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A health worker takes a nasal swab samples of a passenger to test for COVID-19, at a bus stand in Ahmedabad, India, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. (AP/Ajit Solanki)

India records 11,271 new Covid-19 infections, 285 deaths

The daily rise in new COVID infections has been below 20,000 for 37 straight days and less than 50,000 daily for 140...

14 Nov 2021 10:23 AM IST

A health worker administers a dose of Covid-19 vaccine to a beneficiary, during a special vaccination drive. (Photo: PTI)

India records 11,850 new coronavirus infections, 555 fatalities

A decrease of 1,108 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours

13 Nov 2021 10:49 AM IST

A BMC health worker conducts thermal screening of the outstation passengers for COVID-19 testing at Dadar Railway Station in Mumbai, on Nov. 3, 2021. (PTI/Shashank Parade)

India adds 10,929 COVID-19 cases, 392 deaths

The active cases comprise 0.43 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March last year

6 Nov 2021 10:10 AM IST

A COVID-19 patient receives free oxygen, provided by a Sikh organization at Indirapuram Gurudwara, in Ghaziabad. (Photo: PTI)

Sucheta Dasgupta | Hope in the time of sorrow and C-virus

Despite its no-pussyfooting bravado and stupendous majority, the govt did not declare a lockdown on Holi. The Kumbh...

25 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

India now has the worlds fastest-growing Covid-19 caseload, adding more than 250,000 new infections every day for the past week or so. (Photo: PTI)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Lessons not learnt after a year of battling...

Once again, we are locked down. And migrant workers are leaving out of fear of being abandoned. How did we get here?

22 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

For all his continued popularity, at least as shown in the opinion polls, the fact is that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been at the head of an incompetent administrative response to the pandemic. (Photo: PTI)

Sanjaya Baru | Ideology or competence: What do the voters want?

Politicians are voted in and voted out for a variety of reasons, but rarely have they been voted out for incompetence

19 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

An ITBP Stress Counsellor interacts with a COVID-19 patient at Sardar Patel Covid Care Centre, Radha Soami Beas, Chhatarpur, New Delhi, Monday, May 17, 2021. (Photo: PTI)

India registers 2.81 lakh fresh COVID-19 cases, 4,106 deaths

The number of active cases stands at 35,16,997, accounting for 14.09 per cent of the total infections

17 May 2021 11:22 AM IST

Mass cremation of COVID-19 victims at Parwati Ghat as coronavirus cases surge in Jamshedpur, Monday, May 10, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Ashwani Kumar | Amid grief as Covid surges, India needs divine mercy!

Wailing mothers, grieving children and the helplessness of marginalised people mock our politics

13 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

A three-judge bench directed NDMA to ascertain within six weeks whether the ex-gratia amount can be paid to the family members of the victims.

SC directs Centre to frame guidelines to pay ex-gratia to kin of COVID...

The top court passed the judgement after hearing petitions filed by two lawyers - Gaurav Bansal and Reepak Kansal

30 Jun 2021 2:32 PM IST

Maharashtra reported 23 doctor deaths and Kerala reported 24 deaths. (Representational Photo: PTI)

798 doctors died during COVID second wave; maximum lost their lives in...

Pondicherry reported the lowest deaths of doctors by logging one death only

30 Jun 2021 9:59 AM IST

A beneficiary receives her first dose of Covid-19 vaccine at a parking lot in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

Aakar Patel | No good news: It's difficult to be an optimist in India...

India's economic growth has been falling for 42 months now, but the government has not spoken about why that is so and...

22 Jun 2021 7:17 AM IST

Health workers administer COVID-19 vaccine doses to shopkeepers at a market in Bhopal, Tuesday, June 8, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Centre places order for 44 cr doses of COVID-19 vaccines

AIIMS director said there is no data to show that children will be seriously infected in subsequent Covid-19 waves

9 Jun 2021 1:35 AM IST