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India’s COVID cases above 24 million as mutant spreads across globe

The number of recorded COVID-19 infections in India climbed above 24 million on Friday amid reports that the highly transmissible coronavirus mutant first detected in the country was spreading across…

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Global concern grows as COVID-19 variant ravages rural India

India’s coronavirus death toll crossed 250,000 on Wednesday in the deadliest 24 hours since the pandemic began, as the disease rampaged through the countryside, leaving families to weep over the…

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UPDATED: 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, although the virus has become rampant in…

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UPDATED: EU countries urged to halt non-essential travel from India

The European Union’s executive called on countries of the bloc to temporarily halt non-essential travel from India, to limit the spread of a COVID-19 variant. The European Commission said its…

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Photo Story – Coronavirus pandemic in India amid vaccine shortage

Relatives push an elderly woman on a wheelchair as she arrives for a COVID-19 vaccination at a government hospital in Kolkata, India, 10 May 2021. Hundreds of people who have…

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UPDATED: India’s COVID-19 cases dip from peak, calls for shutdown mount

Coronavirus infections and deaths held close to record daily highs on Monday, increasing calls for the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lock down the world's second-most populous country.…

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India’s daily COVID-19 deaths near record, calls for nationwide lockdown mount

India's COVID-19 deaths rose by more than 4,000 for a second consecutive day on Sunday as calls for a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the virus mounted. India's…

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EPA’s Eye in the Sky: Bhopal, India

A nearly-deserted road during lockdown in Bhopal, India. Photo: EPA-EFE/SANJEEV GUPTA

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EU and India agree to resume trade talks at virtual summit

BRUSSELS, May 8 (Reuters) - The European Union and India agreed to resume stalled free-trade negotiations and seek closer cooperation to combat climate change at a virtual summit on Saturday,…

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UPDATED: Indian states impose stricter lockdowns as COVID deaths hit record high

India on Saturday reported its highest ever single-day COVID-19 death toll, as cases continued to rise and states imposed stricter lockdowns. India's health ministry reported 4,187 fatalities over the past…

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Gandhi warns ‘explosive’ COVID wave threatens India and the world

India's main opposition leader Rahul Gandhi warned on Friday that unless the deadly second COVID-19 wave sweeping the country was brought under control it would decimate India as well as…

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UPDATED: India records 1.5 mln new COVID-19 cases in a week

India reported another record daily rise in coronavirus cases on Friday, bringing total new cases for the week to 1.57 million, as the country's vaccination rate falls dramatically due to…

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UPDATED: India continues seeing record daily rises in COVID-19 infections, deaths

Hopes that India's deadly second wave of COVID-19 was about to peak were swept away on Thursday as it posted record daily infections and deaths and as the virus spread…

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Eight lions in Indian zoo test positive for COVID-19

Eight Asiatic lions at an Indian zoo have contracted the coronavirus, the government said on Tuesday, adding that there was no evidence that animals could transmit the disease to humans.…

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India accounted for one in four COVID-19 deaths globally last week – WHO

India accounted for 46% of the new COVID-19 cases recorded worldwide last week and one in four of deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. The surge of…

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India posts record daily rise in coronavirus deaths

India's coronavirus deaths rose by a record 3,780 during the last 24 hours, a day after it became the second country to cross the grim milestone of 20 million infections…

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UK and India agree to deepen ties, including in universities

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Indian leader Narendra Modi agreed in a call on Tuesday to try to deepen cooperation on areas such as education, health, science and defence. During…

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India’s COVID-19 cases cross 20 million, opposition calls for national lockdown

Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi called for a nationwide lockdown as the country's tally of coronavirus infections surged past 20 million on Tuesday, becoming the second nation after the United…

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Trainee Indian doctors pulled from exams to fight world’s biggest COVID surge

ndia postponed exams for trainee doctors and nurses on Monday, freeing them up to fight the world's biggest surge in coronavirus infections, as the health system crumbles under the weight of new…

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Britain is to allow more Indian students to enrol in universities

Britain is to allow thousands more Indian students to enrol in UK universities in exchange for India agreeing to take back migrants living in the country illegally, The Telegraph has…

