India

Two million rushed to shelters as India braces for another cyclone

KOLKATA, India (AFP) -- A powerful cyclone headed for eastern India Tuesday, forcing the evacuation of nearly two million people…

India passes 300,000 Covid-19 deaths

NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- India said Monday it had passed more than 300,000 coronavirus deaths, the third country after…

Another cyclone looms for India, week after deadly storm

KOLKATA, India (AFP) -- A severe cyclone is brewing off India's eastern coast, the nation's weather bureau warned Sunday, as…

Indian states sound Covid ‘black fungus’ alarm as cases surge

NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- States across India ordered emergency measures Thursday to counter a surge in the rare deadly…

New India cyclone warning as death toll rises

AHMEDABAD, India (AFP) -- A major new storm was brewing in the Bay of Bengal off India's east coast, forecasters…

India reports record 4,529 daily Covid-19 deaths

NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- India on Wednesday reported a record 4,529 coronavirus deaths in a single day even as…

33 dead, dozens missing as cyclone batters Covid-stricken India

by Sam Panthaky MAHUVA, India (AFP) -- At least 33 people died and more than 90 were missing on Tuesday…

127 missing after vessel sinks in India cyclone: navy

MUMBAI, India (AFP) -- Some 127 people were missing Tuesday after a vessel adrift off Mumbai's coast sank during Cyclone…

Monster cyclone makes landfall in Covid-stricken India

by Sam Panthaky MAHUVA, India (AFP) -- A deadly cyclone blasted ashore in western India late Monday with fierce winds…

Pfizer, Moderna vaccines effective against Indian variants: study

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccines should remain highly effective against two coronavirus variants first…

Deadly cyclone bears down on Covid-stricken India

AHMEDABAD, India (AFP) -- A major cyclone packing ferocious winds and threatening a destructive storm surge bore down on India…

Four dead as powerful cyclone heads for India

AHMEDABAD, India (AFP) -- At least four people have died in torrential rain and winds as virus-hit India braces for…

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