17th October 2020

India’s cumulative tally of covid-19 cases reach 7.43 million

India's cumulative tally of coronavirus infections stood at 7.43 million on Saturday, having risen by 62,212 in the last 24 hours, health ministry data showed. But the number of active…

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12th October 2020

India’s coronavirus caseload topped 7 million

India’s coronavirus caseload topped 7 million on Sunday when the health ministry reported 74,383 new infections in the previous 24 hours, with a rise in infections in southern states offsetting…

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8th October 2020

Photo Story: Photos from India’s Air Force Day celebrations

A series of photos from the air show held during the Indian Air Force Day celebrations at the Hindon Air Force Station in the outskirts of New Delhi, India, 08…

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6th October 2020

India cases rise by 61,267 in past 24 hours

India’s total coronavirus cases rose by 61,267 in the last 24 hours to 6.69 million on Tuesday morning, data from the health ministry showed. Deaths from Covid-19 infections rose by…

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5th October 2020

India’s coronavirus infections increase to 6.63 million

India's coronavirus case tally rose by 74,442 in the last 24 hours to 6.63 million on Monday morning, data from the health ministry showed. Deaths from coronavirus infections rose by…

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3rd October 2020

India’s coronavirus death toll passes 100,000

India's death toll from the novel coronavirus rose past 100,000 on Saturday, only the third country in the world to reach that bleak milestone, after the United States and Brazil,…

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2nd October 2020

Photo Story: India commemorates Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary

People offer flowers to the Mahatma Gandhi statue during Gandhi Jayanti celebrations to mark Mahatma Gandhi's 151st birth anniversary in Bangalore, India, 01 October 2020. The 151st birth anniversary of…

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2nd October 2020

India’s coronavirus infections rise to 6.39 million

India's coronavirus case tally climbed to 6.39 million after it reported 81,484 new infections in the last 24 hours, while related deaths were just shy of 100,000 mark, data from…

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29th September 2020

Outrage in India after another woman dies following gang rape

India is once again under shock after another gang rape of a 19-year old woman has sparked outrage across the country. The woman died after two weeks in hospital, where…

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28th September 2020

India’s coronavirus infections cross 6 million

India's coronavirus case tally topped 6 million after it reported 82,170 new infections in the last 24 hours, data from the health ministry showed on Monday. Deaths from COVID-19 rose…

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27th September 2020

Indian PM pledges to UN that country’s vaccine will be made available globally

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged at the United Nations on Saturday that his country's vaccine production capacity would be made available globally to fight the COVID-19 crisis. "As the…

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25th September 2020

Harley-Davidson to exit world’s biggest bike market

Harley-Davidson is pulling out of India, the world's biggest motorcycle market. Harley-Davidson Inc is in advanced talks with India's Hero MotoCorp for a distribution deal which will allow the U.S.…

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25th September 2020

India’s coronavirus infections surge to 5.82 million

India's coronavirus case tally surged to 5.82 million after it recorded 86,052 new infections in the last 24 hours, data from the health ministry showed on Friday. A total of…

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23rd September 2020

India’s coronavirus infections surge again after dip

India's coronavirus infections surged again on Wednesday, a day after falling to their lowest figure in almost a month. In the last 24 hours, there were 83,347 new cases, with…

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21st September 2020

India’s Nobel laureate fears upsurge in child labour as pandemic shrivels economy

For four decades Indian Nobel peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi rescued thousands of children from the scourge of slavery and trafficking but he fears all his efforts could reverse as the…

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21st September 2020

Taj Mahal reopens after six-month closure

The Taj Mahal will reopen after a six-month closure. There will be some restrictions such as compulsory mask-wearing, thermal screening of visitors and physical distancing at the monument. India has…

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21st September 2020

Several dead after Mumbai building collapse

At least 10 people were killed on Monday and dozens were feared trapped when a portion of a three-storey residential building collapsed on the outskirts of the Indian city of…

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20th September 2020

India’s coronavirus infections surge to 5.4 million

India’s coronavirus case tally surged to 5.4 million as it added 92,605 new infections in the last 24 hours, data from the federal health ministry showed on Sunday. The country…

