- Wednesday, May 08, 2024
INDIA reported a record 126,789 COVID-19 cases on Thursday (8) as several states struggle to contain a second surge in infections, complaining of vaccine shortages and demanding inoculations be expanded to younger people. Daily infections, which surpassed 100,000 for the first time on Monday (5), have now exceeded that mark…
INDIA batting great Sachin Tendulkar said on Thursday (8) that he has been released from hospital a week after he was admitted when he contracted Covid-19, but he will remain in isolation at home. Tendulkar, who turns 48 later this month, was previously quarantining at home after testing positive following…
INDIA’S second wave of Covid-19 infections continued to surge as the country reported a record 115,736 new cases on Wednesday (7), which was a 13-fold increase in just over two months. The increase in daily infections has put the Narendra Modi-led government under pressure to ramp up the vaccination drive.…
RESTRICTIONS on exporting its Covid vaccines have left India’s Serum Institute needing financial help from the government, its CEO said, with the world’s largest jab manufacturer under pressure at home from soaring cases. Prime minister Narendra Modi’s government last month put the brakes on exports of AstraZeneca jabs made by…
THE surge in new Covid-19 cases could yet scupper plans to host the Indian Premier League (IPL) in bio-secure bubbles at six venues across the country, starting on Friday (9) in Chennai and climaxing at the world’s largest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad on May 30. Last year’s delayed tournament was…
SENIOR-MOST Supreme Court judge Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana was on Tuesday (6) appointed as the next Chief Justice of India. According to a notification issued by the government, Justice Ramana will take over as the 48th CJI on April 24 after incumbent CJI S A Bobde demits office a day…
MANY Indian state leaders have asked prime minister Narendra Modi to open up vaccinations to most of the country’s hundreds of millions of adults, following a second surge in infections that has eclipsed the first wave. India breached the grim milestone of 100,000 daily infections for the first time on…
THE Indian capital on Tuesday (6) imposed an immediate night curfew a day after the nation posted a record coronavirus surge, with financial hub Mumbai also introducing similar restrictions. Alarm has grown since India passed more than 100,000 new cases in a single day for the first time on Monday…
INDIA’s worst-hit state ramped up its coronavirus restrictions as nationwide the daily infections exceeded 100,000 for the first time on Monday (5). The country is only the second — after the US — to record so many new cases in one day. Hopes at the start of the year that…
SOME of India's big cities stare at stricter lockdowns and curbs as daily infections on Saturday (3) hit a six-month high. The second wave of the virus in the country third-worst hit by the pandemic is seeing a surge in number of positive cases being reported in the last month.…
