Covid: Concern increases over India variant in UK
Public health experts have recommended one version of the Indian coronavirus variant be made a "variant of concern" in the UK, the BBC has been told. | Read more|
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Covid, Crime, Terrorism: US Reissues Travel Advisory On India
The US has reissued its travel advisory on India, urging its citizens not to travel to the country due to an unprecedented surge in the COVID-19 cases there. | Read more|
COVID scare at G7 meeting after Indian delegates test positive
The Group of Seven foreign ministers' meeting in London was hit by a COVID-19 scare on Wednesday when India's foreign minister and his entire team said they were self-isolating after two delegation members tested positive. | Read more|
India’s COVID cases near 20 million; national stay-at-home order urged
India reported more than 300,000 new coronavirus infections for a 12th straight day on Monday to take its overall number of cases to just shy of 20 million, as scientists predicted a peak in the pandemic in the coming days. | Read more|
US Bans Travel From Covid-Hit India. See Who Are Exempted
Certain categories of students, academics, journalists and individuals have been exempted from the India travel ban announced by President Joe Biden, the US State Department said. | Read more|
Joe Biden's Top Medical Adviser Advises Total Lockdown In India For Few Weeks: Report
Top US epidemiologist Anthony Fauci has suggested a complete lockdown for a few weeks in India as an immediate step to contain the spread of COVID-19 as its deadly second wave shows no signs of ebbing. | Read more|
India coronavirus: Over-18s vaccination drive hit by shortages
India has become the first country to report more than 400,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day, as its nationwide vaccine drive launches amid a supply crisis. | Read more|
No Clampdown On Info, Supreme Court Warns In Big Covid Hearing
No state should clamp down on information if citizens communicate their grievances on social media, the Supreme Court said today amid Covid surge, stressing that the court will "treat this as contempt if any citizen is harassed". | Read more|
U.S. Sends Vaccine Supplies to Help India Fight Its Devastating COVID-19 Surge – but No Vaccines Yet
The U.S. will send India raw materials for vaccines and step up financing aid for Covid-19 shot production, joining European countries in pledging to help stem the world’s biggest surge in cases. | Read more|
India Covid crisis: 14 countries that have imposed travel bans, suspensions
With India buckling under a deadly second wave of the coronavirus crisis and hospitals in the country running out of beds and oxygen supplies, countries across the world have announced travel bans and restrictions to prevent the spread of Covid-19. | Read more|
UAE airlines update PCR testing requirements for passengers arriving from India
UAE’s airlines have changed their PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) testing requirements for passengers travelling from India to Dubai and Abu Dhabi. | Read more|
4 Sikhs Among 8 Killed In FedEx Shooting In US, Shocked India Offers Help
India will render "all possible assistance" to local authorities and community leaders in Indianapolis, US, where at least eight people, including four Sikhs, have died after a gunman opened fire at a FedEx facility on Thursday night, a "deeply shocked" Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said today. | Read more|
Choosing The Next Dalai Lama And The Fight Involving India, US, China
Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama-the spiritual leader of Tibetans, who lives in exile in India-turns 86 in July. The choice of his successor is shaping up to be a struggle between India and the U.S. on the one hand and China on the other. | Read more|
Sputnik 5 Vaccine For Use In India To Be Discussed At Key Meet Today
The use of Russia's Covid vaccine Sputnik-V in India will be discussed by a committee of experts today in the middle of a record spike in virus cases in the country. The vaccine, manufactured in India by Dr Reddy's, has an effectiveness of 91.6 per cent, highest after the Moderna and Pfizer shots. | Read more|
US Navy Holds Op Inside India's Exclusive Economic Zone "Without Consent"
In a statement being looked at closely by the Indian government, the US Navy's 7th Fleet has said it conducted Freedom of Navigation Operations within India's exclusive economic zone off the Lakshadweep Islands without India's permission. As per news report of NDTV, this is in dissonance with India's maritime security | Read more|