Covid LIVE: PM Modi asks EU to back India, SA on patent waiver for vaccines

Coronavirus live updates: Coronavirus cases are surging rapidly in states like Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra, Bengal, Bihar, Haryana, Odisha and Uttarakhand. Stay tuned for corona-related news

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Centre did no work in last six months, ministers came to Bengal every day to capture it: CM Mamata Banerjee

Centre did no work in last six months, ministers came to Bengal every day to capture it: CM Mamata Banerjee

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Only vaccination can save us from third coronavirus wave, says Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

Only vaccination can save us from third coronavirus wave, says Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

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Coronavirus LIVE: Need 20.6 mn vaccines for all Delhiites, says Kejriwal

Coronavirus LIVE: Need 20.6 mn vaccines for all Delhiites, says Kejriwal

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Delhi coronavirus update: 100,000 does of vaccines being administered everyday, says Arvind Kejriwal

Delhi coronavirus update: 100,000 does of vaccines being administered everyday, says Arvind Kejriwal

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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's presser underway

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's presser underway

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Delhi coronavirus update: Arvind Kejriwal will address an important digital press conference today at 12 noon

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BCCI's WTC plan: 8-day bubble in India, 10-day quarantine in UK from June 2, families to travel

BCCI's WTC plan: 8-day bubble in India, 10-day quarantine in UK from June 2, families to travel

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Congress likely to hold CWC meet on May 10 over Covid-19 situation in India

As the second wave of Covid-19 continues to ravage the country, Congress is likely to hold a Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting on May 10 to discuss the pandemic situation in India.

 

On Friday, Congress President Sonia Gandhi had alleged that the BJP-led government at the Centre has "failed the people of country", and "abdicated its fundamental responsibilities and duties towards the people" in the Covid-19 crisis and demanded that it should urgently call an all-party meeting to discuss the pandemic situation. Read on...

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Actor Kangana Ranaut says she has tested positive for Covid-19

Actor Kangana Ranaut says she has tested positive for Covid-19

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Maharashtra coronavirus update: Pune police enforce complete weekend lockdown in the city

Only pharmaceutical shops are allowed to function during the weekend lockdown.

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Coronavirus in India: Summary of MoHFW data (May 8)

Active cases: 3,723,446 (Net addition: 78,282)

Deaths: 238,270 (Net increase: 4,187)

Cured: 17,930,960 (Net increase: 318,609)

Total cases: 21,892,676 (Net increase: 401,078)

Total vaccination: 167,346,544 (Increase over previous day: 2,370,298)

 

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Haryana coronavirus update: 13,867 new Covid-19 cases recorded

Haryana records 13,867 new Covid-19 cases, 13,584 recoveries and 162 deaths in the last 24 hours

 

Active cases: 1,15,963

Total cases: 5,87,682

Total recoveries: 4,66,420

Death toll: 5,299

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Tamil Nadu government announces complete lockdown for two weeks starting May 10

Tamil Nadu government announces complete lockdown for two weeks starting May 10 to control the spread of Covid-19

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Shekhar Gupta: Flailing state in Covid storm

Is India a failed state? Certainly news magazine India Today thinks so. I would humbly disagree. We aren’t a failed state yet. For, if we were, the publication wouldn’t have said so on its cover, and I wouldn’t be writing this article.

 

If India was a failed state already, we might not have known how badly we were failing. As long as a nation’s own media, civil society, even individual citizens are free to bring the bad news to all, hold the mirror to the most powerful ruler in at least four decades, we are not a failed state yet.

 

What are we then? I might have a more apt description, a flailing state. Writhing in pain, tossing about in desperation, confused, chaotic, poorly-led, on the verge of a disaster. But still looking for answers.

 

Flailing state, therefore, is a better characterisation for India today, writes Shekhar Gupta. Read on...

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Surge of Covid-19 infections and deaths in India is nothing short of heartbreaking, says Kamala Harris

The surge of Covid-19 infections & deaths in India is nothing short of heartbreaking. To those of you who have lost loved ones, I send my deepest condolences. As soon as the dire nature of situation became apparent, our Administration took action: US Vice President Kamala Harris