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UPDATED: ‘No one should die’: Volunteers provide oxygen as India’s COVID tally nears 20 million

India's tally of coronavirus infections rose on Monday to just short of 20 million, propelled by a 12th straight day of more than 300,000 new cases, as scientists predicted the…

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Prime Minister Modi’s ruling party loses crucial Indian state election

KOLKATA,India May 2 (Reuters) - The incumbent chief minister's party in India's West Bengal state has defeated Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party in a state election held as the coronavirus…

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UPDATED: India’s COVID-19 daily cases hold close to record, another state imposes lockdown

India's new coronavirus cases dipped marginally on Sunday but deaths due to the infection jumped by a record 3,689, with one more state going into lockdown as the nation's creaky…

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Indian scientists flag virus mutations that could ‘evade immune response’

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A forum of scientific advisers set up by the Indian government has told authorities about minor mutations in some samples of the coronavirus that could "possibly…

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Scientists say India government ignored warnings amid coronavirus surge

NEW DELHI, May 1 (Reuters) - A forum of scientific advisers set up by the government warned Indian officials in early March of a new and more contagious variant of…

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Update – India posts record daily rise in COVID-19 cases of 401,993

NEW DELHI, May 1 (CDE/Reuters) - A Maltese man who contracted COVID-19 while in India to adopt a baby girl died yesterday moments before being air lifted to Malta. Ivan…

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UPDATED: Indian states run out of COVID-19 vaccines, China offers to help

Several Indian states have run out of COVID-19 vaccines a day before a planned widening of a nationwide inoculation drive, authorities said on Friday, as new infections in the crisis-hit…

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Update – India infections top 18 million as gravediggers work round the clock

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, April 29 (Reuters) - India's total COVID-19 cases passed 18 million on Thursday after another world record number of daily infections, as gravediggers worked around the clock to…

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India’s coronavirus deaths exceed 200,000 after record surge in cases

NEW DELHI, April 28 (Reuters) - India's toll from the coronavirus surged past 200,000 on Wednesday, the country's deadliest day yet, as shortages of oxygen, medical supplies and hospital staff compounded…

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Earthquake of magnitude 6 strikes India

GUWAHATI, India, April 28 (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck India's rugged northeastern state of Assam on Wednesday, causing cracks in the walls and floors of some structures, but no…

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Medical supplies begin to reach India as COVID-19 deaths near 200,000

NEW DELHI, April 27 (Reuters) - Vital medical supplies began to reach India on Tuesday as hospitals starved of life-saving oxygen and beds turned away coronavirus patients, and a surge…

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Australia to halt direct passenger flights from India

Australia on Tuesday suspended direct flights from India to prevent more virulent coronavirus variants entering the country following a surge in positive COVID-19 cases in the world's second-most populous nation. India's coronavirus death…

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Situation in India ‘beyond heartbreaking’ – WHO chief

The situation in India, where COVID-19 cases have surged, is "beyond heartbreaking", and the World Health Organization is sending extra staff and supplies there to help fight the pandemic, WHO…

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India sends army to help hospitals hit by COVID-19 as countries promise aid

NEW DELHI, April 26 (Reuters) - India ordered its armed forces on Monday to help tackle surging new coronavirus infections that are overwhelming hospitals, as countries including Britain, Germany and…

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Update – India coronavirus cases set new global record, U.S. readies help

NEW DELHI, April 25 (Reuters) - India set a new global record of the most number of coronavirus infections in a day, as the United States said it was racing…

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UPDATED: Indian hospitals turn away patients in COVID-19 ‘tsunami’

Overwhelmed hospitals in India begged for oxygen supplies on Saturday as the country's coronavirus infections soared again overnight in a "tsunami" of disease, setting a new world record for cases…

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UPDATED: Indian coronavirus cases surge as health system staggers

India reported the world's highest daily tally of coronavirus infections for a second day on Friday, surpassing 330,000 new cases, as it struggles with a health system overwhelmed by patients…

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Fintech Revolut to hire 300 for India support hub

Revolut will hire 300 staff for its subsidiary in India and make a multi-million pound investment there as part of its global expansion, the British-based digital bank app said on…

