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Multiple funeral pyres of those who died of COVID-19 burn at a ground that has been converted into a crematorium for the mass cremation of coronavirus victims, in New Delhi, India. India crossed a grim milestone Wednesday, April 28, 2021 of 200,000 people lost to the coronavirus as a devastating surge of new infections tears through dense cities and rural areas alike and overwhelms health care systems on the brink of collapse. (AP)

With 3,293 fresh fatalities today, India marks a grim milestone of two...

The country saw a record single-day rise of 3.6L cases, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.12 per cent

28 April 2021 1:07 PM IST

Four cryogenic oxygen containers have arrived in India at Panagarh Air Base from Singapore. The containers were air lifted in an IAF C-17 aircraft from at Changi airport, Singapore. (PTI)

IAF airlifts 9 cryogenic oxygen containers from Dubai, Singapore

IAF has been airlifting empty oxygen tankers and containers to various filling stations to speed up the distribution of...

28 April 2021 9:29 AM IST

French President Emmanuel Macron looks on as he speaks to the press with the Estonian prime minister following their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on October 28, 2020. (AFP)

COVID-19: France to send oxygen generators, containers to India

Several other countries as well as the WHO and the EU have also announced urgent medical assistance to India

27 April 2021 2:41 PM IST

Why is the Narendra Modi government sending letters to the states that they should have strict enforcement of crowd control when Mr Modi is himself holding giant rallies. (PTI)

Plea in Delhi HC for action against political leaders for violating...

The plea also sought directions to 'ensure compulsory home quarantine of persons who campaigned in the last one week of...

27 April 2021 2:12 PM IST

The first Oxygen Express train for Delhi carrying around 70 tonnes of the life-saving gas reaches Delhi Cantt, Tuesday early morning, April 27, 2021. (PTI/Vijay Verma)

Oxygen Express with 70 tonnes of oxygen reaches Delhi

This oxygen will now be disbursed by the Delhi government to various hospitals, officials said

27 April 2021 9:21 AM IST

Foreign ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi tweeted photos of the equipment being unloaded from a German Lufthansa aircraft in New Delhi. (Image credit: Twitter/@MEAIndia)

First shipment of UK COVID-19 medical aid arrives in India: Govt

Britain, one of several countries to announce sending help as India's health care system buckles under a huge surge in...

27 April 2021 9:12 AM IST

President Ram Nath Kovind administers the oath of office to Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana, after he was appointed as the 48th Chief Justice of India (CJI) at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi, Saturday, April 24, 2021. (PTI)

Justice Ramana sworn in as the 48th Chief Justice of India

Ramana will hold the post for about 16 months, until August 26, 2022

24 April 2021 11:32 PM IST

People inspect an ICU ward after a fire broke out in Vijay Vallabh COVID-19 hospital at Virar, near Mumbai, India, Friday, April 23, 2021. (AP)

14 Covid patients dead in Maharashtra hospital ICU fire

TV visuals showed the smoke-filled ICU in a disarray after the blaze, with the ceiling falling off in some places

24 April 2021 9:00 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)

Modi asks states to act against hoarding

PM asks states to prevent panic drug buying

24 April 2021 8:58 AM IST

Covid-19 patients are being treated with oxygen at the Tshwane District Hospital in Pretoria, South Africa. (AP)

Armed Forces to import 23 mobile O2 generation plants from Germany

Each mobile oxygen plant has a capacity to produce 40 litres of oxygen per minute and 2,400 litres an hour

24 April 2021 8:57 AM IST

A relative of a Covid-19 victim (2L) pays his respect before a cremation at Nigambodh Ghat Crematorium on the banks of the Yamuna river in New Delhi in the early hour of April 22, 2021. (AFP)

COVID-19: Over 3.32 lakh fresh cases in India in single day, record...

Country's total tally surge to 1,62,63,695, while active cases cross the 24-lakh mark

23 April 2021 11:33 AM IST

Modi said the nation is looking to build a natural gas pipeline grid to boost usage of the environment-friendly fuel that would help cut carbon emissions. (Photo:PTI)

Modi calls for quick action to save world

Modi said that humanity is battling a pandemic and tht it is a timely reminder that the grave threat of climate change...

23 April 2021 8:03 AM IST