The government’s top scientific adviser has warned that a third wave is inevitable India has said a new variant of the coronavirus first discovered there in...
Covid nasal swab testing has become routine in many countries hit by the global pandemic (file picture) Several employees of a pharmaceutical company have been arrested...
A 16-year old receives a dose of the Pfizer vaccine President Joe Biden has laid out plans to vaccinate 70% of US adults by 4 July...
Health officials have warned of rising numbers of Covid-19 cases at base camp Mountaineers and authorities at Everest base camp in Nepal have told the BBC...
On Monday, a senior official from India’s federal government told journalists that there was no shortage of oxygen in Delhi or anywhere else in the country....
Twitter has suspended the account of contentious Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut over a tweet that allegedly incited violence. In it, she asks Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
Delhi hospitals are struggling to cope with huge numbers of Covid patients The authorities in the Indian capital Delhi have called for help from the army...
Prince Harry spoke to a crowd of fully vaccinated guests at the Vax Live concert in Los Angeles The Duke of Sussex has called for vaccines...
TMC supporters have been celebrating after being returned to power in West Bengal Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party has failed to win a key state...
Hospitals in Delhi continued to send desperate messages for emergency oxygen supplies through the night on Sunday, warning that patients are at risk. The crisis started...
Australia has imposed a temporary ban on citizens in India returning home Australia’s threat to jail citizens returning home from India has sparked condemnation, with critics...
Protesters skirmished with riot police during a May Day protest in Istanbul, Turkey Turkish police have arrested more than 200 people for holding unauthorised protests on...
The image was posted by an account linked to an official Chinese law enforcement agency A social media post from an account linked to the Chinese...
Hospitals are battling to treat patients amid shortages of beds and medical oxygen India has recorded its highest daily coronavirus death toll since the pandemic began...
All flights from India, including repatriation flights, have been banned Australian citizens returning home from India could face up to five years in jail and fines...
Stephen Karanja campaigned on numerous issues A Kenyan doctor who became a vociferous opponent of the Covid-19 vaccine has succumbed to the virus, weeks after saying...
The 14-day average of deaths has been falling though the number remains high The number of deaths related to Covid-19 has passed 400,000 in Brazil, the...
The government has defended its handling of the crisis amid mounting criticism Officials in Delhi have been urged to find more sites for cremations as the...
Amazon continued to cash in on our new shop-work-relax-from-home habits in the first three months of this year, reporting a huge rise in sales and a...
Streets and markets are crowded ahead of the lockdown which starts on Thursday evening The streets are crowded, the shopping centres busy and the traffic heavy....