Indian health authorities face major challenge to meet target for full vaccinationLess than 5% of India’s adult population of about 1 billion having been fully vaccinated against Covid-19Mon Jul 05 2021 - 16:09
Concerns expressed over sustainability of India’s latest Covid vaccination driveLeading virologist warns of potential ‘third wave’ after lockdown restrictions easedWed Jun 23 2021 - 17:50
Several Indian cities and districts ease lockdown restrictions as cases declineShops have reopened in Delhi and Mumbai, but are permitted to function on alternate days onlyWed Jun 09 2021 - 17:38
India now facing outbreak of the disease ‘black fungus’The fungus affects recovered and recovering Covid-19 patients, and is linked to an overuse of steroids administered in treating the virusMon May 24 2021 - 19:48
Modi critics arrested as second coronavirus wave continues to ravage IndiaOnly three per cent of the country’s 1.3bn people have been fully vaccinated to dateMon May 17 2021 - 16:35
India’s second Covid-19 wave overwhelms under-resourced regionsBodies of virus victims wash up on banks of Ganges river as funeral pyres blaze continuouslyWed May 12 2021 - 17:42
Dozens of bodies wash up in Ganges as India’s vaccination programme stallsFootage of some 100 suspected Covid victims in river goes viral as oxygen shortages go onMon May 10 2021 - 16:16
India’s oxygen shortage: Volunteers work to plug void in official responseSikh volunteers and others have created facilities to get oxygen to those in dire needWed May 05 2021 - 17:30
Authorities struggle to cope as coronavirus crisis deepens in IndiaPatients die to to lack of oxygen as more than 300,000 new cases reported for a 12th straight dayMon May 03 2021 - 16:48
Vaccine supply difficulties in India hit national inoculation driveState chiefs concede inability to deliver on programme promised by prime minister ModiFri Apr 30 2021 - 17:43
India’s towns and villages overwhelmed as Covid-19 fatalities worsenPolice clamp down as citizens complain of oxygen shortages and pyres run out of woodThu Apr 29 2021 - 19:33
Indian PM prioritises ‘self-indulgent’ building as Covid numbers soarModi is drawing flak for proceeding with construction of new parliament buildingsWed Apr 28 2021 - 17:07
Hellish scenes in India as second Covid wave is magnified by political failureNew Delhi Letter: Fury is turning on Narendra Modi’s government amid abject sufferingTue Apr 27 2021 - 17:33
Oxygen leak kills 22 hospital patients as Covid second wave devastates IndiaVentilated patients run out of air as healthcare sytem buckles amid 300,000 daily casesWed Apr 21 2021 - 15:37
Shortage of hospital beds, ventilators and drugs in India as Covid cases surgeLengthy queues at crematoriums and burial grounds across the country as bodies pile up outsideFri Apr 16 2021 - 16:03
Millions gather at Ganges as India’s daily Covid tally hits world recordDeadly second wave of infections comes as two-month religious festival beginsMon Apr 12 2021 - 16:14
India and China move to ease tensions in heavily contested zoneCountries agree to pull back troops engaged in stand-off at border in Himalayan regionThu Feb 11 2021 - 17:26
Coronavirus: Diwali moves India into second place behind US for casesNumber of cases rises above nine million on foot of celebrations and high pollutionFri Nov 20 2020 - 17:52
Covid-19: Surge in New Delhi cases blamed on severe air pollutionCapital’s air quality ‘equivalent to each resident smoking at least 30 cigarettes per day’Fri Nov 13 2020 - 17:33
Indian teachers bring school to students with chalkboards on bikes, loudspeakersStudents left unable to access online lessons due to limited internet access in rural areasWed Oct 14 2020 - 16:52
Modi founds Hindu temple on site of razed mosque in Indian townIndia’s supreme court handed site to Hindus last year in culmination of complex disputeWed Aug 05 2020 - 18:31
China pulls back troops locked in standoff with Indian army since MayFor three decades the armies of the two most populous countries have been patrolling a disputed border in the HimalayasTue Jul 07 2020 - 17:59
Coronavirus: India faces exponential growth in cases, experts warnHospitals feel the strain as lockdowns are eased despite fears of a spike in infectionsMon Jun 08 2020 - 16:24
Coronavirus: India may face extended lockdown into vital harvest seasonsRestrictions have curbed virus but officials warn extension could impact food suppliesThu Apr 09 2020 - 18:13
