Sources: Reuters
According to government data, more than 473 million people have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, which amounts to about half of all eligible adults in India. However, only around 15% of eligible adults have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. 2021-08-27
Cyprus reports its first four cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant, which was first discovered in India. 2021-05-19
Brazil surpasses nine million cases of COVID-19, becoming the third country to do so after India and the United States. 2021-01-28
India observes a 14-hour nationwide self-imposed Janata Curfew amid the coronavirus pandemic. 2020-03-22
India executes four men convicted of the 2012 Delhi gang rape. 2020-03-20
Indonesia agrees to increase its imports of buffalo meat, automobiles, and sugar from India in exchange for an increase in imports of Indonesian-produced palm oil, amid a growing trade dispute between India and Malaysia. 2020-01-24
An 18th-century pink Indian diamond worth at least $5 million and a Cartier diamond tiara are discovered in the jewelry recovered from Imelda Marcos. 2015-11-25
The death toll from floods in the Indian state of Assam rises to seven, with 650,000 people displaced. 2015-08-23
India and Penguin books ban the book "The Hindus: An Alternative History" by Wendy Doniger for "blasphemy". 2014-02-14
A major Indian separatist leader, Arabinda Rajkhowa of the United Liberation Front of Asom, is released on bail. 2010-12-30