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17th September 2020

India’s coronavirus cases jump by daily record of 97,894

India reported another record jump in daily coronavirus infections with 97,894 cases in the last 24 hours, data from the health ministry showed on Thursday. With 5.12 million cases in…

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16th September 2020

Some Indian hospitals scramble for oxygen as coronavirus cases top 5 million

India's coronavirus infections surged past 5 million on Wednesday, piling pressure on hospitals grappling with unreliable supplies of oxygen that they need to treat tens of thousands of critical patients.…

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16th September 2020

India’s coronavirus cases surpass 5 million mark

India's coronavirus cases surged past 5 million on Wednesday with a single-day jump of 90,123 infections in the last 24 hours, data from the federal health ministry showed. India is…

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14th September 2020

India considers emergency authorisation of vaccine as COVID-19 cases surge

India said it was considering granting an emergency authorisation for a COVID-19 vaccine, particularly for the elderly and people in high-risk workplaces, as the country's number of reported infections passed…

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12th September 2020

India reports record daily jump in COVID cases for second straight day

India reported a record daily jump in coronavirus cases for a second consecutive day, logging 97,570 new infections on Saturday, data from the federal health ministry showed. With total cases…

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11th September 2020

Photo Story: French Rafale induction ceremony in India

Handout photos made available by the Office of PRO (Defence) Directorate of Public Relations Ministry of Defence, Government of India, showing a French-made Rafale fighter arriving for its induction ceremony at…

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9th September 2020

India weighing Russian offer for Sputnik-V vaccine trial, manufacturing

India has received an offer from Russia to conduct a trial and manufacture its "Sputnik-V" COVID-19 vaccine, with several Indian companies currently studying the proposal, an Indian government official said.…

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9th September 2020

India coronavirus infections surge to 4.3 million

India reported 89,706 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, taking its total caseload to 4.3 million, data from the federal health ministry showed. The South Asian nation has the highest number…

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8th September 2020

India records highest coronavirus deaths in more than a month

India recorded its highest daily deaths from the coronavirus in more than a month on Tuesday, even as new infections slowed, data from the health ministry showed. The health ministry…

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7th September 2020

India overtakes Brazil as country second-worst hit by COVID-19

India's coronavirus infections surged past 4.2 million on Monday as it overtook Brazil to become the country with the second-highest number of cases. With 4,204,613 infections, India is nearly 70,000…

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6th September 2020

India reports global daily record of new coronavirus cases

India added more than 90,000 cases of the novel coronavirus on Sunday, a global daily record, according to data from the federal health ministry. There were 90,632 new cases in…

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5th September 2020

India and China agree to ease tension on border

India and China said on Saturday they had agreed to work towards reducing tensions along their contested border, following a meeting of the defence ministers of the nuclear-armed Asian giants.…

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5th September 2020

India crosses 4 million coronavirus cases with record surge

India's total coronavirus cases surged beyond 4 million with a record rise on Saturday, making it the third country in the world to surpass that mark, following the United States…

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4th September 2020

India coronavirus infections near 4 million

India reported a daily jump of 83,341 coronavirus infections, taking its tally to 3.94 million, health ministry data showed on Friday, as it closes in on Brazil as the world's…

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3rd September 2020

India reports record daily jump of 83,883 coronavirus infections

India reported another record daily jump of 83,883 coronavirus infections on Thursday, taking its tally to 3.85 million, just 100,000 behind Brazil, the world's second most affected nation, health ministry…

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3rd September 2020

Twitter confirms account of India PM Modi’s personal website hacked

Twitter confirmed on Thursday that an account of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's personal website was hacked with a series of tweets asking its followers to donate to a relief…

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2nd September 2020

India moves troops along eastern stretch of border with China

India has moved troops to its eastern stretch of border with China since clashes erupted between the nuclear-armed rivals on the western part of their border in the Himalayas in…

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28th August 2020

India reports record daily jump of 77,266 coronavirus infections

India reported a record daily jump of 77,266 coronavirus infections on Friday, taking its total to 3.39 million, as cases surged across the country, data from the federal health ministry…

