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India Covid-19 appeal: 'In the past two months, at least 40 people died in our village'

Health workers fear the problem will get worse as many villagers are scared of hospitals.

Stowaway bat causes Air India flight to return to New Delhi

Passengers on an Air India flight were startled by a vampiric stowaway.

Just how big could India's true Covid toll be?

New York Times: Experts agree that India's official figure is a severe undercount.

Thousands evacuated in India as strong cyclone inches closer

Cyclone Yaas is set to make landfall early tomorrow.

India Covid-19 death toll passes 300,000, third highest in world

It also reported 222,315 new infections, which raised overall total to nearly 27 million.

Small Business: Entrepreneur looks to India for next business venture

Hamish Donkers explains how his friend's trip overseas inspired his e-commerce business.

Revealed: The new New Zealand - move over Boomer, the rise of the Millennial

New population stats show Kiwi demographic on the rise. What does it mean for our future?

Covid-19: Indian variant may not be as dangerous as first thought

As cases in India decline, experts think it is less transmissible than first feared.

For India's medical workers, danger and 'heartbreaking decisions'

New York Times: An untold number of medical personnel have died after Covid infections.

Nepal's army digs mass graves to bury thousands of unclaimed Covid victims

As in Delhi and Mumbai, Kathmandu's residents are dying at home and outside hospitals.

As India's Covid crisis rages, its neighbours brace for the worst

New York Times: Nearby countries fear they will share India's fate.

Parmjeet Parmar: Government can help by repatriating residents from India

Opinion: India will need to pull together to beat this crisis, but NZ can do its part.

Covid desperation is spreading across India

New York Times: Infections and deaths are rapidly advancing into rural areas.

Dead in the water: New horror as India is overwhelmed by Covid wave

The Ganges is no stranger to death, but recent acts have shocked officials into action.

'Fear and panic' as India's Covid crisis escalates in rural areas

Outside India's big cities, a grim sense of foreboding has taken hold.

Lethal black fungus emerges in Covid patients across India

Hospitals report multiple daily cases of rare infection with a mortality rate of 50%.

Australian judge upholds ban on travellers from India

Temporary ban on returnees from Covid-ravaged country due to be lifted on Friday.

'Situation worse than India': Nation 'staring into Covid abyss'

The Covid-19 crisis is engulfing a mountainous nation of 30 million people.