India

India unveils new rice variety to cut down on use of water, labour

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched an array of new high-yielding crop varieties, including herbicide-tolerant rice that can be directly sown into the soil, cutting expenditure on water and farm…

Read More Here

India allows Serum Institute to enrol 7-11 year olds in Novavax COVID-19 vaccine trial

India's drug regulator on Tuesday allowed vaccine maker Serum Institute to enrol kids aged 7-11 years for its trial of U.S. drugmaker Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine, as the country prepares to…

Read More Here

Indian farmers launch nationwide protests against reforms on Monday

Indian farmers opposed to reforms they say threaten their livelihoods aim to renew their push against the changes with nationwide protests on Monday, a year after laws on the liberalisation…

Read More Here

India’s Silicon Valley state seeks to ban online gaming, worrying booming industry

The Indian state of Karnataka, home to India's Silicon Valley, has proposed a ban on online games involving betting and wagering, sparking concerns that growing state regulations could hit the…

Read More Here

India reports 29,616 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours

India reported 29,616 new COVID-19 cases for the last 24 hours, according to government data on Saturday. The nationwide tally of infections has reached 33.62 million since the start of…

Read More Here

India to target children for COVID-19 vaccine from October

All Indian children aged 12 or older will become eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations from next month, when drug maker Cadila Healthcare launches its ZyCoV-D product, two sources with direct knowledge…

Read More Here

Indian foreign minister urges UK to resolve COVID quarantine dispute

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's foreign minister on Tuesday urged Britain to remove a rule requiring Indians visiting there to quarantine even if they are fully vaccinated. India's Covishield vaccine,…

Read More Here

India to restart COVID vaccine exports to COVAX, neighbours

India will resume exports of COVID-19 vaccines in the October quarter, prioritising the global vaccine-sharing platform COVAX and neighbouring countries first as supplies rise, the health minister said on Monday.…

Read More Here

India administers lowest number of COVID-19 tests in a month

India conducted the lowest number of daily COVID-19 tests since mid-August on Sunday, but the health ministry urged local governments not to let their guard down during the September to…

Read More Here

UPDATED: India reports 30,773 coronavirus cases

India on Sunday reported 30,773 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 33.4 million, as it seeks to reopen the country to overseas tourists. The…

Read More Here

EPA’s Eye in the Sky: Mumbai, India

A general view of huge traffic jam on the Western Express near Mumbai, India. Photo: EPA-EFE/DIVYAKANT SOLANKI

Read More Here

Indian airlines fly high as August passenger traffic surges

Shares of Indian airlines InterGlobe Aviation and SpiceJet surged on Friday after regulatory data showed that passenger growth jumped 136.6% last month as the government started to ease COVID-related travel…

Read More Here

Pilot error likely caused fatal Air India Express crash – report

MUMBAI, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Pilot error and a failure to follow safety guidelines probably caused the Air India Express crash that killed 21 people last year, the country's worst…

Read More Here

India reports 42,766 new coronavirus cases

India reported 42,766 new coronavirus infections overnight, the federal health ministry said on Sunday, taking its tally to 32.9 million cases. The death toll rose by 308 to 440,533, data…

Read More Here

Photo Story: 24th death anniversary of Mother Teresa in Kolkata

A visitor offers a kiss to a picture poster of Mother Teresa at Mother House on Mother Teresa's 24th death anniversary in Kolkata, eastern India, 05 September 2021, amid the…

Read More Here

India reports biggest Covid rise in two months

India reported the biggest single-day rise in COVID-19 cases in two months on Thursday, as the government worries about the virus spreading from the most-affected Kerala state, schools reopening, and…

Read More Here

India’s COVID vaccine supply jumps, raising export hopes

India's rising output of COVID-19 vaccines and the inoculation of more than half its adult population with at least one dose are raising hopes the country will return as an…

Read More Here

India’s new COVID-19 cases jump to two-month high

India on Saturday reported 46,759 new coronavirus infections, the most in nearly two months, as cases surged in the southern state of Kerala after a big festival. The South Asian…

Read More Here

India asks two states to consider night curfew as COVID-19 cases rise

India has asked the states of Kerala and Maharashtra to consider night curfews in areas with high COVID-19 case numbers as the country reported more than 40,000 new infections for…

