Infections have declined in recent weeks, with major cities including the capital New Delhi and the financial capital Mumbai lifting some curbs on movement and activities

The Taj Mahal -- India's top tourist attraction -- was shut down in March last year as the country imposed one of the world's strictest lockdowns

Taj Mahal to reopen as India eases COVID-19 restrictions

Country registers lowest daily infections in 58 days, says Health Ministry

The country reported more than 120,000 new cases in the last 24 hours, taking total cases to 28.69 million

India records 3,380 daily coronavirus deaths

The US company accused police of "intimidation" after they visited its offices in the capital New Delhi to serve a notice over an inquiry into a "manipulated media" label it placed on a tweet by the ruling party's spokesman

Twitter also slammed new regulations that its peers and digital rights activists say will threaten privacy guarantees

India says Twitter undermining law over opposition to new IT rules

Scientists say cyclones in the region are becoming both more frequent and stronger as climate change leads to warmer sea temperatures

The tail end of Cyclone Tauktae has dumped rain across northern India

New India cyclone warning as death toll rises

It is expected to make land in coastal Gujarat early Tuesday, bringing wind speeds of around 155-165 kilometres per hour

Cyclone Tauktae -- India's first major tropical storm this season -- is moving northwards, bringing heavy rains, thunderstorms and strong winds to several states

Six dead as powerful cyclone heads for India

Malaysia sending chartered flights to repatriate its citizens living in northern and western regions of India

Malaysia to bring back its citizens from India

In a message to the Catholic Bishops' Conference in India, the pontiff offered his "heartfelt solidarity and spiritual closeness to all the Indian people"

Pope Francis: My thoughts go above all to the sick and their families, to those who care for them, and in particular to those who are mourning the loss of their loved ones

Pope hails 'tireless' work of India medics

Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal sealed its borders

Sri Lanka has reported 117,529 infections with 734 deaths since the start of the pandemic

India's neighbours close borders over virus rampage

The regulation also extends to May 15 the rules currently in place for arrivals from European countries, who must have a coronavirus test and self-isolate for five days

A view of the Alitalia check-in counter at Fiumicino International Airport as talks between Italy and the European Commission over the revamp of Alitalia are due to enter a key phase, in Rome, Italy, April 15, 2021.

Italy tightens travel rules for India, Bangladesh

The World Health Organization has said the B.1.617 variant of COVID-19 first found in India had as of Tuesday been detected in "at least 17 countries"

India is facing surging new cases and deaths in the pandemic, and fears are rising that the variant could be contributing to the unfolding catastrophe

BioNTech co-founder 'confident' vaccine works against Indian variant

The city is reporting an average of one death every four minutes

A patient suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) waits to get admitted outside the casualty ward at Guru Teg Bahadur hospital, amidst the spread of the disease in New Delhi, India, April 23, 2021.

Delhi COVID beds reserved for judges, angering city gasping for oxygen

From Monday, only German citizens will be allowed to enter the country when arriving from India

Germany is the latest of several countries to restrict travel from India over the new variant, following Canada, Britain and Kuwait

Germany restricts travel from 'high-risk' India

Queues of COVID-19 patients and their fearful relatives are building up outside hospitals in major cities across India, the new world pandemic hotspot which has now reported nearly one million new cases in three days

More than 340,000 new cases were also reported, taking India's total to 16.5 million, second only to the United States

India's daily Covid death toll hits new record as shortages bite

Beijing offers assistance as India's COVID-19 situation continues to spiral out of control

Hospitals across India are overwhelmed as critical supplies of oxygen and drugs are running dangerously low

China 'willing' to help virus-ravaged India

As country battles second wave, Phase 3 vaccination drive to begin May 1

A health worker prepares a jab of the Covaxin coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination center in New Delhi, India on April 15, 2021.

India allows COVID-19 vaccination for those above 18

This is the third vaccine to be approved by India after the Oxford-AstraZeneca shot and Covaxin, which was developed by Indian firm Bharat Biotech

Sputnik V, backed by the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), already has production agreements in India to produce 852 million doses

Taj Mahal to reopen as India eases COVID-19 restrictions

India records 3,380 daily coronavirus deaths

India says Twitter undermining law over opposition to new IT rules

New India cyclone warning as death toll rises

Six dead as powerful cyclone heads for India

Malaysia to bring back its citizens from India

Pope hails 'tireless' work of India medics

India's neighbours close borders over virus rampage

Italy tightens travel rules for India, Bangladesh

BioNTech co-founder 'confident' vaccine works against Indian variant

Delhi COVID beds reserved for judges, angering city gasping for oxygen

Germany restricts travel from 'high-risk' India

India's daily Covid death toll hits new record as shortages bite

China 'willing' to help virus-ravaged India

India allows COVID-19 vaccination for those above 18

India approves Russia's Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine

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Taj Mahal to reopen as India eases COVID-19 restrictions

India records 3,380 daily coronavirus deaths

India says Twitter undermining law over opposition to new IT rules

New India cyclone warning as death toll rises

Six dead as powerful cyclone heads for India

Malaysia to bring back its citizens from India

Pope hails 'tireless' work of India medics

India's neighbours close borders over virus rampage

Italy tightens travel rules for India, Bangladesh

BioNTech co-founder 'confident' vaccine works against Indian variant

Delhi COVID beds reserved for judges, angering city gasping for oxygen

Germany restricts travel from 'high-risk' India

India's daily Covid death toll hits new record as shortages bite

China 'willing' to help virus-ravaged India

India allows COVID-19 vaccination for those above 18

India approves Russia's Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine