India is continuing efforts to evacuate people from Afghanistan as the situation remains fluid after the Taliban’s rapid takeover of the country. A batch of 146 stranded Indians who were evacuated to Doha, arrived in Delhi on Monday. They travelled to the capital in three different flights, including a transport plane, according to reports. With […]
Soutik Biswas India correspondent Last Sunday, as Afghanistan fell to the Taliban, a woman in Kabul and her teenage son packed their lives into two leather suitcases and set out for the airport. In the suitcases were jewellery, watches, cash, hard drives and work papers, and what clothes they could fit, including winter clothes, in […]
By Zoya Mateen BBC News, Delhi Coronavirus pandemic The World Health Organization (WHO) said it has identified counterfeit versions of India’s primary Covid vaccine, Covishield. The doses were seized by authorities in India and Africa between July and August, a WHO statement said. It also said the vaccine’s maker, Serum Institute of India, confirmed that […]
Indian scientists have discovered a new plant species in India’s Andamans archipelago. Biologists found a marine green algae during a trip to the island in 2019. Identification is laborious, and it took the scientists nearly two years to confirm that the species had been discovered for the first time. Scientists say this the first discovery […]
Soutik Biswas India correspondent Coronavirus pandemic Last September, Vipul Shah spent 11 days in critical care battling Covid-19 in a hospital in Mumbai. Mr Shah, who had no previous history of diabetes, was administered steroids which are used to treat the coronavirus infection. Steroids reduce inflammation in the lungs for Covid-19 and appear to […]
At least 10 people have died and dozens more are trapped under debris after a landslide in a Himalayan district in northern India. Falling boulders swept a truck, a bus and other vehicles from a stretch of highway in Himachal Pradesh state. Rescue operations are being hampered by rocks that are continuing to fall, officials […]
Violent border clashes between India’s north-eastern states of Assam and Mizoram last week left several dead and many more injured. Subir Bhaumik travelled to the region to find out how a long-running border dispute was affecting the lives of locals. The highway connecting Mizoram, a hilly state of 1.3 million people, to the rest of […]
By Geeta Pandey BBC News, Delhi Female teachers in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh have started a campaign seeking three days of menstrual leave every month. Many teachers say they have to travel long distances to areas that are not well connected by public transport and that filthy toilets at schools – which […]
The Indian women’s hockey team made history by qualifying for their first Olympic semi-final – they lost to Great Britain in a nip and tuck battle on Friday. But the journey has not been an easy one, writes Deepti Patwardhan. “What will she do playing hockey? She will run around the field wearing a short […]
Daniel Leussink Tokyo 2020 Olympics – Hockey – Men – Bronze medal match – Germany v India – Oi Hockey Stadium, Tokyo, Japan – August 5, 2021. Sreejesh Parattu Raveendran of India poses for pictures as he celebrates winning the match for bronze. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo TOKYO, Aug 5 (Reuters) – India won the bronze […]
