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India's Bharat Biotech aims to make 700 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine in 2021

Reuters
Posted at Jan 04 10:36 PM

The vaccine candidate, COVAXIN, received emergency use approval from India's drugs regulator on Sunday, a move that faced questions from industry experts and opposition lawmakers due to lack of efficacy data. Read more »

India passes grim milestone of 10 million COVID-19 infections

Reuters
Posted at Dec 19 01:47 PM

India's coronavirus tally breached the 10 million mark on Saturday, the world's second highest, even though the number of new daily cases has fallen sharply since a mid-September peak. Read more »

India records 26,355 new COVID-19 cases

Reuters
Posted at Dec 16 02:17 PM

India recorded 26,355 new coronavirus cases, data from the health ministry showed on Wednesday, making it the third straight day that daily infections in the country have stayed below 30,000. Read more »

India could authorize COVID-19 vaccines in weeks; 300 million on priority list

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 08 09:55 PM

India may approve some coronavirus vaccines over the next few weeks and an estimated 300 million people would be innoculated in the first tranche, the country's top health official said on Tuesday. Read more »

India's Serum Institute applies for COVID-19 vaccine approval

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 07 09:46 PM

An Indian company that is the world's biggest manufacturer of vaccines said Monday it was seeking fast-track approval for a coronavirus shot that could be sold for as little as $3.   Read more »

India says may not need to vaccinate entire population to control COVID

Shilpa Jamkhandikar, Reuters
Posted at Dec 01 11:51 PM

MUMBAI - India may not need to vaccinate all of its 1.3 billion people if it manages to inoculate a critical mass and break the transmission of the coronavirus, senior government officials said on Tuesday.   Read more »

India's coronavirus cases pass 9 million as Delhi struggles

Abhaya Srivastava, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 20 12:49 PM

India's coronavirus cases passed nine million on Friday, as the world's second-worst-hit country saw hospitals in the capital New Delhi under pressure and graveyards fill up. Read more »

Delhi plans virus curbs as infections rise, critical-care beds run short

Devjyot Ghoshal and Shilpa Jamkhandikar, Reuters
Posted at Nov 17 10:30 PM

NEW DELHI - As India's capital battles its worst phase in the coronavirus pandemic, authorities drew up plans on Tuesday to reinstate some curbs, such as lockdowns of some markets, if necessary, although elsewhere in the nation new infections are falling.   Read more »

India records 48,268 new coronavirus cases

Reuters
Posted at Oct 31 07:14 PM

MUMBAI - India's coronavirus caseload stood at 8.1 million on Saturday, with 48,268 new cases being recorded in the last 24 hours, data from the health ministry showed. Read more »

India to allow entry of foreign visitors, except tourists

Kyodo News
Posted at Oct 23 12:41 AM

India on Thursday relaxed visa restrictions to allow foreign nationals to enter India by air or sea for any purpose except tourism. Read more »

What happens when COVID-19 meets toxic air? India is about to find out

Jeffrey Gettleman and Hari Kumar, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 16 11:58 PM

As a thick quilt of smog wrapped itself around New Delhi on Thursday, signaling the start of the fall pollution season, doctors and scientists warned that the deteriorating air quality could make the city’s COVID-19 problems even worse. Read more »

Fearing loan sharks and slavery, Indian workers ask gov't for cash aid

Anuradha Nagaraj, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Oct 06 10:17 PM

CHENNAI, India - Informal workers in India urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a petition on Tuesday to grant emergency financial aid to protect them from loan sharks and labour traffickers as the pandemic erodes their incomes.   Read more »

Super-spreaders caused most Indian coronavirus cases: study

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 02 02:19 AM

NEW DELHI - A small group of super-spreaders were responsible for almost two-thirds of India's coronavirus cases, according to new research into how the disease spread in the world's second-most populous nation. Read more »

More than 60 million Indians may have caught coronavirus: study

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 30 01:40 AM

More than 60 million people in India -- 10 times the official figure -- could have contracted the novel coronavirus, the country's lead pandemic agency said Tuesday, citing a nationwide study measuring antibodies.   Read more »

India coronavirus cases pass 6 million

Aishwarya Kumar, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 28 12:55 PM

NEW DELHI (UPDATE) - India on Monday reported the number of coronavirus cases in the country had passed six million, as the pandemic rages across the vast South Asian nation. Read more »

Strongman regimes display weakness in COVID response, say analysts

Françoise Kadri, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 10 12:53 PM

Posturing, repression and a distaste for facts: the world's strongman regimes have dealt with the COVID pandemic in much the same way they deal with everything else, analysts say.   Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: September 8, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 08 11:51 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Taj Mahal set to reopen despite rising COVID-19 cases

Pawan Sharma, AFP
Posted at Sep 08 05:56 PM

People take pictures with their mobile phones near the Taj Mahal in Agra on Tuesday Read more »

India becomes third country to pass 4 million coronavirus cases

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 05 03:41 PM

India has become the world's third country to pass 4 million coronavirus infections, setting a new record daily surge in cases on Saturday as the crisis shows no sign of peaking. Read more »

India’s economy shrank nearly 24 pct last quarter

Sameer Yasir and Jeffrey Gettleman, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 01 06:39 AM

The Indian economy contracted by 23.9 percent in the second quarter, the most drastic fall in decades, as lockdown restrictions meant to contain the spread of the coronavirus wiped out jobs and businesses.  Read more »