Read More Here

Photo Story: Mother Teresa’s 111th birth anniversary remembered in India

A person prays at Mother Teresa's Mother House, which is closed on Mother Teresa's 111th birth anniversary due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in Kolkata, India, 26 August 2021. Mother Teresa…

Read More Here

India reports 38,667 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours

India reported 38,667 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, a government statement said on Saturday. Daily COVID-19 deaths in the country rose by 478, health ministry data showed.…

Read More Here

India’s space agency suffers setback in satellite mission after technical anomaly

India’s space agency suffered a setback while trying to put an earth observation satellite into orbit, due to a technical anomaly minutes after the rocket carrying the satellite was launched…

Read More Here

India reports 39,070 new coronavirus cases in last 24 hours

India reported 39,070 new cases of the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the federal health ministry said on Sunday, taking its tally to 31.93 million cases. Deaths rose by…

Read More Here

India reports 41,831 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours – health ministry

NEW DELHI, Aug 1 (Reuters) - India reported 41,831 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, according to government data on Sunday. The nationwide tally of infections has reached…

Read More Here

Festivals, weddings to bolster India’s gold demand in H2-WGC

Indian gold demand is likely to recover in the second half of 2021 from 35% below the pre-pandemic five-year average in the first half, as festivals and weddings are likely…

Read More Here

India reports 44,230 new COVID-19 cases, overall tally at 31.57 mln

India reported on Friday 44,230 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, government data showed. The nationwide tally of infections reached 31.57 million, according to the health ministry. The…

Read More Here

India reports 43,654 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours

India reported 43,654 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the federal government said on Wednesday. The country's total case load now stands at 31.44 million infections, according to…

Read More Here

India reports 29,689 new COVID-19 cases, lowest since March 17

India reported 29,689 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, the health ministry said on Tuesday, for the lowest daily rise since March 17, according to a Reuters tally.…

Read More Here

Torrential rains kill over 160 in India, dozens trapped in landslides

Rescue teams in India were digging through thick sludge and debris on Monday to find over 60 people trapped in landslides caused by torrential monsoon rains that have so far…

Read More Here

India reports 39,361 new covid-19 cases in last 24 hours

India reported 39,361 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours the health ministry said on Monday. India's total cases now stand at 31.4 million, according to a Reuters tally,…

Read More Here

India reports 39,742 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours

India reported 39,742 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, a government statement said on Sunday. The COVID-19 death toll rose by 535 deaths in the last 24 hours,…

Read More Here

Heavy rain in India triggers floods, landslides; at least 125 dead

Rescue teams in India struggled through thick sludge and debris on Saturday to reach dozens of submerged homes as the death toll from landslides and accidents caused by torrential monsoon…

Read More Here

COVID keeps Swiss gold exports to India subdued in June

Swiss exports of gold to India edged higher in June, although they remained far below levels earlier this year, and shipments to mainland China fell, Swiss customs data showed on…

Read More Here

India’s 3,998 new COVID-19 deaths are its highest in a month

India reported on Wednesday 42,015 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, while daily deaths jumped to 3,998, their highest since June 12, health ministry data showed. India's tally…

Read More Here

Update – Landslides kill at least 25 in Mumbai after heavy rains

MUMBAI, July 18 (Reuters) - At least 25 people died in three Mumbai suburbs when several houses collapsed after landslides triggered by heavy rain, local officials said on Sunday. Rescuers…

Read More Here

India’s COVID-19 infection rate edges up, with second wave yet to abate

A rise in India's COVID-19 infection rate is worrying authorities who are concerned that pilgrimages and tourism could prove to be "superspreader" events in the battle to douse a devastating…

Read More Here

India’s ban on Mastercard to hit banks’ card operations, income

India's decision to ban Mastercard Inc for non-compliance with data storage rules has unsettled the country's financial sector as it will disrupt banks' card offerings and hit revenues, payments and…

Read More Here

India medical body says no to reopening tourism due to COVID-19 threat

Opening India's tourist destinations and allowing pilgrimage travel could act as COVID-19 "super spreaders" of a third wave of infections, the country's top doctor's body warned on Monday. After a…

