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India failed to save the living from covid-19. Now, it won’t count the dead. Barkha Dutt May 24, 2021 at 3:56 p.m. EDT For the past 10 days, at the peak of India’s second covid-19 wave, I have traveled through remote villages in the country’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, documenting...

Modi silent on Muslim philanthropist's offer of medical supplies for India But even as the virus is burning through India’s cities, towns and villages, ravaging homes and livelihoods, there’s little Edhi can do but hope. Requests made a month ago to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to allow...

As covid-19 devastates rural India, Modi and his ministers focus on covering up their incompetence Rana Ayyub Relatives carry a body for cremation past the graves of people believed to be covid-19 victims on the banks of the Ganges River in Shringverpur, India, on May 20. (Ritesh Shukla/Getty...

How My Uncle Became One of Modi’s Coronavirus Victims The Indian prime minister’s deadly blundering has sown the seeds of his own fall. Jalal BaigMay 24, 2021, 3:36 PM An expert's point of view on a current event. A health worker wearing a protective suit stands before a window in a newly...

PM Modi’s rating falls to new low as India reels from COVID-19 May 19, 20211:46 PM EDT Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s approval ratings have fallen to a new low, two surveys showed, as the country struggles to contain a devastating second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Modi, who swept...

COVID in India: a tragedy with its roots in Narendra Modi’s leadership style Nitasha Kaul May 12, 2021 9.56am EDT India has set an unenviable new world record. More than 348,421 new infections were recorded on May 12, and another 4,205 deaths. The death toll now stands at more than 254,000...

Why is Covid killing so many pregnant women in India? By Alia Allana, The doctors at the Government Institute of Medical Sciences, also known as the G.I.M.S., a public hospital in Noida, a suburb of Delhi, recently told me that during the first wave of Covid-19 last year, most pregnant women...

Herbs, cow dung and urine passed off as wonder drugs in Covid-hit India 23/05/2021 - 14:31 Cow dung has many uses in South Asia, including for heating, cooking or Hindu ritual fires. But medical experts in India say there is no proof that dung and urine from the sacred animal can work against...

Covid-19: Indian media finally muster up courage to question Modi Amid the deluge of death every day, this time the country's traditional media outlets couldn't gloss over the government's monumental failure in tackling the pandemic. Over the last few days, India's mainstream media appears...

Such incompetence. Can Modi even count? :omghaha: :omghaha: :omghaha: Govt widened vaccination drive without considering stock, WHO guidelines, says Serum Institute executive director Speaking at an e-summit organised by Heal Health, a health advocacy and awareness platform, Jadhav said the...

The myth of Indian exceptionalism has cost the country dearly during the pandemic The small number of deaths during the first wave made India believe that it was somehow special. The consequences are all too apparent now. Gautam I MenonMay 22, 2021 · 01:30 pm A health worker takes a sample to...

Delusion and denial: Why India’s tentative Covid-19 recovery is a false dawn Vaccine shortages mean just 11 per cent of the nation have received a jab, with no immunisation surge in sight. Soumya Bhattacharya Whenever I’ve sat out on my balcony over the past few days, the lockdown stillness an...

Modi Is Worsening the Suffering from India’s Pandemic An authoritarian apparatus is being turned on wider society with lethal consequences Chitrangada ChoudhuryMay 24, 2021 A volunteer prepares an oxygen cylinder for COVID patients at a Gurdwara (a Sikh religious center). Credit: Sumit Dayal...

“We’re cannon fodder, that’s all”—Indian health care workers cry out for basic PPE as official deaths skyrocket past 300,000 a day ago A nightmare scenario continues to unfold in India where, according to the official count, more than two people are dying from COVID-19 every minute. On...

Indian media have gone easy on Modi. That's changing because of the pandemic New Delhi (CNN Business) — Om Gaur is in the middle of the most heart-wrenching story of his career as a journalist. Earlier this month, Gaur — the national editor at Dainik Bhaskar, one of the world's biggest-selling...

In India’s Covid Crisis, Echoes of a Colonial Past Pilgrimages have spread pandemics before and after independence. Amna KhalidMay 22, 2021 Politics A health worker takes a nasal swab sample at a Covid-19 testing center in Hyderabad, India, Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)...

For middle-class India, Covid is an opportunity to confront its own apathy The death and devastation of the pandemic’s second wave has made India’s middle class confront reality. This is the moment to step forward and take responsibility for the public realm. Written by Jyoti Dalal There is an...

Why the world must witness pictures of India’s mass Covid-19 cremations Photos of India’s mass cremations are not inherently offensive. They’re an act of resistance. Kamayani SharmaMay 21, 2021, 12:10pm EDT Funeral pyres of people who have died from Covid-19 seen burning during a mass cremation...

Abandoned Corpses in Rural India Indicate Surge in Covid-19 Deaths Authorities Should Focus on Solutions, Not Misguided, Abusive Policies May 10, 2021 Policemen stand next to the bodies buried in shallow graves on the banks of Ganges river in Prayagraj, India, May 15, 2021. © Kumar Singh/AP...

India’s Coronavirus Missteps Belie High Expectations From Fellow Quad states Within weeks of accepting global recognition and responsibility, India’s health system was shaken by an unprecedented increase in COVID-19 infections. India’s mishandling of the COVID-19 crisis may have dealt a blow to...