Sushmita Pathak
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Before multiplex cinemas, India had tens of thousands of single-screen movie houses. But the way Indians watch movies has changed, and the pandemic forced many old cinemas to shut their doors forever.
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Following a deadly COVID-19 outbreak, Indians were desperate to get vaccines that were in short supply. Scammers took advantage and sold thousands of shots which were nothing but salt water.
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As the country faces the world's worst coronavirus crisis, children want to know: Will I catch it? Will grandfather die? What's it like to be an orphan?
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Hospitals don't have enough oxygen for patients on ventilators. There are delivery bottlenecks. Families are sometimes told to get their own supplies. Health experts say it didn't have to be this way.
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Scientists, funeral directors and survivors say the real numbers of infections and deaths in India may be many times more than the reported figures.
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Thursday's tally was India's highest since the pandemic began – more than double the previous 2020 peak.
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Hindu pilgrims are traveling to bathe in the Ganges River to wipe out their sins.
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They're majestic. They're neglected. And now they're slowly being fixed up. Conservationists are preserving them — and officials hope the fountains will supply free water for the city's impoverished.
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Reporter Meera Devi, from the marginalized Dalit caste, is determined to get her community heard. She's featured in the award-winning documentary, Writing With Fire, which opens in the U.S. on Friday.
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India is reporting its largest spike in new coronavirus cases since November. Its health ministry said that several concerning variants have been detected.