Read More Here

Lightning strike kills 11 taking selfies in India

A lightning strike killed at least 11 people and injured many more in the northern city of Jaipur on Sunday. The victims were taking selfies in the rain atop a…

Read More Here

India reports 41,506 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours

India reported on Sunday 41,506 new COVID-19 cases and 895 deaths due to the virus in the last 24 hours, according to data from the health ministry, with active cases…

Read More Here

India pulls officials from Afghanistan’s Kandahar as Taliban widens control

India said on Sunday it had temporarily brought back officials from its consulate in Kandahar, a major city in southern Afghanistan, as Taliban fighters continue to gain control amid the…

Read More Here

Death of an 84-year-old Indian priest in custody stirs outcry

A top U.N. human rights official has deplored the death in custody of an 84-year-old Indian Christian priest who campaigned for the rights of tribal people and was denied bail…

Read More Here

India’s Bharat Biotech says vaccine 93.4% effective against severe COVID-19

Phase-III trials of a vaccine made by India's Bharat Biotech showed it was 93.4% effective against severe symptomatic COVID-19, the firm said on Saturday, a finding that could boost people's…

Read More Here

India joins global consensus framework to tax multinational firms

India has joined a global consensus framework deal to tax multinational companies, the government said, an effort backed by the United States. Officials from 130 countries, including G20 nations and…

Read More Here

India’s death toll from coronavirus crosses 400,000

India reached the grim milestone of 400,000 deaths from the coronavirus on Friday, half of them during a second wave in the past few months that overwhelmed the healthcare system…

Read More Here

India COVID-19 cases rise by 50,040 amid concern about Delta variant

India's daily COVID-19 infections rose by 50,040 on Sunday, official data showed, as concerns grew about the detection of the highly infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus in some states.…

Read More Here

Astrazeneca COVID-19 vaccine effective against Delta and Kappa variants

AstraZeneca Plc's COVID-19 vaccine is effective against Delta and Kappa variants, first identified in India, the company said in a statement on Tuesday, citing a study. The study by Oxford…

Read More Here

India reports 42,640 new COVID-19 cases, 1,167 deaths

India reported on Tuesday 42,640 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, data from the health ministry showed. The South Asian country's total COVID-19 case load now stands at 29.98…

Read More Here

India’s vaccinations hit record with free COVID shots

India gave out a record 7.5 million vaccine doses on Monday under a federal campaign to inoculate all adults for free after weeks of criticism that a chaotic rollout had…

Read More Here

Health experts warn India should brace for third COVID-19 wave by October

A third wave of coronavirus infections is likely to hit India by October, and although it will be better controlled than the latest outbreak the pandemic will remain a public…

Read More Here

Shocked by COVID deaths, young Indians rush for life insurance

Like many other twenty-somethings in India, Beverly Coutinho kept postponing buying a life insurance policy, until a surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths made her confront her own mortality. "I…

Read More Here

India’s famed Taj Mahal re-opens for tourists as COVID-19 curbs ease

India's iconic Taj Mahal re-opened to the public on Wednesday as the country, still reeling from a disastrous second wave of the pandemic, rushes to lift restrictions in a bid…

Read More Here

India’s top court ends proceedings against Italian marines

India’s top court said it has closed all proceedings against two Italian marines over the shooting of two fishermen off the southern Indian coast in 2012, after Rome paid $1.36…

Read More Here

Health experts say India missed early alarm, let deadly coronavirus variant spread

A veteran public health expert warned top Indian officials in early March that a new variant of the coronavirus was spreading quickly in a rural district in the heart of the country and…

Read More Here

UPDATED: India reports lowest cases since March, eases coronavirus rules

Many Indian states eased coronavirus restrictions on Monday including the capital Delhi, where authorities allowed all shops and malls to open, as the number of new infections dropped to the…

Read More Here

Virus disaster leaves deep scars on India’s economy

Expectations for India’s economic growth are being revised sharply lower as a surge in people losing their jobs and defaulting on debt suggest a more halting recovery from the financial…

Read More Here

India records 91,702 new COVID-19 cases over past 24 hours

India on Friday reported 91,702 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, and 3,403 daily deaths from the coronavirus. The South Asian country's total COVID-19 case load now stands…

Read More Here