Tag: India

India suffers as black fungus declared epidemic amid COVID-19 surge

- Times Report -

India has been struggling against a devastating second wave of COVID-19 infections, but now the country is suffering another epidemic blow as a rare fungal infection affecting some COVID-19 patients was declared an epidemic. A large number of black fungus (mucormycosis) cases have been reported from across the country, even leading

20 dead as Cyclone Tauktae wreaks India’s West Coast

- Times Report -

A monster cyclone hit India on Tuesday, bringing strong winds and heavy rain that killed at least 20 people and disrupted the vaccination program that the country desperately needs to contain the spiraling Covid-19 pandemic. Cyclone Tauktae wreaked havoc across large swaths of the country, crashing massive waves onto beaches, turning

Govt extends closure of land border with India

- Times Report -

The closure of the Bangladesh land border with India has been extended for another 14 days due to Covid-19 situation. The decision to extend the land border was taken at a virtual meeting chaired by Foreign Secretary Masud bin Momen on Saturday (May 7th), a Foreign Ministry official present at the

Hundreds of Bangladeshis stranded in Kolkata

- Dipak Mukherjee, Kolkata -

Hundreds of Bangladeshis stranded in Kolkata after the Bangladesh government suddenly closed its borders with India urged upon Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to allow them to get back home. Most of them are ailing people who came to various hospitals at Chennai, Delhi and Kolkata for treatment purposes. But on reaching

Double mutant linked to surge: Indian Govt

- Times Report -

The Indian government has said that a double mutant variant of the coronavirus, first discovered there in March, may be linked to the deadly second wave surge there. Samples containing the mutant or B.1.617 variant have been found in several states with high number of cases. An official associated with the National

Corona, China and India’s lost priorities

- Afsan Chowdhury -

Suddenly India looks very vulnerable in the face of corona. The general feeling was that the virus had been tackled in India and it emerged as a “hero ‘to its people. While infection rates soared in the rest of the world, India was relatively safe. On top of that India

India gets first batch of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine

- Times Report -

The first batch of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in India on Saturday, according to reports by TASS. The vaccine was delivered to the airport of Hyderabad by the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which oversees the project. Sputnik V is the third vaccine to be used in India. Earlier, only

Bangladesh offers emergency medical supplies to India

- Times Report -

The government of Bangladesh has offered to dispatch emergency basis medicines and medical equipment for the people of India as the country is crippled with a rapidly deteriorating coronavirus situation. The supplies include approximately 10,000 vials of injectable anti-viral, oral anti-viral, 30,000 PPE kits, and several thousand zinc, calcium, vitamin C

Lessons to learn from India’s Covid

- Afsan Chowdhury -

India’s disaster in managing the Covid and the resultant human suffering is a brutal lesson in reality checking. India not only looks unprepared but downright incompetent. For a country that has always claimed to be the best run in South Asia, it’s scary to see how hard one may fall