Just weeks after India fully opened following a harsh lockdown and began to modestly turn a corner by cutting new coronavirus infections by nearly half, a Hindu festival season is raising fears that a fresh surge could spoil the hard-won gains.
India great Kapil Dev, widely-regarded as one of the finest all-rounders in the history of the game, is recovering after undergoing emergency heart surgery in a Delhi hospital.
Australia’s second-largest city, Melbourne, has loosened lockdown restrictions as new and active cases of Covid-19 continue to decline.
Cinemas have reopened in much of India with mostly old titles on screen, a sign of the country’s efforts to return to normal as the pace of coronavirus infections slows but also of the roadblocks that remain.
Record rains and heavy flooding in the southern Indian state of Telangana collapsed houses and killed at least 15 people, police said.
India great Sachin Tendulkar announced on October 10, 2013 that he would retire from international cricket the following month after playing his 200th Test against the West Indies.
India has registered 75,829 confirmed coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, a day after the death toll passed 100,000.
India has reported 86,821 new coronaviruses cases and another 1,181 deaths, making September its worst month of the pandemic.
India’s confirmed coronavirus tally has reached six million cases.
India reported more than 83,000 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, showing some decline after reaching a record a week earlier.
Senior military commanders from India and China have agreed to not add more troops along their disputed border in the mountainous Ladakh region where the two Asian giants are locked in a bitter months-long standoff.
Senior Indian and Chinese military commanders are holding talks aimed at resolving a tense months-long stand-off along their disputed border in the mountainous Ladakh region.
India has recorded nearly 87,000 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, with another 1,130 deaths.
An Indian couple are conducting free classes for underprivileged children on a pavement in New Delhi.
India has registered 92,605 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours and is expected to surpass the United States as the pandemic’s worst-hit country within weeks.
India’s defence minister said the country faces challenges in its border dispute with China and urged Beijing to sincerely implement an understanding they reached previously to completely disengage forces in the Ladakh region.
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in India has surpassed 5 million.
India confirmed more than 83,000 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, bringing its total caseload to nearly five million.
India has reopened its parliament after more than five months as the country continues to report the highest daily level of new coronavirus infections in the world, with daily virus deaths remaining above 1,000.
India and China have accused each other of making provocative military moves and firing warning shots along their disputed border, despite talks to end the escalating tensions.
India has reported 1,133 deaths from coronavirus in the last 24 hours, its highest single-day total.
India has overtaken Brazil to become the second worst-hit country by the pandemic with more than 4.2 million people infected.
Victoria state announced a slight easing of restrictions in Melbourne on Sunday but Australia’s second-largest city will remain in lockdown until at least October 26.
India has banned the widely popular Chinese mobile game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) along with 117 other mobile apps in another move targeting China.
Facebook India executives have been grilled by members of a parliamentary committee on information technology over the company’s alleged political bias and role in spreading hate speech in the country.
India has registered a record 78,761 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the worst single-day spike in the world.
Rescuers have found one dead body and pulled out nearly 60 survivors from a collapsed residential building in central India, an official said.
India’s coronavirus cases have passed three million, with the country reporting the world’s biggest daily jump in new infections as the disease continues to spread from cities to rural areas.
South Korea has reported 279 new coronavirus cases in the highest daily jump since early March, as fears grow about a massive outbreak in the greater capital region.
Former India captain MS Dhoni has announced his retirement.