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India starts booster shots amid omicron surge

Jan 10, 2022

Healthcare and front-line workers along with people above age 60 with health problems lined up Monday at vaccination centers.

Over 400 Indian parliament staff test COVID positive

Jan 9, 2022

Over 400 Indian parliament staff members have tested positive for COVID-19, local media reports said Sunday.

India records first death from Omicron

Jan 6, 2022

India's federal health ministry Wednesday recorded the first death linked to the Omicron variant of COVID-19.

Prime Minister Deuba to visit India on Sunday

Jan 5, 2022

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is scheduled to visit India next Sunday. A meeting of the Council of Ministers on Wednesday approved the Prime Minister's visit to India.

Checkpoints accelerate COVID tests as Omicron rages in India

Jan 4, 2022

With the increasing number of Omicron virus infection cases in India, initiatives have been taken at the border checkpoint to prevent Omicron's entry.

Delhi CM Kejriwal, other leaders test COVID-19 positive

Jan 4, 2022

Ten ministers, 20 other state parliamentarians from India's Maharashtra state have been confirmed to be infected with the coronavirus.

Night curfew imposed in New Delhi from today

Dec 27, 2021

A night curfew has been imposed in New Delhi, India from today as the numbers of COVID-19 patients are increasing.

As air quality improves, Delhi schools to open from Nov 29

Nov 24, 2021

World's most polluted cities: Kathmandu at eight spot

Nov 20, 2021

Nepal's capital city, Kathmandu has been listed on the eighth spot of the world's most polluted cities.

Smog chokes New Delhi as air pollution levels soar

Nov 14, 2021

The city’s air quality index fell into the “very poor” category on Sunday, according to SAFAR, India’s main environmental monitoring agency, and in many areas levels of the deadly particulate matter reached around six times the global safety threshold.