The government has taken steps to address shortages of fuel and gas to some extent when compared to the earlier situation which had long queues that stretched for kilometres outside fuel and gas stations. But a well-planned recovery plan still cannot be seen that can address the long-term food security issues.
US President Joe Biden's administration is “working round the clock” to immediately send India raw material needed for making Covishield and products needed in the fight against the COVID-19 surge overtaking the nation, according to National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan
India registered a new record in Covid single-day spike and deaths with 349,000 fresh infections and 2,767 fatalities in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday. The fresh infections have taken the country's total death count to 192,311
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that the United States is closely working with their partners in the Indian government and will rapidly deploy additional support to the Covid-hit country
Former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has urged his government and fans to help India, which is battling a massive second wave of coronavirus infection, with oxygen tanks and funds
Saudi Arabia, a strategic partner of India, has shipped 80 metric tons of liquid oxygen to India, which is facing a massive crisis in oxygen supplies following an exponential rise in COVID-19 cases
India registered 346,786 fresh cases of COVID-19 and 2,624 casualties in the past 24 hours, the highest single-day spike in terms of cases and deaths since the outbreak of the pandemic, according to the data updated by India's Health Ministry on Saturday
Justice NV Ramana was on Saturday sworn in as the 48th Chief Justice of India (CJI)
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday expressed solidarity with the people of India over the current deteriorating situation of COVID-19 in the country
The United States has approved the deployment of at least six B-52 bombers and permitted a temporary increase in the number of US troops in Afghanistan to protect withdrawing US and NATO troops from the war-torn country, reported TOLOnews
Authorities in the Maldives have tightened border measures for travelers that include mandatory ten days home quarantine for people coming from India, as the region braces a new wave of the COVID-19, reported Raajje TV
Amid apprehensions that Bangladesh could run out of their existing stock of Covid 19 vaccines by May 15, with the government not yet sure whether fresh supplies would arrive from India, a high-level panel has warned of an ‘unstable situation” if vaccines are not imported urgently from alternative sources
A new COVID-19 virus strain detected in Sri Lanka is spreading fast, according to an expert
Saudi citizens living in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka and two other Asian countries have been advised to return home “as soon as possible” following the surge in coronavirus cases in these nations, according to a Dawn report
As the COVID-19 situation continued to turn grimmer in India, experts in Bangladesh have suggested closing the borders with the neighbouring country to contain the spread of a new and potentially more transmissible variant of the virus, The Daily Star reported
Like India, Pakistan may also face shortage of oxygen for the treatment of respiratory insufficiencies during the third wave of COVID-19 if the life-saving gas continues to be supplied for the industrial sector, The News reported
