Category: Corona-Covid19

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 […]

Ankita Rao Modi’s government had a choice between saving lives and saving face. It has chosen the latter Workers cremate people who have died of Covid-19 at a crematorium outside Siliguri on Tuesday. Epidemiologists believe the country’s reported death toll is only a fraction of the true figure. Photograph: AFP/Getty ImagesThu 6 May 2021 11.17 […]

India’s second wave of COVID-19, which has hit a global high of 400,000 daily infections, is shaking the power base of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Jeffrey Gettleman, Hari Kumar, Karan Deep Singh and Sameer YasirMay 2, 2021 – 2.42pm His COVID-19 taskforce didn’t meet for months. His health minister assured the public in March that […]

Editorial: Sending ventilators is useful but vaccines would be life-saving The UK government announced on Sunday it will send another 1,000 ventilators to India, on top of the 200 ventilators, 495 oxygen concentrators and three oxygen generation units promised last week. The British people are also doing their bit: the British Asian Trust’s Oxygen for […]

By Ritu Prasad & Sam Cabral As India’s Covid outbreak claims lives and brings chaos to the subcontinent, Indians abroad are also grappling with the emotional toll. When loved ones live half a world away, how do you help during a crisis? With hospitals across India overwhelmed and basic resources exhausted, millions of families abroad […]

By DAVID JONES FOR THE DAILY MAIL Hidden away in some half-forgotten chambers in the heart of New Delhi, there are two blocks of white sandstone — relics of India‘s long years under the yoke of the British Raj. Laid down in 1911 by King George V and Queen Mary, who later reclined on thrones of solid […]

By Jack Hunter As India’s devastating Covid-19 crisis mounted last month, countries around the world began sending emergency medical supplies to help stem the surge. Planeloads of ventilators, medicines and oxygen equipment began pouring into India, from countries including the UK and the US, at the start of last week. By Sunday, some 300 tonnes […]