Ganges river past burning pyres of bodies that washed up on its banks after monsoon rains swelled it and exposed shallow sand graves dug during the peak of the latest Covid-19 wave in Phaphamau on the outskirts of Prayagra
Coronavirus chronicle

India's Covid death rate hit record in June after calls for better data