Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar today landed in New York, as part of his US visit, to meet with senior United States officials, and discuss Covid-related cooperation between the two countries, reports Hindustan Times.

The milestone, as recorded by India's health ministry, comes as slowed vaccine deliveries have marred the country's fight against the pandemic, forcing many to miss their shots, and a rare but fatal fungal infection affecting Covid-19 patients has worried doctors.

India's information technology (IT) ministry has written to all social media companies asking them to take down any content that refers to an "Indian variant" of the coronavirus, according to a letter issued on Friday which was seen by Reuters.

The Calcutta High Court today ordered house arrest of four political leaders, including two senior West Bengal ministers who were held in the Narada sting operation case relating to alleged graft.

The price of India’s first home-based rapid antigen testing (RAT) kit for Covid-19 has been fixed at Rs 250 and will be available in chemist shops and online without prescription, the manufacturer has said.

Fresh political heat gripped West Bengal today as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called a virtual meeting of chief ministers convened by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “super flop”, saying she along with her counterparts from non-BJP-ruled states was not allowed to speak.

India today declared “Black Fungus” (Mucormycosis), a complication commonly associated with Covid-19, as an epidemic.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today urged district magistrates to collect data on Covid-19 infection among children, amidst experts’ warning about the possibility of a third wave that could hit the younger population as the virus is mutating.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been made a party in a petition by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) before the Calcutta High Court, seeking transfer of the Narada sting operation case filed on charge of graft by two senior TMC ministers and a key leader of the party.

The number of people from Myanmar seeking shelter in India has swelled to more than 15,000, with more likely to cross over as fighting intensifies in parts Myanmar following a coup, an Indian government official said on Tuesday.

Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google on Tuesday launched its Showcase news platform in India with 30 domestic news publishers, at a time when the country is trying to weed out misinformation surrounding a ferocious second COVID-19 wave.

India's total coronavirus cases surged past the 25 million mark on today, boosted by 263,533 new infections over the last 24 hours, while deaths from Covid-19 rose by a record 4,329.

The Calcutta High Court has frowned upon West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's sit-in protest at the office of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Kolkata yesterday after two of her senior ministerial colleagues and a key leader of ruling Trinamool Congress were arrested in a five-year-old case of alleged corruption.

Nearly 150,000 people were moved from their homes in the Indian state of Gujarat to safety on Monday and authorities closed ports and a main airport as the most intense cyclone in more than two decades roared up the west coast.

India’s Central Bureau of Investigation today arrested four persons, including two senior West Bengal ministers and a key leader of the state’s ruling Trinamool Congress, in Kolkata in connection with a news portal's sting operation related to alleged bribery, officials said.

India is preparing to evacuate thousands of people from low-lying areas along its western coast as a powerful cyclone is expected to make landfall on Tuesday morning in the state of Gujarat.

Bodies of COVID-19 victims have been found dumped in some Indian rivers, a state government letter seen by Reuters says, in the first official acknowledgement of the alarming practice, which it said may stem from poverty and fear of the disease in remote areas.

India will have 51.6 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccine procured by the end of July this year, including the 18 crore doses already administered among people, the country’s Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said.

The West Bengal government today announced a two-week complete lockdown from tomorrow to check the spread of Covid-19 infections.

The Indian government has sought another time extension from the parliament for framing the rules to implement the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Home Ministry sources said today.