COVID-19 States Update: Odisha

Surge shock in Odisha

The State administration, which was not prepared for an alarming second wave, is focussed on getting its act together.

COVID-19 States Update: Telangana

Telangana: Suppressing numbers

Telangana’s citizens have more than their fair share of woes: oxygen is unavailable, ICU/ventilator beds are hard to get, and crematoria and graveyard

COVID-19 States Update: West Bengal

COVID toll rising in West Bengal

Since May 4 more than 100 people have been dying of COVID daily in West Bengal as the government’s desperate attempts to improve infrastructure fail t

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COVID-19 States Update: Delhi

The State government and the Centre continue to bicker with each other as the citizens of Delhi grapple with the pandemic

Although there appears to be a slight dip in the number of COVID-19 cases and in the positivity rate, neither the Centre nor the AAP government nor th

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COVID-19 States Update: Maharashtra

Mumbai shows the way

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation makes efforts on a war footing to control COVID-19 spread with good results, but rural Maharashtra sees a rise

COVID-19 States update: Gujarat

The missing dead in Gujarat

The Vijay Rupani government keeps the casualty figures down, maintaining that it only counted those who died of COVID and not those who succumbed to c

Anupama Katakam

Karnataka announces a COVID-19 relief package for farmers and workers in the unorganised sector, opposition leaders call it ‘inadequate’

Senior members of the opposition in Karnataka, including D.K. Shivakumar, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president, and former Chief Minister H.

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Odisha extends lockdown which was to end tomorrow until June 1

The Odisha government has extended the ongoing lockdown until 5 a.m. on June 1 in order to help contain the spread of COVID-19 in the State. The lockd