India’s health system is collapsing under the fastest spreading coronavirus surge since the pandemic started. Another 259,170 cases were recorded on Tuesday, the world’s highest daily rate, and 1,761 deaths, the country’s highest ever daily toll, after a new variant of Covid emerged which scientists fear could partly evade vaccines. The British government added the country to its … Read more
India’s health system is collapsing under the fastest spreading coronavirus surge since the pandemic started. Another 259,170 cases were recorded on Tuesday, the world’s highest daily rate, and 1,761 deaths, the country’s highest ever daily toll, after a new variant of Covid emerged which scientists fear could partly evade vaccines. The British government added the country to … Read more
Locals hit by the glacier flood disaster in India this month which killed up to 200 people believe a nuclear device placed in the Himalayas by US Cold War spies caused the deluge. Part of a glacier and a large chunk of rock face broke off in the mountains of Uttarakhand, jamming a river before … Read more
Locals hit by the glacier flood disaster in India this month which killed up to 200 people believe a nuclear device placed in the Himalayas by US Cold War spies caused the deluge. Part of a glacier and a large chunk of rock face broke off in the mountains of Uttarakhand, jamming a river before … Read more
Scores of people gathered at a demonstration in central London on Sunday in solidarity with farmers protesting new laws in India. The Metropolitan Police warned people at the Indian High Commission that they risked being fined if they break coronavirus restrictions, and urged protesters to leave the area. One arrest was made. The Sikh UK … Read more
New Delhi was blanketed in noxious haze Friday as air pollution levels in parts of the city soared to ‘severe’ levels, hours after US President Donald Trump described the air in the vast nation as ‘filthy’. Smoke from agricultural burning, vehicle fumes and industrial emissions – combined with cooler temperatures and slow-moving winds that trap … Read more
Leading bidder pulls out of race to buy stricken department store chain Debenhams By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 11 October 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 11 October 2020 The leading bidder has pulled out of the race to buy the stricken department store chain Debenhams, according to reports. India’s richest … Read more
Bollywood star is quizzed by India’s drug squad: Deepika Padukone arrives for interview by Narcotics Control Bureau as part of an probe into film industry’s links with drug peddlers and cartels Three Bollywood actors questioned by India’s narcotics agency earlier today Deepika Padukone arrived at office before Shraddha Kapoor and Sara Ali Khan Bollywood drug probe … Read more
Shropshire councillors are set to debate the removal of a statue of 18th Century profiteer Clive of India. More than 20,000 people have signed two online petitions calling for the statue in Shrewsbury to be torn down due to Robert Clive’s role in establishing British power in India with the East India Company. One titled ‘bring down … Read more
Dead bodies have reportedly piled up in hospital lobbies as India’s capital fast runs out of hospital beds and struggles to contain the pandemic amid a surge in coronavirus cases. It comes after critics said it did too little to prepare and reopened shopping malls and temples too soon. Some families of people infected with … Read more