Category: India News

Misinformation surges amid India’s COVID-19 calamity

NEW DELHI — The man in the WhatsApp video says he has seen it work himself: A few drops of lemon juice in the nose will cure COVID-19. “If you practice what I am about to say with faith, you will be free of corona in five seconds,” […]

Lightning strike may have killed 18 wild elephants in India, officials say

A herd of eighteen wild Asiatic elephants were found dead in India’s eastern state of Assam, possibly because of a massive lightning strike, local officials said on Friday. Fourteen adult elephants were found dead by villagers on Thursday, and another four bodies were found scattered on the foothills […]

India ‘on war footing’ as coronavirus infections pass 24 mln

Prime Minister Narendra Modi sounded the alarm over the rapid spread of the coronavirus through India’s vast countryside on Friday, as the official tally of infections crossed 24 million, and 4,000 people died for the third straight day. The highly transmissible B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus first detected […]

Petrol, diesel prices rise again, reach record highs

New Delhi, May 14: Petrol and diesel prices on Friday touched record high levels across the country after rates were increased for the fourth time this week. Petrol price was hiked by 29 paise per litre and diesel by 34 paise a litre, according to a price notification by […]

Vaccine purchase should be centralised, distribution decentralised: Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi, May 14:  Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday hit out at the government’s vaccine policy, saying it is compounding problems and demanded that the vaccine purchase should be centralised and distribution decentralised. “GOI’s vaccine policy is compounding the problem. Vaccine purchase should be centralised and distribution […]

Recoveries outnumber daily COVID-19 cases, over two crore recovered so far

New Delhi, May 14: India’s daily COVID-19 recoveries have outnumbered the daily new cases, taking the total recoveries to over two crore, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday. This is the third time in the last four days that recoveries have outnumbered daily cases. India’s cumulative recoveries have […]

More than 4,000 Indians die of COVID-19 for second straight day

India recorded more than 4,000 COVID-19 deaths for a second straight day on Thursday, while infections stayed below 400,000 for a fourth day, though the virus has become rampant in rural areas where cases can go unreported due to a lack of testing. Experts remain unsure when numbers […]

Analysis: India’s prized investment grade status hanging by a thread

India’s devastating COVID-19 crisis is making investors question more than ever whether after years of debt accumulation and patchy progress on reforms, a country touted as a future economic superpower still deserves its ‘investment grade’ status. A spate of downgrades last year had already left India’s investment grade […]

Maharashtra: 3 held for raping teenaged girl in Thane

Thane, May 13: Police have arrested three persons for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl in Maharashtra’s Thane city, an official said on Thursday. The accused, all around 20 years of age, had allegedly been raping the teenager since the last six months in Vartak area of the city, […]

PM missing along with vaccines, oxygen, medicines: Rahul

New Delhi, May 13: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi launched an attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, alleging that he is missing along with vaccines, oxygen and medicines during the COVID-19 pandemic and what remains is the central vista project and the PM’s photos. “The prime minister is […]

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