投稿者: Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi
7,200 mucormycosis cases reported, usually in patients with diabetes or compromised immune systemsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageStates across India have begun declaring a “black fungus” epidemic as cases of the fatal rare …
From an approval rating of 80% earlier in the year, now tough questions are being asked of PM’s leadershipThe missing persons complaint was filed at Parliament Street police station in Delhi as a matter of some urgency: it concerned the “disappearance …
Protesters against Narendra Modi’s controversial citizenship law remain detained in prisons rife with coronavirusCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAn ashen-faced Natasha Narwal emerged on bail from Delhi’s notorious Tihar jail…
At least 90 more corpses wash up in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh as virus continues spreading into poor rural areasCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAt least 90 more bodies of suspected Covid-19 victims have washed …
New variants are contributing factor behind country’s vicious second wave with likelihood of more variants emergingCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageHealth experts have warned that a Covid-19 third wave is “inevitable” in Indi…
Country grappling with oxygen shortages and lack of beds while crematoriums are overloadedCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIndia has passed a grim milestone of 20 million Covid-19 cases amid growing calls for the country to g…
Indian government accused of complacency, with shortage of jabs likely to continue ‘for months’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSevere Covid-19 vaccine shortages have hampered India’s plan to administer jabs to all adults, wi…
As supplies run low during a devastating second Covid wave, a civilian army has stepped into the breachCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageFor more than two weeks the calls have kept on coming, sometimes over 1,000 a day. The vo…
Ventilators arrived from the UK early on Tuesday morning and will be followed by oxygen containers from DubaiSee all our coronavirus coverageInternational aid has been arriving in India and a number of countries have pledged to join in the fight agains…
Many falsely believed that the country had defeated Covid. Now hospitals are running out of oxygen and bodies are stacking up in morguesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageLooking out over a sea of jostling, maskless faces gathe…
Doctors speak of a new variant of the virus that appears to be spreading faster than ever beforeCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDr K Senthil had feared it was coming.He had feared it as he saw the reckless crush of hundreds …
Everything from online news to social media and streaming platforms are captured by the regulations, branded ‘palpably illegal’ by opponentsNot long before he was elected as India’s prime minister in 2014, Narendra Modi spoke of his dreams of a “digita…
Bajrang Dal hardliners in Madhya Pradesh threaten violence over plays ‘disrespectful to the Indian flag’Rightwing Hindu vigilante groups in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh have forced the cancellation of an annual theatre festival, after threatening…
Allegations against Wasim Jaffer of favouritism raise fears that anti-Muslim sentiment is infecting the gameIt is often described as India’s greatest unifier, a sport that – at least on the field – has been insulated from the religious schisms that hav…
The 22-year-old who ‘wears her heart on her sleeve’ founded the Indian branch of the Fridays for Future network and organised strikes across the countryOn the streets of Bangalore the protesters gathered, residents standing defiantly alongside students…