Thousands of immigrants who live in the United States on temporary visas and traveled to India in recent weeks have been stranded there under the Biden administration’s travel ban.
Tens of thousands of people were evacuated from western India as a powerful cyclone approached. The severe weather threatened to divert resources from combating a deadly wave of coronavirus.
A detailed map shows the extent of the coronavirus outbreak, with charts and tables of the number of cases and deaths.
As the health care system fails, clandestine markets have emerged for drugs, oxygen, hospital beds and funeral services. Fake goods may be putting lives at risk.
The cyclone is expected to make landfall on India’s northwest state of Gujarat on Sunday evening.
British officials are considering targeted vaccinations and renewed restrictions after the number of cases of B.1.617 tripled in just over a week.
At 22, she helped establish the underground station Congress Radio, which amplified Mahatma Gandhi’s message of rebellion.
Vaccine shortages, porous borders and fleeing migrant workers have nearby countries fearing that they will share India’s fate.
Vaccines alone won’t save the country.
International donors are raising millions, but the Modi administration has erected hurdles for overseas organizations and guided money toward officially endorsed groups.
Just a few months ago, the southwestern state of Goa was welcoming tourists from across the rest of the country. Now it is in the grip of a major outbreak.
Infections, deaths and breakdowns that began in big cities a few weeks ago are rapidly advancing into rural areas, unleashing deep fear in places with little medical safety net.
The push to vaccinate teens.
Federal agents descended on the massive temple in Robbinsville, N.J., as a lawsuit charged that low-caste men had been lured from India to work for about $1 an hour.
Born in 1931, she found her calling late in life but inspired thousands of people, especially women and girls, through her passion for the sport of shooting.
El Serum Institute prometió proteger al país de la COVID-19 e inocular a los pobres del mundo, pero la crisis en India lo ha sobrepasado.
He was a close aide to the most powerful Kashmiri separatist leader for 50 years, but he was arrested a year ago and imprisoned. He died in a hospital of the coronavirus.
The World Health Organization said Monday that the B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus, which has spread throughout India is now a “variant of concern,” and may be fueling a rise in infections.
Experts caution that it’s not yet clear just how much of a factor that the variant, B.1.617, has played in the catastrophic rise in cases in India, which are likely undercounted.
While the outbreak in India is capturing the most attention, the pervasive reach of the virus means that the likelihood is growing that it will persist in most parts of the world.
A vaccine crisis in India.
The condition, known as mucormycosis, seems to be infecting some Covid patients with weakened immune systems and underlying conditions, particularly diabetes.
The Serum Institute vowed to protect the country from Covid-19 and inoculate the world’s poor, but India’s crisis has pushed it past its limits.
Mourners in protective gear, or watching from home. Long waits at the cremation grounds. The trauma of loss has become both lonely and public.
A pesar de las promesas iniciales, el mundo desarrollado ha hecho poco por promover la vacunación mundial, lo que los analistas califican de fracaso moral y epidemiológico.
El aumento en la demanda de oxígeno médico más allá del suministro disponible en hospitales, especialmente en India, es otro ejemplo de lo poco preparado que estaba el mundo para enfrentar la pandemia.
Mr. Sorabjee was a constitutional expert and free speech advocate who served two stints as the nation’s attorney general. He died of the coronavirus.
A telehealth program that Dolly Arjun founded several years ago to provide free health care to Indians has taken on new meaning amid India’s current outbreak.
The country's coronavirus disaster is the world's problem.
The United States is also urging its citizens to leave the country.
West Bengal’s voters showed they won’t put up with his misogyny and divisive politics.
The frightening surge of coronavirus cases in India has overwhelmed many hospitals in recent days, at times forcing staff members to provide medical treatment inside ambulances while patients wait for beds.
After a career of activism on behalf of the lower castes, Mr. Sathidar was cast in a movie that reflected his life. He died of complications of Covid-19.
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, India’s foreign minister, is in London for meetings before a June summit of leaders from the world’s top industrial powers.
