India is currently witnessing its worst surge in COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic and countries have stepped up efforts to assist India to deal with shortages.

Canada's Ontario province to send 3,000 ventilators to India amid Covid crisis

India's pandemic nightmare refuses to end. Deadly shortages continue. Hoarding and black marketing of essential supplies are making matters worse. Is a peak in sight?

India's immediate concern is to break the chain of Covid infection

The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB ) has found that eight Asiatic lions of the city's Nehru Zoological Park (Hyderabad Zoo) are COVID-19 positive.

COVID-19: Eight Asiatic lions test positive in Hyderabad zoo, a first in India

While some countries have started looking toward relaxing mitigation measures in the not-so-distant future, but the crisis in India highlights that the pandemic is still far from over.

India to see over 1 million deaths by the start of August: US study projects

Catholic church in Barcelona opens door to Ramzan dinners

A study in the UK has found that obese people face the threat of severe Covid.

Obese people likely to get severe COVID: Study

Considering the pandemic situation in the country, vaccines are on top of India's wish list. There are more than 3,000 pharma companies in India. Together they run 10,500 manufacturing facilities.

India needs to take some decisions to ease pandemic situation

Australia's decision to penalise own citizen returning to country within 14 days of their stay in India has drawn deep criticism from inside Australia. There are signs that there will be legal challenge to this decision.

Australia: Decision to ban travel from India may be challenged legally

The daily COVID-19 cases in India showed a slight dip with 3,68,147 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, taking the total tally of cases to 1,99,25,604, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.

COVID-19: India records 3,68,147 new cases and 3,417 fatalities in single day  

New Zealand's quarantine-free travel arrangement with Western Australia faces disruption for the second time in eight days following fresh Covid cases in Perth. A worker at a managed isolation facility in the city and two people he shares accommodation with have tested positive, authorities said.

New Zealand-Australia travel bubble faces disruption due to fresh Covid cases

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a meeting today morning at 9:30 am to review the measures taken amid the raging second wave across the country. The Prime Minister will review the allocation of human resources as well as the availability of oxygen and medicines, sources said.

COVID-19: PM Modi to meet experts over oxygen, medicine availability, India reports slight dip in cases

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday reviewed the progress of conversion of existing nitrogen plants to produce oxygen - a feasibility explored by the Centre considering the requirement of medical oxygen amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.

PM reviews progress of converting nitrogen plants to produce oxygen

Serum Institute of India CEO Aadar Poonawalla has said that the production of COVID-19 vaccine Covishield is in full swing in Pune and he will review the operations once he is back in the country.

COVID-19: Covishield production in full swing in Pune, says Poonawalla

More emergency aid including medical Oxygen arrived in India on Sunday. The daily Covid death toll Covid attained a new high. India is setting new highs almost daily.

Oxygen aid arrives in India amid record-break Covid numbers

The US sends over 1,000 oxygen cylinders, and regulators, among others on Sunday; Germany sent 120 ventilators on Saturday.

COVID-19: Nations continue to send aid as India fights a massive battle against coronavirus

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday held a virtual meeting with experts to review oxygen and medicine availability. He also reviewed the human resource situation, in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic, and ways to augment it.

COVID-19: PM Modi reviews oxygen and medicine availability

Provinces across Canada report single day records of new COVID 19 cases. Tens of thousands of protesters marched in Montreal against restrictions imposed by the government to stem a third wave of the virus in Canada.

Coronavirus Update: No masks, social distancing in Montreal protest

India has crossed the grim milestone of recording over 400,000 cases in a single day. India has reported 401,993 cases and 3523 deaths in the last 24 hours.

India: 401,993 cases, 3523 deaths in last 24 hours

India has opened up its vaccination drive to everyone above the age of 18 but the shortage of vaccines has hampered the drive in many states.

India: States begin phase 3 of vaccination in limited manner

The United States has now successfully vaccinated over 100 million people against the deadly Coronavirus.

Coronavirus Update: US becomes the first nation to vaccinate 100 Million people

A new investigation conducted by scientists has found the probability of individuals experiencing side effects after getting the COVID-19 vaccine. King’s College London found that one out of four individuals experience mild, short-lived side effects after taking the vaccines.

One in four people experience side effects after Covid vaccines, large-scale study finds

Coronavirus cases in India hit a record daily high with over 4,00,000 new infections being reported in the last 24 hours, while the active cases crossed the 32,00,000 mark, according to date updated by the Union Health Ministry on Saturday.

COVID-19: India records highest-ever 4,01,993 new cases, 3,523 deaths 

A flight carrying the first lot of Sputnik V vaccines from Russia landed in Hyderabad, Telangana on Saturday. Last month, the Drug Controller General (DCGI) had issued permission for Dr. Reddy`s Laboratories to import the Russian vaccine to India for emergency use.

COVID-19: First lot of Russian vaccine Sputnik V arrives in India

Coronavirus cases in India hit a record daily high with over 4,00,000 new infections being reported in the last 24 hours.

COVID-19: India records highest-ever 4,01,993 new cases

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