India’s excess deaths during the pandemic could be a staggering 10 times the official Covid-19 toll, likely making it modern India’s worst human tragedy, according to the most comprehensive research yet on the ravages of the virus in the south Asian ...

India has confirmed 400,000 deaths from Covid-19 – half of them in the past two months alone, as the virulent Delta variant infects hundreds of thousands daily. The grim figure announced on Friday is believed to be a fraction of the true total.

Every adult in India is now eligible for a free Covid-19 vaccine paid for by the federal government.

The number of daily coronavirus infections in India has dipped below 100,000 for the first time in more than two months as an overall downturn prompted some states to ease restrictions.

India has crossed another grim milestone with the country’s coronavirus death toll passing 300,000.

The country’s health ministry on Monday reported 4,454 deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing India’s total fatalities to 303,720.

India has reported more coronavirus deaths in a single day than any other country at any time during the pandemic, while infections continued to spread through vast rural areas with weak health systems.

India has recorded nearly 280,000 virus deaths since the pandemic began. Experts warn that both the number of deaths and total reported cases are probably vast undercounts

In the last week, the number of new cases plunged by nearly 70% in the nation’s financial capital, home to 22 million people

Police are reaching out to villagers in northern India to investigate the recovery of bodies buried in shallow sand graves or washed up on the banks of the Ganges, prompting speculation on social media that they are the remains of Covid-19 victims.

Narendra Modi urged local people, village councils and state governments to come together to meet the challenge

The pace of administering vaccinations in India since the country offered jabs to all adults this month has dropped, with states saying they only have limited stock to give out.

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi is facing growing pressure to impose a nationwide lockdown amid a coronavirus surge as experts ponder the effectiveness of restrictions imposed by individual states.

The 412,262 cases on Thursday pushed India’s tally to more than 21 million

With 382,315 new confirmed cases, India’s tally has risen to more than 20.6 million since the pandemic began

India’s government has faced calls for a strict lockdown to slow a devastating surge in new coronavirus cases.

The country has witnessed scenes of people dying outside overwhelmed hospitals and funeral pyres lighting up the night sky

More than 218,000 people in India have died from Covid-19, according to the Health Ministry

A New Delhi court has said it will start punishing government officials for failing to deliver life-saving oxygen as Indian hospitals continue to struggle to secure steady supplies.

A fire in a Covid-19 hospital ward in western India has killed 18 patients, as a country grappling with the worst outbreak yet steps up a vaccination drive for all its adults.

India’s coronavirus death toll now stands at more than 200,000 lives lost, as a devastating surge of new infections tears through cities and rural areas alike and leaves healthcare systems on the brink of collapse.

India recorded more than 320,000 new cases of coronavirus infection on Tuesday as the country’s sinking health system started receiving much-needed support from foreign nations. Tuesday’s 323,144 new infections raised India’s total past 17.

Indian families are being left to ferry people sick with Covid-19 from hospital to hospital in search of treatment, as the country suffers a surge in infections with oxygen in short supply.

India’s crematoria and burial grounds are being overwhelmed by the devastating new surge of coronavirus infections tearing through the country, depleting the supply of life-saving oxygen to critical levels and leaving patients to die while waiting ...

The medical oxygen shortage in India has become so dire that a Sikh house of worship is offering sessions with shared tanks to Covid-19 patients waiting for a hospital bed.

The health ministry reported another 2,624 deaths in the past 24 hours, pushing India’s confirmed death toll to 189,544

India has reported a global record of more than 314,000 new coronavirus infections as a surge in the world’s second most populous country sends more people into a fragile health care system critically short of hospital beds and oxygen.

India has reported a record 295,041 coronavirus cases, as the death toll crossed 2,000 in a day for the first time.

The British Prime Minister’s already-curtailed trip was scrapped altogether on Monday

The teeming metropolis of Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra, the Indian state worst hit by the pandemic, face stricter restrictions for 15 days in an effort to stem the surge of coronavirus infections.

New coronavirus cases in India have hit a daily record of 126,789. The figure came as Prime Minister Narendra Modi got his second vaccine dose and urged others to follow suit, saying “vaccination is among the few ways we have to defeat the virus”.

India has reported its biggest single-day spike in confirmed coronavirus cases since the pandemic began.

The UN-backed programme to ship Covid-19 vaccines worldwide has announced supply delays for up to 90 million doses from an Indian manufacturer, in a major setback for the ambitious rollout aimed to help low- and middle-income countries fight the ...

Police officers who defied the Myanmar army’s orders to shoot opponents of the coup and escaped to India have urged prime minister Narendra Modi’s government to provide political asylum on humanitarian grounds.

The Health Ministry reported 43,846 new cases in the past 24 hours, the worst single-day increase since mid-November

Scientists are baffled by the relatively low rate of coronavirus infections in India after at one point it looked as though it might surpass the US as the country with the biggest case toll.

Residents of a tiny Indian village flocked to a Hindu temple, setting off firecrackers and praying as they watched Kamala Harris, who has strong roots to the village, take her oath of office and become the US vice president.

A tiny, lush-green Indian village surrounded by rice paddy fields was beaming with joy on Wednesday hours before its descendant, Kamala Harris, takes her oath of office and becomes the US vice president.

India has given emergency approval to the Oxford University and AstraZeneca vaccine as well as a jab developed in the country to stem the coronavirus pandemic.

India’s confirmed coronavirus cases have crossed 10 million with new infections dipping to their lowest levels in three months, as the country prepares for a massive Covid-19 vaccination rollout in the new year.

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’s confirmed coronavirus tally has reached six million cases. The Health Ministry reported 82,170 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, driving the overall tally to 6,074,703.

India reported more than 83,000 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, showing some decline after reaching a record a week earlier. The country has now confirmed more than 5. 6 million cases.

India has recorded nearly 87,000 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, with another 1,130 deaths.The country now has more than 5.4 million reported cases since the pandemic began and within weeks is expected to surpass the United States, ...