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Since the beginning of April, India has reported more than 1.9 million new cases and over 10,600 deaths, per CNBC’s calculations of health ministry data.

The authorization comes as India faces a devastating new surge of Covid infections.

India is experiencing its worst pandemic surge, with average daily infections exceeding 143,000 over the past week

The South Asian nation reported more than 168,000 new cases over a 24-hour period on Monday, according to health ministry data.

Nations around the world are setting new records for COVID-19 deaths and coronavirus infections, and the disease is surging even in some countries that have kept the virus in check

Since the start of April, India has reported more than 779,000 cases, with Maharashtra accounting for just over half of them.

The investment bank on Tuesday lowered India’s growth forecast for the April-June quarter from 33.4% year-on-year previously, to 31.3%.

Maharashtra accounted for more than half of all the cases reported in India over a seven-day period beginning March 24, according to government data.

The new variant will not be limited to India, but will likely emerge in other parts of the world as well, said Dr. Kavita Patel of the Brookings Institution.

Seed funds are typically the first round of official money that entrepreneurs raise in exchange for equity.

A BofA Securities report said India should touch Japan’s nominal GDP in dollar terms in 2031 if it grows at 9% annually.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin met with India’s Defense Minister Rajnath Singh over the weekend on his first foreign trip.

As of Wednesday evening, more than 36 million people have been inoculated per data from the Indian health ministry.

Top defense officials from India and the United States have pledged to expand their military engagement, underscoring the strengthening defense ties between two countries concerned over China’s growing influence in the Indo-Pacific region

As Tesla looks to expand to new markets, rumors are circulating that India could be next. But the world’s fifth-largest auto market is filled with challenges.

That number for India accounts for nearly 60% of the global increase in poverty in 2020, an analysis by Pew Research Center showed.

The U.K.’s so-far successful vaccination program could be upended amid expected supply disruption.

Part of that priority is the shoring up of an informal strategic alliance between the United States, Japan, India and Australia, known as the Quad.

Pentagon chief, secretary of State announce first trips abroad as Biden looks to reset global relations.

Australia, India and Singapore stand out among those in Asia-Pacific that have handled the coronavirus pandemic well, says Morgan Stanley’s Jonathan Garner.