Several retired professors of the AMU are also believed to have lost their lives to Covid-19. Students say it is hard to keep up with classes amid the gloom.

Pakistan will always support 'Afghan-led Afghan-owned' peace process based on mutual consensus, says army chief.

In a video that has gone viral on the internet, Ramdev said that patients "just don't know how to breathe properly" and are "spreading negativity" by complaining of a shortage of oxygen.

A year ago, it seemed certain that the shifting global dynamics due to COVID had the potential to pave India's way into the manufacturing sector. Come 2021, manufacturing in India has come to a near standstill.

Since the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Nirvachan Sadan has acted more as an appendage of the ruling elite – perfectly in line with the classical populist authoritarian playbook.

Watch video: Ashis Ray in London spoke to Chanez Mensous, lawyer with the NGO Asso Sherpa. The NGO has sought a criminal investigation into Dassault’s deal to supply 36 Rafale fighter jets to India.

Sonia Gandhi said the Covid-19 situation has become even more catastrophic and alleged that wilful patronage of super-spreader events were allowed for partisan gains.

Doctors claim there is a lack of oxygen. The district administration blames a glitch in the system. And Tamil Nadu chief minister Stalin demands an increase of medical oxygen from the Centre.

"Modi leads India out of a lockdown and into a Covid apocalypse," declared a recent headline in the UK Sunday Times.