Infections, deaths and breakdowns that began in big cities a few weeks ago are rapidly advancing into rural areas, unleashing deep fear in places with little medical safety net. By Jeffrey Gettleman and Suhasini Raj NEW DELHI — Dozens of bodies washed up on the banks of the Ganges this week, most likely the remains of people who […]

Dozens more bodies have washed up on the banks of the Ganges in northern India as the country struggles with a second Covid wave. More than 50 bodies have been discovered in Gahmar, Uttar Pradesh over the past few days. On Monday, at least 40 bodies were pulled from the river some 55km (34 miles) downstream […]

The local administration believes the bodies floated down from Uttar Pradesh and belong to Covid patients whose relatives may have been unable to find space to cremate or bury them. All India Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh Patna:  Bloated, decomposing bodies washed up this morning on the banks of Ganga at Bihar’s Buxar in […]

Written by: Oscar Holland, CNN Many Indians are horrified that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is rebuilding the capital’s historic center in a pandemic. But debate among politicians, architects and heritage experts runs deeper still. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s overhaul of New Delhi’s historic center was always going to be controversial — even before the […]

By Julia Hollingsworth and Manveena Suri, CNN New Delhi (CNN)The Indian government has been blasted for ignoring warnings of a second wave, encouraging complacency, and failing to be transparent on Covid-19 data, in a scathing editorial in prestigious medical journal The Lancet.The publication branded the response by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government “inexcusable.”India is currently in the midst of […]

India’s healthcare system is in trouble as a record rise in Covid-19 cases puts pressure on hospital beds and drains oxygen supplies. The capital, Delhi, is one of the worst-hit areas, with many hospitals full and many refusing to take new admissions because of uncertainty over supplies for treating those who are ill. Oxygen-equipped ambulances […]

The Serum Institute vowed to protect the country from Covid-19 and inoculate the world’s poor, but India’s crisis has pushed it past its limits. Covishield coronavirus vaccines, at the Serum Institute of India in the city of Pune. Credit…Atul Loke for The New York Times By Emily Schmall and Karan Deep Singh NEW DELHI — Adar Poonawalla made […]

People in India’s most populous state Uttar Pradesh are fighting not just a raging pandemic but also a prickly Hindu nationalist local government that many say is in denial. The state authorities, headed by a monk touted by some as a successor to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, insist there are no shortages and take a […]

By Aparna Alluri “Modi leads India out of a lockdown and into a Covid apocalypse,” declared a recent headline in the UK Sunday Times. The Australian newspaper re-published the story with a scathing summary: “Arrogance, hyper-nationalism and bureaucratic incompetence have combined to create a crisis of epic proportions, critics say, as India’s crowd-loving PM basks […]

Expert warns of ‘horrible’ weeks ahead even as Indian government suggests situation is improving Akshita Jain3 days ago comments The total number of Covid-19 infections in India crossed 20 million on Monday as the country reported 357,229 new cases in the 24 hours ending Tuesday morning. India’s infection tally is second only to the United […]