Tag: India

China, India blame each other after fight in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed

Tuesday’s battle was reportedly fought with rocks and clubs. However, no shots were fired. China has yet to report its casualties.

Gilead strikes deal to make remdesivir coronavirus treatment in 127 countries

This month both the US and Japan authorised remdesivir as a treatment for Covid-19 patients.

Dozens of Indian and Chinese troops exchange physical blows at border post

Local commanders spoke and resolved the dispute, which took place on Saturday, May 9, 2020, near the Naku La sector in Sikkim.

5 dead, 1,000 in hospital after Indian gas leak from tanks left unattended since March

Gas leaked out of two 5,000-tonne tanks left unattended due to India’s coronavirus lockdown in place since late March.

Doctors say India must prepare for an ‘onslaught’ as biggest slum reports first coronavirus death

The patient, who had no travel history, died hours just after testing positive for coronavirus while being transferred to a local hospital

Newborn girl found alive in shallow grave

A newborn baby girl has been discovered buried alive in northern India, a local police chief has revealed. Abhinandan Singh told reporters the baby was found by a villager who was burying his own daughter, who had died minutes after birth. The baby girl, who had been placed inside an earthen pot about 3ft (90cm) […]

Doctors extract 526 teeth from Indian boy

Indian doctors removed a tumor with a record number of 526 teeth inside a seven-year-old boy’s mouth in the city of Chennai on Friday.