India’s poorest face critical food shortages during Covid-19 lockdownPrivileged and middle-classes continue to live comfortably in larger towns and citiesThu Apr 02 2020 - 17:43
‘India is walking home’: Millions of migrant workers flee locked-down citiesCoronavirus crisis drives many poor workers to walk hundreds of kilometres to villagesMon Mar 30 2020 - 12:33
Tens of millions in India face ‘calamitous situation’ due to lockdownMajority in agricultural and unorganised sectors financially vulnerable, officials sayFri Mar 27 2020 - 11:18
Coronavirus: India’s vast population goes into lockdownWarning of going ‘backwards by 21 years’ if mismanaged as 1.3 billion start to self-isolateWed Mar 25 2020 - 15:52
India executes four men for brutal bus rape and murderIncident in 2012 sparked global outrage and drew attention to treatment of womenFri Mar 20 2020 - 15:47
Fear and suspicion in Delhi after worst sectarian violence in decades42 dead and neighbourhoods trashed after clashes between Muslim and Hindu communitiesFri Feb 28 2020 - 14:03
At least 27 dead and hundreds injured in violent clashes in IndiaUneasy calm follows sectarian violence over citizenship law that critics say is biased against MuslimsWed Feb 26 2020 - 16:31
Thirteen killed, 150 injured in riots in Indian capital DelhiClashes erupt between two sides over controversial citizenship law as Trump visitsTue Feb 25 2020 - 16:43
Men with catapults to protect Trumps from monkeys at Taj MahalThe simians have lost all fear of humans – irrespective of their importance or statureFri Feb 21 2020 - 18:40
Indian city builds wall hiding slum ahead of Trump visitAhmedabad takes action before US president’s arrival as opposition criticises ‘slave mentality’Mon Feb 17 2020 - 17:54
Narendra Modi’s BJP party badly beaten in Delhi state electionOpposition AAP on course for more than 60 seats after bitterly divisive campaignTue Feb 11 2020 - 14:02
India’s supreme court refuses to put citizenship law on holdControversial new law seen as unconstitutional by opposition, causing months of protestWed Jan 22 2020 - 17:33
Students across India protest after attack at Delhi universityDozens badly hurt after attackers with rods and sticks struck Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityMon Jan 06 2020 - 15:35
Modi’s party suffers key electoral defeat amid protests in IndiaPrime minister’s party concedes defeat in assembly elections in Jharkhand stateMon Dec 23 2019 - 18:00
Thousands renew protests in India against citizenship lawPolice crack down on demonstrators in major cities and ban large public gatheringsThu Dec 19 2019 - 15:23
India’s neighbours dispute claims of minorities persecutionsControversial Citizenship Amendment Act triggers violent protests across the countryTue Dec 17 2019 - 17:45
Indian police accused of brutality as citizenship law protests spreadDemonstrations on at least 15 university campuses over Bill favouring non-MuslimsMon Dec 16 2019 - 15:23
Two killed as thousands protest in India against citizenship BillProtesters claim Bill will attract illegal migrants amid curfew and internet shutdownThu Dec 12 2019 - 18:12
India citizenship Bill passes after heated debateActivists claim law’s exclusion of Muslims undermines India’s secular constitutionWed Dec 11 2019 - 20:05
Indian police kill four suspects in woman’s rape and murderWidespread approval after men shot at scene of crime as activists question justificationFri Dec 06 2019 - 18:50
Bill to give migrants Indian nationality on basis of religion draws ireMove’s exclusion of undocumented Muslim immigrants angers Opposition leadersThu Dec 05 2019 - 20:55
How protecting cows became political in Modi’s IndiaNew Delhi Letter: Cow safaris and ambulances among schemes promoted by ruling BJPSun Dec 01 2019 - 01:00
Delhi authorities restrict car use amid air pollution crisisExperimental measure introduced as smog levels reach 20 times the WHO limitMon Nov 04 2019 - 14:57
Pakistan and India agree to open walkway for pilgrimsCross-border corridor rare act of co-operation between nuclear-powered rivalsFri Oct 25 2019 - 18:13
India ramps up building of ‘stateless’ detention centres in AssamFamilies face rupture after India declared some 1.9m people to be ‘outlawed’Fri Sept 13 2019 - 17:34
Kashmir in grip of civil disobedience over loss of autonomyShops, schools and offices empty in response to lockdown and looming rule by New DelhiThu Sept 12 2019 - 21:03
