Hitting out at the Centre, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said the government's "repeated chest-thumping" at receiving foreign aid to tackle the COVID-19 crisis in the country is pathetic, and had it done its job, it would not have come to this.
The Human Rights and Peace Society (HRPS) has drawn its attention to an appeal to the public relating to COVID-19 issued by the Ministry of Health and Population.
A fire in a COVID-19 hospital ward in western India killed 18 patients early Saturday, as the country grappling with the worst outbreak yet steps up a vaccination drive for all its adults even though some states say don’t have enough jabs.
Indian scientists appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to publicly release virus data that would allow them to save lives as coronavirus cases climbed again on Friday.
Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali has said the enhanced regional and international assistance was inevitable in its efforts to effectively respond to the pandemic