India

600,000 does of India-made Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccine have been delivered to Ghana

India is struggling to convince its health and front-line workers to take a homegrown COVID-19 vaccine controversially approved without late-stage efficacy data, government data showed dashboard.cowin.gov.in on Thursday, days ahead of a wider roll-out.

India and Pakistan’s militaries said on Thursday that they had agreed to stop firing along their disputed border in Kashmir, where such gunfire has been frequent in recent months, often killing or maiming people living in the area.

India is likely to harvest a record 109.24 million tonnes of wheat this year, the farm ministry said, further boosting stocks at government granaries that are fast running out of storage space due to more than a decade of bumper production.

India renamed the world’s largest cricket stadium after Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, a move that drew immediate praise and criticism.

This song is written by Shyamal Gupta, set to music by P.V.Krishnamoorthy, and song by Shyamal Mitra. It was recorded at the Calcutta station of All India Radio in the 1960s.

Players from India and England have been admiring the refurbished Motera - the world's largest cricket stadium.

India will on Tuesday make its first shipment of a locally made COVID-19 shot to the WHO-backed equitable vaccine distribution network COVAX, the government said.

Sri Lanka is on the horns of a dilemma, with India also making a good counter offer, but the Tamil parties in the North are wanting China out and India in

Active Covid-19 cases in India rose for the fifth consecutive day following an upsurge in infections in Maharashtra, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh. According to the Union Health Ministry, active cases went past the 1.5 lakh mark on Monday after a gap of 17 days, with total infections crossing 1.10 crore. Maharashtra and Kerala account for 74 per cent...