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Man tries to row from Thailand to India to see wife

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 25 12:18 PM

A Vietnamese man who tried to row 2,000 kilometers (1,240 miles) from Thailand to India to see his wife was in custody Thursday after being rescued. Read more »

Indians sell family gold to tide over pandemic crunch

Nivrita Ganguly, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 13 12:34 PM

Desperate for cash, many families and small businesses have been putting up gold jewelry as collateral to secure short-term loans to tide them over. Read more »

Mumbai to celebrate biggest festival amid COVID surge

Reuters
Posted at Sep 09 03:53 PM

Markets were bustling and streets were crowded as people prepared for the 11-day festival of Ganesh Chaturthi. Read more »

Bilang ng kaso ng COVID-19 sa India, Indonesia tumataas muli

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 21 09:34 PM

Muli na namang dumarami ang bilang ng nagkaka-COVID-19 sa Indonesia, India, Australia, United Kingdom, at Amerika.  Read more »

India reports 3,998 COVID-19 deaths after state corrects its data

Reuters
Posted at Jul 21 03:20 PM

India reported its highest death toll in a month on Wednesday - at nearly 4,000 - after its richest state reconciled its death count with 3,509 previously unreported fatalities, the health ministry said. Read more »

11 dead in Mumbai building collapse

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 10 02:33 PM

At least 11 people, including 8 children, were killed when heavy monsoon rains caused a residential building to collapse in a Mumbai slum, Indian authorities said Thursday. Read more »

How India's most crowded city beat the odds, and the virus

Ammu Kannampilly, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 09 02:51 PM

When COVID-19 arrived in India, few places looked as vulnerable as Mumbai. But a year on, South Asia's most crowded city has surprised many by tackling a vicious second wave with considerable success. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: June 8, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 03:19 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Temperature check before boarding

Punit Paranjpe, AFP
Posted at Jun 08 08:35 PM

A health worker checks the body temperature of a passenger during a COVID-19 screening as she arrives with her child at a railway platform on a long distance train in Mumbai, India on Tuesday. Read more »

Delhi, Mumbai ease lockdown, as India COVID numbers fall

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 05 11:11 PM

At least 344,082 people in India have lost their lives to the coronavirus, which is now surging in rural areas.  Read more »

Indian navy searches for 77 missing from barge sunk by cyclone

Reuters
Posted at May 19 03:23 PM

Indian navy ships and aircraft scoured waters off the financial capital Mumbai on Wednesday for 77 workers missing from a barge that sank after a powerful cyclone barreled into the country's west coast this week. Read more »

India's COVID-19 tally passes 25 million

Reuters
Posted at May 18 04:24 PM

India's total COVID-19 caseload surged past 25 million on Tuesday as a powerful cyclone complicated the health crisis in one of the states where the disease is spreading most quickly. Read more »

127 missing after vessel sinks in India cyclone: navy

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of May 18 02:12 PM

Some 127 people were missing Tuesday after a vessel adrift off Mumbai's coast sank during Cyclone Tauktae, the Indian navy said as 2 ships and helicopters were deployed to assist in the search. Read more »

Monster cyclone heads for COVID-stricken India

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 17 07:26 PM

AHMEDABAD, India - A major cyclone packing ferocious winds and threatening a destructive storm surge bore down on India on Monday, disrupting the country's response to its devastating Covid-19 outbreak. Read more »

Mga Pinoy sa India todo-ingat sa gitna ng COVID-19 crisis

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 30 08:07 PM

Patuloy ang pagdami ng mga nagpopositibo sa COVID-19 sa India kaya ibayong pag-iingat ang ginagawa ng mga Pinoy doon. Read more »

Vaccine orders ng Pilipinas apektado ng COVID-19 crisis sa India

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 29 08:15 PM

Dahil sa pagsipa ng COVID-19 cases sa India, apektado ang schedule ng pagdating sa Pilipinas ng bakuna mula roon. Read more »

India hospital fire kills 13 COVID-19 patients

Ammu Kannampilly with Bhuvan Bagga in New Delhi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 23 03:14 PM

Thirteen COVID-19 patients died in a hospital fire on Friday in the latest tragedy to hit India's health-care system as it buckles under a devastating wave of infections. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: April 21, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 03:34 PM

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

‘Spiderman’ joins fight against COVID-19

Punit Paranjpe, AFP
Posted at Apr 21 11:31 PM

A man dressed as the comic-book character sprays disinfectant outside a terminus railway station in Mumbai, India on Wednesday. Read more »

India's Maharashtra state imposes night curfew after record COVID spike

Shilpa Jamkhandikar and Rupam Jain, Reuters
Posted at Mar 28 09:07 PM

Authorities in India's western state of Maharashtra imposed night curfews on Sunday to tackle a record surge in COVID-19 cases with the financial capital Mumbai reporting 6,123 new cases, the highest single-day spike since March last year. Read more »