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UPDATED: India records world’s biggest single-day rise in coronavirus cases

India marked a new milestone in the COVID-19 pandemic on Thursday, reporting 314,835 new daily cases, the highest one-day tally anywhere, as its second wave and similar surges elsewhere raised…

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India reports more than 2,000 COVID-19 deaths in single day

India reported more than 2,000 deaths from COVID-19 over the last 24 hours, the highest single-day tally for the country so far, health ministry data showed on Wednesday. Coronavirus infections…

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India to waive import duty on COVID-19 vaccines, says government source

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will waive its 10% customs duty on imported COVID-19 vaccines, a senior government official told Reuters on Monday, as it tries to boost supplies to…

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UPDATED: India COVID-19 outbreak worsens, UK PM Johnson cancels trip to India due to coronavirus

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday cancelled a planned trip to India, scheduled to take place next week, due to the current coronavirus situation in India, Johnson's office said.…

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‘Dire need of beds, oxygen’: India’s capital under siege from COVID-19

NEW DELHI, April 18 (Reuters) - India's capital New Delhi recorded 25,500 coronavirus cases in a 24-hour period, with about one in three people tested returning a positive result, its…

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India under siege from COVID-19, hospitals overwhelmed

India reported a record daily increase of coronavirus infections over the last 24 hours, health ministry data showed on Sunday, exacerbating shortages of oxygen supplies and hospital beds in some…

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India’s capital Delhi faces hospital beds shortage as coronavirus cases surge

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India's capital New Delhi recorded 24,000 coronavirus cases in a 24-hour period and is facing an acute shortage of hospital beds, its chief minister said on Saturday,…

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Modi appeals to keep Hindu festival symbolic as India’s COVID-19 infections surge

MUMBAI, April 17 (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday appealed to devotees to keep a key Hindu festival symbolic as the country reported more than 200,000 new…

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India’s monsoon rains forecast to be average in 2021 – weather office

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, April 16 (Reuters) - India is likely to receive an average amount of rain in the 2021 monsoon, the state-run weather office said on Friday, raising expectations of…

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Facebook signs first deal to buy renewable energy in India

Facebook has signed a deal to buy renewable energy in India from a local firm's wind power project, the social media giant's first such deal in the South Asian nation,…

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UPDATED: Indian hospitals battle ‘chaotic’ surge as daily virus infections cross 200,000

Many Indians scrambled on Thursday to secure beds in hospitals for relatives stricken with coronavirus as infections surged to a daily record, overwhelming medical facilities and drying up oxygen supplies.…

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India’s new coronavirus infections hit record of 184,372

India's new coronavirus infections reached a record of 184,372 in the last 24 hours, health ministry data showed on Wednesday, as most of the south Asian nation battles a second…

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

India reported a record 168,912 COVID-19 infections overnight, data from the health ministry showed on Monday, overtaking Brazil to become the second-most affected country globally by the coronavirus. India's overall…

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India’s COVID-19 infections hit another record

India reported a record 145,384 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday and the highest number of deaths in more than five months, as it grapples with an overwhelming second-wave of infections…

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India’s new COVID-19 infections hit record, deaths at over five-month high

India reported another record number of new COVID-19 infections on Friday with daily deaths also hitting their highest in more than five months as the country battles a second wave…

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J&J set to begin India trial of its single-shot vaccine

Johnson & Johnson has told Indian regulators that it will soon begin clinical trials of its single-shot COVID-19 vaccine in the country, the Indian Express newspaper reported on Friday. The…

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India reports record 126,789 new COVID-19 cases

India reported a record-high 126,789 new COVID-19 cases, health ministry data showed on Thursday, with much of the country struggling to contain a second surge in coronavirus infections. Deaths rose…

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India reports record 115,736 new COVID-19 infections

India's second wave of coronavirus infections continued to swell as the country reported a record 115,736 new cases on Wednesday, data from the health ministry showed, as the worst hit…

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What’s the new coronavirus variant in India and how should it change their COVID response?

After genome sequencing of over 10,000 COVID-19 cases in India, researchers have discovered a new variant with two new mutations which may be better at evading the immune system. In…

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