PM Modi evades 'Team India' but evades blame for oxygen shortage
Shanker Arnimesh29 May, 2021
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who completed seven years in office this week, lauded ‘Team India’’s efforts in achieving milestone success, in...
Covid-19: Shortage of black fungus drug Amphotericin-B looming
Rema Nagarajan / TNN / Updated: May 30, 2021, 12:29 IST
NEW DELHI: Union chemicals minister Sadananda Gowda on May 25 said over 11,700 cases of mucormycosis, commonly known as black fungus disease, had been identified in India...
Hunger stalks India's poor in COVID-19 pandemic double blow
30 May 2021 12:31PM
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NEW DELHI: Rasheeda Jaleel lives in fear that she may not be able to feed her seven children as millions of Indian families are forced into poverty by a devastating new coronavirus wave.
The 40-year-old, her...
Doing everything to get Biden administration provide excess Covid vaccines to India: Krishnamoorthi
PTI / May 30, 2021, 08:34 IST
WASHINGTON: Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi said he is doing everything to get the Biden administration provide excess vaccines not used in the...
India Covid crisis: 100 people test positive after superspreader wedding in Telangana
Four people, including the bride's father, have already died in the village.
A superspreader wedding in a small village in Telangana has resulted in 100 attendees testing positive for coronavirus.
According...
A Covid passing turns a history page: the last Maharaja of Kutch
Born as Prithvirajji on May 3, 1936, he was the eldest of five children — three brothers and two sisters. He is survived by a brother and a sister, and Maharani Priti Devi, the princess of the erstwhile state of Tripura, whom he...
India Covid crisis: Private hospitals' luxury vaccination packages against guidelines, says govt
The packages often include a stay at a luxury hotel, meals and wifi along with the jab.
Indian authorities have asserted that the luxury packages offered by some private hospitals in the country are...
India urgently needs a new — and more just — COVID-19 vaccine policy
On immunisation, government must reach out to the public on massive public health scale
Jayshree Bajoria Published: May 30, 2021 10:46
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People wait to receive vaccine for COVID-19 outside a vaccination centre in...
With 10 Million Job Losses In May Due To COVID, India Inching Towards Double-Digit Unemployment Rate
According to the Center for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), India's jobless rate hiked to a near one-year high of 14.73 percent in the week ending May 23, exhibiting the effects of the economic...
Women in India had irregular gap in menstrual cycle during COVID-19: Study
ANISun, 30 May 2021, 6:37 AM
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New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI): During the COVID-19 pandemic, women in India faced irregular gaps in their menstrual cycle due to coronavirus, bringing everyday...
India reveals ambitions to vaccinate its population by December 2021, but how?
29/05/2021 - 16:05
A drive-through vaccination centre in India. The country's vaccination drive is making slow progress due to shortages and squabbling between the central government and state authorities. Prakash...
Has India's most influential guru finally gone too far?
Claims that modern medicine to blame for COVID deaths ignites a fierce backlash
BANGALORE -- With India still struggling to contain a debilitating second COVID wave, Baba Ramdev, the country's most visible and flamboyant saffron-clad...
Punjab orders chopping of dead trees to collect wood for Covid cremations
The state has merely 3.67 per cent of its total geographical area of 50,632sq km listed as forest cover. According to the Forest Survey of India-2019 report, Punjab has the second-lowest forest cover among all the states...
Indian coronavirus variant could 'become a big problem' in UK, expert warns
May 30, 2021
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LONDON — The India-related coronavirus variant could "pick up speed and become a big problem" in Britain as the country further eases its lockdown, a British...
India's Covid crisis: The newsroom counting the uncounted deaths
11 May
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A woman mourns with her son after her husband died of Covid-19 in Ahmedabad city
On 1 April, the wife and daughter of an editor of a leading newspaper in India's western state of...
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Modi gave space for Covid, that’s why I call it ‘Movid’, Rahul Gandhi says
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi blames PM Modi for second wave, says he was busy with events & making a spectacle, accuses govt of lying about Covid death toll.
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'Tsunami of bodies' in Surat suggests official Covid-19 death toll is too low
At least seven crematoriums and graveyards in Gujarat's Surat saw a more than three-fold rise in the number of cremations and burials last month compared with a year ago, suggesting many more Covid-19 fatalities than...
Indian city’s death data suggests official tally of COVID fatalities is too low
By Rupam Jain and Sumit Khanna
SURAT, India (Reuters) – At least seven crematoriums and graveyards in India’s western city of Surat saw a more than three-fold rise in the number of cremations and burials last month...