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On Saturday, New Delhi recorded 24,000 coronavirus cases in a 24-hour period

Foreign minister says Pakistan is ready to talk to India if it reverses its illegal steps of August 5, 2019

Criticism mounts over Indian govt’s handling of the health crisis with shortage of beds, oxygen cylinders & vaccines

Led by TeK president, protesters urge UK govt to cancel Modi’s invite to upcoming G-7 meeting

New Delhi fears that instability in Afghanistan could spill over into IIOJK

Festival of Kumbh Mela has long rung alarm bells among health experts who say it could turn into a ‘super-spreader’

India breached 200,000 daily infections for the first time on Thursday

With 217,353 fresh infections, the country recorded its eighth highest daily increase in the last nine days

Says heightened tensions in the region raise the risk of conflict; rules out full-scale war

New Delhi challenges IHC jurisdiction in the case of convicted spy

'We are definitely over-burdened. We are already working at full capacity,' says a hospital’s medical director

Facebook has signed a deal to buy renewable energy in India from a local firm’s wind power project

Top intelligence officers from India, Pakistan held secret talks in Dubai in a new effort to calm military tension

The country reports 184,372 cases in the last 24 hours, while the deaths rise by 1,027

Pakistan Kabaddi Federation secretary says three-match event will take place in Kartarpur

India reported 161,736 cases on Tuesday, taking its total to 13.7 million

The South Asian country reported a record 168,912 infections overnight bringing the overall tally to 13.53 million

Pair apprehended after a victim complained that three men carrying monkeys had surrounded and robbed him

Deaths rose by 794 to a total of 168,436, health ministry data showed

Hundreds of migrants in Mumbai packed into trains as bars, malls, restaurants have again been forced to down shutters

Most populous countries in Asia are positioned to be among world’s largest economies, says Global Trends report

After Europe’s drug regulator finds a possible link between AstraZeneca’s vaccine and rare blood clotting issues

Inoculations in India are currently limited to those aged over 45 and health and frontline workers

The spike, much faster than last year’s first wave, has caught the authorities by surprise

Health ministry data shows 685 deaths, taking the tally to 166,862

The move comes after NZealand records 23 new positive coronavirus cases at its border of which 17 were from India

Top commanders express satisfaction over positive developments in Afghan peace process

More than 160 farmers died after farming laws passed by Indian parliament, says human rights group

Deaths rose by 630 - the most in four days - to 166,177

Jaishankar says ties with Russia are time-tested and two sides also discussed a summit meeting between Modi and Putin

The country added 478 new deaths, raising the total to 165,101

Maoist leaders during pandemic managed to recruit hundreds of new foot soldiers including women, says official

ByteDance in January reduced its Indian workforce after New Delhi maintained a ban on its popular video app TikTok

India intensified its vaccination drive but shots have been slow to reach 1.3 billion people

Actor even helped one choose names for her baby

Rahmani, 78, a former general secretary of the AIMPLB had tested positive for coronavirus last week

The new surge this year presents a fresh challenge to the government

New report cites fears that region could break into 2 camps, with China, Pakistan on one side while India, US on other

Kashmiri leadership must be consulted before any talks with India, says AJK president

Consider this a warning that I could impose a complete lockdown in next couple of days if things remain same, says CM

The country has so far injected 64 million doses and exported nearly as many

Any quick approval is unlikely as India is scrambling to expand its own domestic vaccination drive, says official

India must first take concrete actions to create favourable environment for constructive dialogue, says Cheng Xizhong

In its report, State Department highlights rights abuses, mistreatment of minorities, and widespread corruption

The country was ranked 153rd out of the 156 countries assessed in WEF report

This is the first foreign tour for the Pakistan blind cricket team for the current year

Altaf Bhat thanks Janne Teller for raising human rights violations in IIOJK at international fora

Himalayan kingdom launched its biggest inoculation drive against Covid-19

State elections come following a Covid-stricken year, and months of protests by farmers against agricultural reforms

Indus water commissioner says invitation to be extended next month, meeting expected before July