Debido a los aumentos repentinos en esas regiones, y en Europa del Este, el número promedio de nuevos casos diarios ha superado los 800.000 durante más de una semana.
In the thick of a crisis, people need signposts to find resources and answers, but “you’re not in that mental state to go to Google and do that research,” said Prarthana Sannamani.
Despite early vows, the developed world has done little to promote global vaccination, in what analysts call both a moral and epidemiological failure.
An American, he hoped to improve the representation of gay people in Indian media in the manner of “Will & Grace.” He died of Covid-19.
The global need for oxygen has spiked far beyond the available supply at hospitals, especially in India — another example of how unprepared the world was to face the Covid-19 pandemic.
The global need for oxygen has spiked far beyond the available supply at hospitals, especially in India — another example of how unprepared the world was to face the Covid-19 pandemic.
An official social media post contrasting Beijing’s successes with its neighbor’s coronavirus woes drew a backlash from some, who called it callous.
The Indian Premier League suspended its cricket season after several teams reported infections. It had drawn intense criticism for going ahead with games in hard-hit cities.
The West has hoarded vaccines and blocked developing nations from making their own. President Biden can put a stop to that.
At least 10 people, and possibly as many as 24, died after a hospital ran out of an increasingly precious resource here: medical oxygen. It was the latest in a growing series of such accidents.
Critics condemned the move to temporarily bar Australians, including children, as unnecessarily harsh, a violation of citizenship principles and a cultural double standard. Officials say the policy is necessary.
With the Covid-19 crisis pushing the health care system past the breaking point, online grass-roots networks have sprung up to get aid to people who need it.
Uncontrolled outbreaks in any country threaten to prolong the pandemic globally even as some nations report progress and rising vaccinations.
A political setback for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The prime minister’s party lost big in West Bengal amid criticism that his mishandling of the pandemic had fueled a catastrophic surge of cases in India.
The country’s caseload remains higher than any other has ever reached.
The executive told The Times of London that he had arrived in Britain for “an extended time” just before travel restrictions would have blocked him. But he then tweeted he would return to India in days after business meetings.
Health officials in the Himalayan nation warn of an “unmanageable” situation as infections reach levels not seen since last fall.
Led by surges in the two hotspots and Eastern Europe, the average number of new daily cases has exceeded 800,000 for more than a week.
Overconfidence and missteps contributed to the country’s devastating second wave, his critics say, tarnishing the prime minister’s aura of political invulnerability.
In WhatsApp chats, video calls, Facebook groups and forums, a global community has scrambled to save, and sometimes mourn, Covid-stricken loved ones.
As they discussed the decision this week, top health officials warned the White House about uncertainty over how vaccines might respond to a homegrown virus variant in India.
The news compounded the sense of despair overwhelming the nation of 1.4 billion, now suffering the worst pandemic wave anywhere.
The news compounded the sense of despair overwhelming the nation of 1.4 billion, now suffering the worst pandemic wave anywhere.
“The policy will be implemented in light of extraordinarily high Covid-19 caseloads and multiple variants circulating in India,” said Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, who noted the move was done on the advice of the Centers for Disease ...
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After his parents fell seriously ill with Covid-19, Ajay Koli went on a desperate hunt for oxygen and medical care.
Graphic images of mass cremations cut through the Indian government’s wall of noise, misinformation and propaganda about its handling of the Covid-19 crisis.
The Indian Premier League is criticized for creating a “bio-bubble” for cricket players while ordinary Indians struggle to find hospital beds and 3,000 people die each day from the coronavirus.
What is behind the explosion of new coronavirus cases that is overwhelming the South Asian country?
What is behind the explosion of new coronavirus cases that is overwhelming the South Asian country?
Overwhelmed by the pandemic, the country that is a leading maker of vaccines is facing its own crisis at home — and that may be a problem for a world in need of vaccine.
Part of a famous duet with his brother, he brought traditional ragas to generations of young musicians. He died of Covid 19-related complications.
Every adult in the country — some 940 million people — will be eligible for shots starting on Saturday, but doctors say there aren’t enough to go around.
