Covid-19: Has India’s deadly second wave peaked?
Soutik Biswas India correspondent Coronavirus pandemic India has recorded 26 million Covid-19 cases – second only to the US. It…
Central Vista: Does Indian PM Narendra Modi really need a new house?
By Geeta Pandey BBC News, Delhi Rajpath (King’s Avenue), in the centre of the Indian capital, is to Delhi’ites what…
Myanmar coup: Junta head claims Aung San Suu Kyi ‘in good health’
Myanmar’s military leader has claimed Aung San Suu Kyi is “in good health” in his first interview since leading a…
Tarun Tejpal: Indian former editor cleared of raping colleague
By Geeta Pandey BBC News, Delhi An Indian court has cleared Tarun Tejpal, the former editor of Tehelka magazine, of…
Amphotericin-B: Concern over ‘black fungus’ drug shortage as cases rise
Coronavirus pandemic An anti-fungal drug used in the treatment of a rare infection called mucormycosis, or “black fungus”, is in…
Cyclone Tauktae: Covid-battered India braces for landfall
Coronavirus pandemic India’s western state of Gujarat is braced for the landfall of cyclone Tauktae, which is likely to be…
How India’s vaccine drive went horribly wrong
By Nikhil Inamdar and Aparna Alluri BBC News Coronavirus pandemic It took 31-year-old Sneha Marathe half a day to book…
India Covid: Do reinfections pose a challenge to vaccines?
Soutik Biswas India correspondent Coronavirus pandemic IMAGE COPYRIGHT PALLAVA BAGLAimage caption Pallava Bagla (right) was infected and hospitalised weeks after…
India’s Covid crisis: The newsroom counting the uncounted deaths
Soutik Biswas India correspondent Coronavirus pandemic On 1 April, the wife and daughter of an editor of a leading newspaper…
India Covid: Kumbh Mela pilgrims turn into super-spreaders
By Geeta Pandey BBC News, Delhi Kumbh Mela When millions of devout Hindus gathered last month in the Himalayan town…