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26th August 2020

India’s main opposition party faces leadership crisis

India's main opposition Congress party this week rejected a request from its leader, Sonia Gandhi, that she be allowed to step down, after a rare challenge to the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty,…

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25th August 2020

At least 100 feared trapped in India building collapse

At least 100 people are feared trapped in the debris of a five-storey building that collapsed on Monday in an industrial town in western India, a lawmaker said. Not all the…

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24th August 2020

India’s coronavirus cases surge to 3.1 million

India reported 61,408 coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, taking its total caseload past 3.1 million, data from the federal health ministry showed. India crossed the 3 million cases…

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23rd August 2020

Photo Story: Heavy rains cause flooding in Bhopal, India

Residents make their way through a waterlogged street during heavy rain in a flooded locality of Damkheda after the water level of Kaliyasot river crossed the danger mark level due…

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23rd August 2020

India’s virus caseload tops 3 million

India’s coronavirus caseload topped 3 million on Sunday, with the country leading the world in new infections as the disease marched through impoverished rural areas in the north and the…

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21st August 2020

India coronavirus cases surge to 2.9 million

India hurtled toward the 3 million mark for coronavirus cases on Friday, reporting 68,898 new infections in the last 24 hours, data from the federal health ministry showed. The total…

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20th August 2020

India reports record daily jump of 69,652 in coronavirus infections

India reported a record daily jump of 69,652 coronavirus infections on Thursday, taking the total number of cases to 2.84 million, data from the federal health ministry showed. It reported…

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17th August 2020

India’s coronavirus death toll surpasses 50,000

India's death toll from the coronavirus surpassed 50,000 on Monday, as infection numbers surged and total cases were nearly at 2.65 million. The country reported a daily jump of 57,981…

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15th August 2020

Photo Story: Independence Day celebrations in India

An Indian girl with her face and hands painted in the colours of Indian flag for India’s Independence Day in Amritsar, India. India marks 7​3 years of independence from British…

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15th August 2020

India says ready to mass produce COVID-19 vaccine

India is ready to mass produce COVID-19 vaccines when scientists give the go-ahead, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his Independence Day speech on Saturday, also launching a national project…

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13th August 2020

India’s coronavirus cases jump by 67,000, setting daily record

India reported another record daily rise in novel coronavirus infections on Thursday, while the death toll from COVID-19 surpassed 47,000. Infections grew by 66,999 on Thursday from a day earlier…

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12th August 2020

Photo Story: Krishna Janmashtami celebrations in Amritsar, India

A woman carries an idol of the Hindu God Lord Krishna at the Sri Laxmi Narayan temple, illuminated at night on the eve of Krishna Janmashtami, in Amritsar, India, 11…

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9th August 2020

India to push for defence self-reliance

  India will stop importing 101 items of military equipment in an effort to boost domestic defence production, defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday. Singh said the move follows…

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8th August 2020

Flight data, cockpit voice recorders recovered from India plane crash site

The flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder have been recovered from the site of an Indian passenger aircraft crash in a southern state, a top official at the Directorate…

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7th August 2020

Air India Express plane skids off runway in Kerala – Update

A special evacuation flight bringing people home to India who had been trapped abroad because of the coronavirus skidded off a runway and split in two while landing Friday in…

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7th August 2020

India suffers record jump in COVID-19 cases to pass 2 mln

India, the country hardest hit in Asia by the coronavirus pandemic, reported on Friday a record daily jump in infections, taking its total number of cases over two million. It…

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5th August 2020

Zydus Cadila’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate found safe in early-stage human trial

India's Zydus Cadila said on Wednesday its COVID-19 vaccine candidate was found to be safe and well-tolerated in an early-stage human trial. The company will now start a mid-stage trial…

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3rd August 2020

India reports 52,972 new coronavirus infections

India reported 52,972 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 1.8 million, data from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare showed on Monday. With…

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31st July 2020

Photo Story: Flood situation worsen in Assam, India

Indian villagers move to a safe place with the help of a banana raft in the flood affected area of Goalbil, Baksa district, Assam, India. According to news reports, heavy…

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