From an approval rating of 80% earlier in the year, now tough questions are being asked of PM’s leadership Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi The missing persons complaint was filed at Parliament Street police station in Delhi as a matter of some urgency: it concerned the “disappearance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi” and 10 of his cabinet […]
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Rukmini S Instead of sequencing or data collection, the government is offering patriotic bluster in the face of this deadly second wave A train passenger is tested for Covid after arriving in Mumbai. Photograph: Sujit Jaiswal/AFP/Getty ImagesThu 20 May 2021 12.45 BST Last modified on Thu 20 May 2021 15.54 BST The variant that threatens […]
Read MoreThere is no official record of the number of bodies that have been found over the past two weeks in the Ganges that flows through Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Stigma and cost of wood leave families with no choice but to immerse their dead in river Coronavirus – latest updates See […]
Read MoreOur South Asia correspondent reflects on a catastrophe that is now affecting the lives of almost everyone in the country Funeral pyres for Covid-19 victims burning at a mass cremation site set up in New Delhi. Photograph: Altaf Qadri/APHannah Ellis-Petersen, as told to Sophie Zeldin-O’NeillMon 3 May 2021 07.00 BST 2,467 You recently lost a […]
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The body of a person who died from coronavirus is carried at mass cremation in New Delhi. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Huge surge in cases followed erroneous ‘supermodelling’ study suggesting herd immunity had been achievedby Michael SafiThu 29 Apr 2021 12.50 BST Last modified on Thu 29 Apr 2021 20.13 BST They will be remembered […]
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This video compares the Indian news coverage of the Covid 2nd wave crisis that swept through India causing a human catastrphe, with international media coverage of the same crisis. TIMES NOW vs FOREIGN MEDIA : India’s Covid Crisis | Navika Kumar, Rahul Shiv Shankar vs CNN, DW Source: TIMES NOW vs FOREIGN MEDIA : India’s […]
Read MoreCurrently, Rajasthan has around 100 black fungus patients and a separate ward has been made at Sawai Man Singh Hospital in Jaipur for their treatment. Jaipur: Mucormycosis (black fungus), which is primarily affecting people recovering from COVID, has been declared an epidemic in Rajasthan, officials said on Wednesday. Currently, the state has around 100 black fungus […]
Read MoreThe court was expressing concerns over the condition of subordinate judiciary’s judicial officers who are at risk of contracting Covid owing to the nature of duties. New Delhi: Politicians and bureaucrats find it very difficult to accept their failure and inability as it is not in their veins, the Delhi High Court Wednesday said while expressing […]
Read More(Eds: Adds details) New Delhi, May 15 (PTI) The overall COVID-19 situation in the country is stabilising and the government will work towards ensuring further improvement, NITI Aayog member V K Paul said on Saturday. At a media briefing by the Health Ministry, its Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal said a decline in the active cases has […]
Read MoreIndia’s COVID-19 caseload surged past 25 million this week, exposing a lack of preparation and eroding Modi’s support base, according to U.S. New Delhi: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s approval ratings have fallen to a new low, a survey showed on Tuesday, as the country struggles to contain a devastating second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. […]
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