Mientras el país sufre la peor crisis de coronavirus del mundo, nuestro jefe de la oficina de Nueva Delhi describe el miedo de vivir en medio de una enfermedad que se extiende a tal escala y velocidad.
Readers worry about how the C.D.C. guidelines will play out. Also: Vaccines for India.
Tech giants have so much power. They could do more to help Indians facing such a devastating crisis.
The New York Times wants to understand what you have endured, and we want to know what you’re doing to comfort one another until India can return to its bustle and vibrancy.
Donors around the world are giving money for meals, medical expenses, P.P.E. and oxygen tanks, among other essential supplies. Here’s how you can help.
Doctors, the public and the media point to anecdotal evidence of infections even among the vaccinated. Scientists say the data is too thin and cite other reasons behind the country’s second wave.
As a devastating coronavirus outbreak sweeps the country, pushing the total death toll to more than 200,000, medical oxygen has become scarce.
How did the country go from successfully containing the virus to having the worst outbreak in the world?
India’s terrifying second wave.
As India suffers the world’s worst coronavirus crisis, our New Delhi bureau chief describes the fear of living amid a disease spreading at such scale and speed.
President Biden will send up to 60 million doses of AstraZeneca’s vaccine to countries pleading for help, but some see a medicine dropper for “a four-alarm fire.”
Countries, companies and powerful members of the diaspora have all pledged to pitch in, but it likely won’t be enough to stop the unfolding catastrophe.
AstraZeneca’s vaccine has also not been granted emergency use authorization by the Food and Drug Administration. And the administration would not specify which countries will receive the vaccine.
The Biden administration, under pressure to help with a surge raging out of control, will also supply therapeutics, test kits, ventilators and protective gear.
Aimed at Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, the move sets up a clash over free speech amid a widening political and public health crisis.
India may be underreporting coronavirus numbers.
Previously, Biden administration officials had pushed back as pressure mounted for the U.S. to help combat the surge in India.
The working conditions of the so-called karigars, who make handicrafts for luxury brands, have long been an issue. Now many have no job at all.
The Biden administration is blocking the export of supplies that Indian vaccine makers say they need to expand production.
India’s dire Covid crisis is having global ripple effects, especially in Africa, which has 17 percent of the world’s people but is far behind in vaccinations.
Fatalities have been overlooked or downplayed, understating the human toll of the country’s outbreak, which accounts for nearly half of all new cases in a global surge.
India set a global record for new daily coronavirus infections on Friday, beating the previous record from the day before, while oxygen supplies dwindled.
The Supreme Court ordered the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to come up with a national oxygen distribution plan as coronavirus cases continue to set records.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi canceled campaign rallies as India set a global record for new infections for the second straight day.
Athaiya, a costume designer on more than 100 films, won the award in 1983 for her work on “Gandhi.”
President Biden’s new pledge to cut emissions at least 50 percent below 2005 levels by 2030 is one of the more aggressive near-term targets among advanced economies.
More than 312,000 cases were recorded in just 24 hours, surpassing the previous single-day high set in the United States in January.
The surge is being driven largely by an outbreak in India, where the authorities reported nearly 300,000 new cases on Wednesday alone.
The surge is being driven largely by an outbreak in India, where the authorities reported nearly 300,000 new cases on Wednesday alone.
The surge is being driven largely by an outbreak in India, where the authorities reported nearly 300,000 new cases on Wednesday alone.
At least 22 people died from loss of oxygen in a hospital accident. Infections hit a daily record. And the government faced criticism for allowing an enormous Hindu festival to continue.
To slow down climate change, new coal projects need to end. A global forecast this week shows demand rising sharply.
Complacency and lack of preparation by the Indian government pushed the country into an unprecedented crisis.
Crosscurrents of religion and culture shaped this stunningly detailed portrait of the 17th-century Mughal emperor who built the Taj Mahal.
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On Wednesday, the storm made landfall on India’s eastern coast with wind speeds between 100 and 115 miles per hour.