Narendra Modi
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India’s supreme court suspends controversial farm laws
- Asia-Pacific
- January 12, 2021, 17:28
India’s supreme court has suspended three agriculture laws that have provoked farmers to stage a mass protest against prime minister Narendra Modi and(...)

India begins mass immunisation drive as Covid vaccines approved
- Asia-Pacific
- January 3, 2021, 18:04
India has granted emergency approval to both the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine and the domestically developed Covaxin, signalling the start o(...)

The virus trains: How lockdown chaos spread Covid-19 across India
- Asia-Pacific
- December 29, 2020, 01:00
Special trains operated by the government to ease suffering and counteract a disastrous lack of planning instead played a significant role in(...)

World View: How will global far-right adapt without US figurehead?
- Opinion
- November 28, 2020, 01:00
Donald Trump’s incompetence and ill-discipline struck fear in the hearts of his opponents, but those shortcomings also put a ceiling on his progress. (...)

Coronavirus: Diwali moves India into second place behind US for cases
- Asia-Pacific
- November 20, 2020, 17:52
India’s number of coronavirus cases has passed nine million, the world’s second highest total after the US. The federal health ministry on Friday rep(...)

US allies express hope for fresh start after four years of Trump
- US
- November 8, 2020, 10:08
World leaders welcomed Joe Biden’s election as US president as a chance to enhance co-operation on climate change, the coronavirus pandemic and other (...)

India returns Chinese soldier who got lost ‘looking for yaks’
- Asia-Pacific
- October 21, 2020, 11:00
India on Wednesday released a Chinese soldier its forces had detained along the disputed mountainous border with China last weekend, signalling an eas(...)

Coronavirus: New daily records of cases for Britain and France
- World
- October 3, 2020, 08:27
France and Britain have reported new daily records for coronavirus infections, now both well into five figures. France reported nearly 17,000 new con(...)

The Irish Times view on the global fight against Covid-19: Leadership matters
- Editorial
- September 20, 2020, 20:00
Competence matters in governing during moments of crisis like the current Covid-19 epidemic. The skills of organising, planning, mastery of detail and(...)

India detects record 82,000 new coronavirus cases in one day
- Asia-Pacific
- September 3, 2020, 10:50
India has recorded the highest single-day coronavirus case count of any country with 82,860 new infections even as Narendra Modi’s government pushes a(...)