India

New Delhi imposes week-long lockdown amid explosive surge in COVID-19 cases

India’s record COVID-19 surge overwhelms hospitals, while political rallies and religious festival draw huge crowds

India’s use of facial recognition and digital IDs raises fears of COVID-19 vaccine exclusion

India fast-tracks approval for foreign COVID-19 vaccines as cases rise rapidly

Huge crowds gather for festival despite India reporting another record daily surge in COVID-19 cases

Is India’s mammoth vaccine campaign fast enough to reach villages before COVID-19 does?

Taiwan says India helped Paraguay secure COVID-19 vaccines after Chinese pressure

New Delhi imposes night-time curfew ahead of ‘critical’ four weeks in fight against COVID-19

India reports more than 100,000 new COVID-19 cases for first time

Myanmar military cuts internet but anti-coup protesters remain defiant

India balks at carbon neutral target as pressure grows

Biggest share of COVID-19 vaccine doses supplied to COVAX initiative by India never left country: data

Hindus gather for Holi celebrations as COVID-19 cases surge across India

Bangladeshi protesters clash with police during strike

India to expand COVID-19 vaccination campaign as it battles surging infections

India reports most new COVID-19 cases in a single day since early November

New Delhi was world’s most polluted capital for third straight year in 2020, report finds

U.S., India, Japan and Australia agree to provide a billion vaccine doses in Asia

Tesla reportedly in talks with Tata Power to build up EV charging infrastructure in India

Pfizer to consider new COVID-19 vaccine production sites only after ‘pandemic supply phase’ is over

Apple starts iPhone 12 production in India

Technology helps connect health care workers with vulnerable mothers in rural India

Thousands of Indian women join protests in Delhi against ‘oppressive’ agricultural laws

Thousands of female farmers hold sit-ins, hunger strike to protest India’s new agricultural laws

India sets up holding centre for Rohingya in Kashmir

Indian farmers planning major road blockade outside New Delhi to mark 100th day of protests

Walmart’s Flipkart in early talks for U.S. listing via SPAC deal

India woos Tesla with offer of cheaper production costs than China

Indian man killed by own rooster during banned cockfight

Pakistani and Indian militaries agree to halt cross-border firing in disputed Kashmir

India imposes new lockdowns as COVID-19 cases rise again in some areas

Indian farmers vow to amass more protest supporters outside capital Delhi

China says four of its soldiers were killed in 2020 border clash with Indian forces

Western countries are lagging Russia, China and India in ‘vaccine diplomacy’