India

Singh, a four-time Asian Games gold medalist, passed away at a hospital in the north Indian city of Chandigarh. Milkha Singh, one of India’s first sport superstars and an ace sprinter who overcame a childhood tragedy... Read more... June 19, 2021 | By The Rising Europe | No Comments

Reuters conducts snap survey of 40 medical experts from around the world who also say the next wave will be better controlled than the latest outbreak.                    ... Read more... June 19, 2021 | By The Rising Europe | No Comments

The ministry of health announced the decision to change the gap from 6-8 weeks to 12-16 weeks on May 13, at a time when supplies of the shot were falling short of demand and infections were... Read more... June 16, 2021 | By The Rising Europe | No Comments

Many states, including capital New Delhi, ease restrictions as new infections drop to the lowest since March 31.                                    ... Read more... June 15, 2021 | By The Rising Europe | No Comments

Naidu is India’s deputy permanent representative to the UN, and he will be on loan from the Indian government to the United Nations for a position that is comparable to the Indian prime minister’s principal secretary,... Read more... June 12, 2021 | By The Rising Europe | No Comments

Aisha Sultana charged for comment about Muslim-majority islands’ administrator amid controversial redevelopment plans on the islands.  Police in India’s Lakshadweep islands have charged a local filmmaker with sedition after she called the federal territory’s administrator a... Read more... June 11, 2021 | By The Rising Europe | No Comments

For the BJP, Jitin Prasada’s entry is a signal to the politically significant Brahmin community ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections next year given there is a perception that Thakurs dominate the state’s power corridors.... Read more... June 9, 2021 | By The Rising Europe | No Comments

State demands reservation to Marathas from Central list, legal provision to remove 50% cap in reservation, constitutional political reservation to OBCs.  Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a meeting with Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, deputy chief... Read more... June 8, 2021 | By The Rising Europe | No Comments

Many mosques across India have opened their doors for COVID patients as the second wave overwhelms health infrastructure. A catastrophic second wave of COVID-19 has overwhelmed India’s already creaky health infrastructure, with hospitals running out of... Read more... May 10, 2021 | By The Rising Europe | No Comments

Country reports 200,739 cases, skyrocketing past 14 million overall, as intensifying outbreak puts a grim weight on its fragile healthcare system. India has reported a record 200,739 COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, according to... Read more... April 15, 2021 | By The Rising Europe | No Comments