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ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL

Smoke billows from an oil refinery in Kawasaki, southwest of Tokyo, Japan, October 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)
June 27, 2025, 7:35 pm
Israel-Iran war was a wake-up call for Asia’s reliance on Middle East oil and gas
Tehran’s threatened blockade on Strait of Hormuz would have shut import route used mainly by China, Japan, India and South Korea, highlighting need for renewable energy production
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL
A nurse prepares to administer vaccine for COVID-19 at a private vaccination center in Gauhati, India, April 10, 2022. (Anupam Nath/AP)
July 11, 2022, 11:59 am
New coronavirus mutant raises concerns as it spreads across India and beyond
Scientists say BA.2.75 variant may be able to get around immunity from vaccines and previous infection, but unclear if it causes more serious disease than other Omicron strains
By laura ungar and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL
Protestors wear masks during a small demonstration inside the venue of the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
November 13, 2021, 1:10 am
In Glasgow, nations miss deal deadline as disputes linger over coal and cash
Wide gaps between richer and poorer countries holding up agreement supposed to be reached by Friday’s end of COP26 summit; developing nations blame wealthy for impasse
By Frank Jordans, ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and Seth Borenstein
Ambulances carrying COVID-19 patients queue up waiting for their turn to be attended at a dedicated COVID-19 government hospital in Ahmedabad, India, April 17, 2021. (Ajit Solanki/AP)
April 21, 2021, 4:36 pm
Swamped by wave of coronavirus cases, India’s health system buckles
Hospitals understaffed and overflowing, medical oxygen scarce, intensive care units full as 250,000 new infections detected and over 1,700 die in just 24 hours
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and NEHA MEHROTRA
A health worker takes a nasal swab sample of a passenger to test for coronavirus at a bus terminal in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
March 24, 2021, 7:56 pm
India identifies new variant of the coronavirus
Experts caution against linking strain to virus surge in country; researchers investigating whether it’s a ‘variant of concern’
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL
People wearing protective masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walk along pedestrian crossings in the Ginza shipping area of Tokyo, January 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
February 18, 2021, 1:05 am
How will countries know herd immunity for COVID is reached?
Goal will likely come about gradually and experts unsure how long it will last or how it will be affected by emerging variants
By Candice Choi and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL
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
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
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
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a Long March-5 rocket carrying the Tianwen-1 Mars probe lifts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern China's Hainan Province on July 23, 2020. (Cai Yang/Xinhua via AP)
July 23, 2020, 9:42 am
China launches ambitious attempt to land rover on Mars
Tianwen-1 will take seven months to reach red planet and marks week’s second flight there after UAE orbiter, which blasted off from Japan
By Samuel McNeil and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL
In this March 24, 2014, file photo, a doctor examines a tuberculosis patient in a government TB hospital in Allahabad, India. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh, File)
April 16, 2020, 4:26 pm
Coronavirus could erode global fight against other diseases
Decades-long efforts to eradicate malaria, polio and other illnesses are on the back burner; patients are being turned away from overtaxed hospitals
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and Victoria Milko
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