Category: Corona-Covid19

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India set a new global record for the number of coronavirus deaths reported in a day, at 4,529. The US previously held the record, with 4,475 deaths recorded on January 12. India has been battling a huge surge of the virus that overwhelmed the health system. India set a global record for the number of […]

On Monday, May 17, India witnessed a new high of 4,329 Covid-19 related deaths that surpassed the 4,205 deaths being reported a week earlier on May 11. It has been 12 days since India had the highest number of Covid cases crossing four lakh and has been on a decline ever since. However, as the […]

The pandemic’s not over yet, but these world leaders have already cemented their place in history for failing to effectively combat the deadly coronavirus. Some of them didn’t even really try. COVID-19 is notoriously hard to control, and political leaders are only part of the calculus when it comes to pandemic management. But some current […]

Krishna District Collector Md Imtiaz launches lottery to boost occupancy at its Covid care centres, where less than 10% of 3,200 beds are currently occupied. Krishna: Mild and suspected coronavirus patients in Andhra Pradesh’s Krishna district now have a cash incentive to opt for Covid care centres instead of home isolation.  District Collector Md Imtiaz has […]

More than 1,000 doctors, and an untold number of medical personnel, have died after coronavirus infections. Many suffer an emotional toll as they make tough decisions about who gets treated. Distressed relatives and workers with the remains of a Covid-19 patient at a cremation site in Delhi this month.Credit…Atul Loke for The New York Times […]

From an approval rating of 80% earlier in the year, now tough questions are being asked of PM’s leadership Pyres burn at a crematorium in Delhi. Photograph: Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images Hannah Ellis-Petersen in DelhiMon 17 May 2021 05.00 BST Last modified on Mon 17 May 2021 05.14 BST The missing persons complaint was filed at […]

International donors are raising millions, but the Modi administration has erected hurdles for overseas organizations and guided money toward officially endorsed groups. By Anupreeta Das Bake sales on Instagram. Online fund-raisers involving Hollywood celebrities. Pledges of aid from companies like Mastercard and Google. A middle-of-the-night flight by a FedEx cargo plane transporting thousands of oxygen concentrators and […]

As the health care system fails, clandestine markets have emerged for drugs, oxygen, hospital beds and funeral services. Fake goods may be putting lives at risk. By Hari Kumar and Jeffrey Gettleman NEW DELHI — Within the world’s worst coronavirus outbreak, few treasures are more coveted than an empty oxygen canister. India’s hospitals desperately need the metal cylinders […]

Budget documents for 2021-22 show govt didn’t allocate any funds for vaccine expenditure by the Centre. However, it has spent Rs 2,520 crore so far this fiscal for vaccine procurement. REMYA NAIR New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government’s Union Budget 2021-22 appears to have made no provision for expenditure on Covid-19 vaccination by the central government. The […]