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People wait outside a health center to get tested for coronavirus in New Delhi, India, February 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
February 16, 2021, 7:09 pm
Experts stumped by India’s dramatic drop in COVID cases
Increased mask-wearing, possible herd immunity in some areas floated as potential reasons for declining infections in world’s second-most populous country
By Krutika Pathi and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL
Police close off a street after an explosion near the Israeli embassy in New Delhi on January 29, 2021. (Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP)
January 31, 2021, 7:01 pm
Iran may have been behind blast at Delhi embassy, ambassador says
Ron Malka says impossible to know yet who was behind attack but ‘Iran is an option’; diplomatic mission’s activities continuing under high alert as investigation proceeds
By Tal Schneider
National Security Guard soldiers inspect the site of a blast near the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi, India, Jan. 30, 2021 (AP Photo/Dinesh Joshi)
January 30, 2021, 6:02 pm
Mossad said involved in probe of blast near Israeli embassy in New Delhi
Police reported to question Iranian nationals as letter claiming responsibility cites killings of Iranian officials; Israeli envoy: We weren’t surprised, we’d been on high alert
By Agencies and TOI staff
Bhutanese and Israeli chess players in a friendly online chess match on January 21, 2021 just weeks after the two countries agreed to diplomatic relations Courtesy Chess4All)
January 24, 2021, 6:09 pm
All good moves in Bhutan-Israel chess tournament
Players from the two countries join in first-ever friendly chess competition
By Jessica Steinberg
A poster of US Vice President Kamala Harris in her ancestral village of Thulasendrapuram in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu on January 20, 2021. (Arun Sankar/AFP)
January 21, 2021, 3:54 pm
Kamala Harris’s family in India counts on her becoming US president in 2025
Celebrations held in ancestral village of the new American VP, whose mother was born in the country: ‘I wish she does such a damn good job’
By AFP
A hospital staff member receives a COVID-19 vaccine at a government Hospital in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, January 16, 2021. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)
January 16, 2021, 7:04 pm
India kicks off ‘world’s largest’ COVID-19 vaccination drive
Authorities hope to administer shots to hundreds of millions, but questions over homemade vaccine are among hurdles the ambitious plan is facing
By AP
A health worker engages in a COVID-19 vaccine delivery system trial in New Delhi, India, Jan. 2, 2021 (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
January 3, 2021, 4:25 pm
India approves easily stored AstraZeneca and locally made COVID-19 vaccines
Emergency authorization given for British shot amid demands for greater transparency over inoculation developed by Indian company Bharat Biotech
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and SHEIKH SAALIQ
The Christmas rush at Nahoum & Sons this year. (Isaac Nahoum/Nahoum & Sons/ via JTA)
December 25, 2020, 4:35 pm
This 118-year-old Jewish bakery in India is a hit at Christmas time
Nahoum & Sons’ fruit cakes and Middle Eastern pastries are known far and wide. The only thing that’s changed since 1902 is the clientele
By Christabel Lobo
Jew Town signage remains in Kochi. (Christabel Lobo/ via JTA)
December 20, 2020, 7:14 am
India’s Jew Town only has a few Jews left, but traditions and landmarks remain
Once a vibrant community of 3,000 at its peak in the 1950s, only a handful of elderly Jews still live in the city of Kochi – but a rich history of coexistence has left its mark
By Christabel Lobo
Israel's ambassador to India, Ron Malka, right, signs a deal with his counterpart, Ambassador of Bhutan to India Major General Vetsop Namgyel establishing diplomatic relations with Israel, at Malka's residence in India, December 12, 2020. (Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
December 12, 2020, 6:38 pm
Israel inks deal establishing diplomatic relations with Bhutan
Israeli envoy to India hosts signing ceremony with Bhutanese ambassador; small Himalayan kingdom maintains full ties with just over 50 countries
By TOI staff
A municipal police officer wearing a face mask controls pedestrian traffic on Via dei Condotti shopping street in downtown Rome on November 14, 2020, during the Covid-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus. (Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
November 15, 2020, 3:33 am
Europe tightens virus curbs as global deaths top 1.3 million
Austria and Greece shutter schools; 26 million people in Italy under tight restrictions; 10 COVID-19 patients die in Romania hospital fire
By AFP
Medical workers prepare at a drive-through COVID-19 screening area in the triage of the San Carlo hospital in Milan, Italy, on October 28, 2020. (MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP)
October 28, 2020, 7:20 pm
Over 500,000 virus cases recorded worldwide in new single-day high
Governments rush to reimpose infection-control measures with pandemic having infected more than 44 million people and killed close to 1.2 million, and counting
By Marianne Barriaux and Tania Lee
An Indian health worker takes a nasal swab sample of a man to test for COVID-19 as a woman waits for her turn in Gauhati, India, September 6, 2020. (Anupam Nath/AP)
September 7, 2020, 11:02 am
India becomes COVID-19’s 2nd worst-hit country amid economic pain
90,802 cases added in past day push total past Brazil’s to 4.2 million, now behind only the US, yet government easing restrictions in effort to resuscitate economy
By SHEIKH SAALIQ and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL
Residents stand in a queue to register their names as a health worker collects a swab sample to test for the coronavirus, at a primary health center in Hyderabad on September 4, 2020. (NOAH SEELAM / AFP)
September 5, 2020, 9:57 am
India becomes 3rd country to pass 4 million virus cases, stretching resources
Coronvirus initially ravaged giant cities, but is now in almost every state; hospital beds and health infrastructure at a shortage; Health Ministry reports 1,089 new deaths
By SHEIKH SAALIQ and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL
Muslims wearing face masks beat drums as they take part in a Muharram procession in Kolkata, India on August 30, 2020. (AP/ Bikas Das)
August 30, 2020, 9:32 pm
India records world’s biggest single-day jump in virus cases
New Delhi registers 78,761 infections, raising total tally to 3.5 million, just as government begins to ease restrictions; India now has world’s fastest growing daily caseload
By SHEIKH SAALIQ
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