By Shruti Menon BBC Reality Check Reality Check Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that all adults in India will now get free vaccines. “It has been decided that from 21 June, all adults over the age of 18 will be vaccinated [for] free,” Mr Modi said. “Whether it is the poor, the lower […]
By Faisal Islam Economics editor Coronavirus pandemic The US was worst hit by the pandemic in the G7 big Western democracies over the first year of Covid-19, according to an updated study of excess death figures. The analysis, done for the BBC by the Health Foundation, comes on the eve of the G7 summit in […]
By Geeta Pandey BBC News, Delhi Has Bollywood – India’s hugely popular Hindi film industry – become more progressive over the years? Yes – and no – says an artificial intelligence (AI) driven study of dialogues from hundreds of films over the past 70 years. The $2.1bn (£1.5bn) industry churns out hundreds of films every […]
Coronavirus pandemic What happens when you combine the world’s biggest boyband with one of the world’s most popular burger chains? Complete and utter chaos, it seems. Or at least that was the experience of a number of Indonesian branches of McDonald’s, which found themselves so swamped with demand for the newly launched BTS Meal they […]
By Joel Gunter BBC News The human rights organisation Amnesty International has said China is committing crimes against humanity in Xinjiang, the north-western region that is home to the Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities. In a report published on Thursday, Amnesty called on the UN to investigate, and said China had subjected Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and […]
Australia is under pressure to release a refugee family from a Christmas Island detention centre after their three-year-old child had to be medically evacuated to the mainland. Tharnicaa Murugappan was taken to a Perth hospital after being unwell with a fever, vomiting and dizziness. Advocates say she has since been diagnosed with sepsis and pneumonia, […]
Soutik Biswas India correspondent Late on the night of 4 May, shots rang out in the Indian capital, Delhi, at a sports stadium famous for wrestling. When the police arrived at the Chhatrasal stadium, they found five vehicles parked outside and a shotgun and three cartridges in the backseat of an SUV. They also found […]
The second wave of Covid-19 ravaged India as hospitals and then crematoriums ran out of space. Families struggled to find beds, oxygen or even medicines to save their loved ones. While cities were first hit, the second wave soon reached rural parts of the country. Hundreds died due to poor or no access to good […]
India coronavirus lockdown Major Indian states that have been virus hotpots are easing restrictions as Covid case numbers continue to fall. National capital Delhi and financial hub, Mumbai, are among the cities that are opening partially. This comes in the wake of a crushing second wave that saw hospital beds, medicines and even oxygen run […]
Two passenger trains have collided in southern Pakistan, killing at least 40 people and injuring dozens more. Officials said that one train travelling in Sindh province had derailed and landed on another track. A second train packed with passengers then collided with it and overturned. Rescue teams took the injured to nearby hospitals and it […]
