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On Sunday morning, authorities said at least 68 people had been confirmed dead

Anti-China sentiment in India has surged

Air pollution in the Indian capital has hit dangerous levels again this winter, as thick, gray smog obscures the sky and monuments and high-rises are swallowed by a blanket of haze.

Unlawful religious conversions are being debated in India

The Nipah virus is making news again after tragic reports that a 12-year-old boy died of the disease on Sept. 5, in Kerala’s Kozhikode district.

In all, nearly 240,000 people in India are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, with reported infections topping 21 million.

An evolutionary biologist in Belgium found that the variant from the U.K. “had a transmission advantage.” When Tom Wenseleers looks at early data on the variant in India, he has a feeling of deja vu.

India has recorded another 368,147 coronavirus infections and 3,400 deaths as a catastrophic surge ripples through the country.

The travel ban is being imposed due to “extraordinarily high COVID-19 caseloads and multiple variants circulating in the India,” the White House says.