Pharma chief comes out against Washington proposal, insists building new plants is not the solution; comments come as India announces record COVID deaths

Grants focused on providing equipment and relief in hard-to-reach and especially vulnerable communities in pandemic-wracked country

Daily caseload of infections again reaches over 400,000 as country scrambles for oxygen supplies, with demand jumping sevenfold

Health Ministry says two vaccinated people and a baby found to have COVID strains after returning from abroad

Israelis cannot travel to India, Mexico, South Africa, Brazil, Ukraine, Ethiopia, Turkey; returnees, even those vaccinated or recovered, must isolate

Hard-hit New Delhi extends lockdown by a week; vaccination opened to all adults, but Indians struggle to schedule appointments amid shortage of shots

Nation will bar entry to most foreigners who've been to India in past 14 days, amid massive surge of infections

New public health order requiring all travelers -- including those vaccinated or recovered from COVID-19 -- to isolate upon arrival will come into effect May 3

While vaccine-makers are confident their shots block the current Indian variant, it's transforming the country into a potential breeding ground for new, more resistant mutations

With 379,257 new infections, India has reported more than 18.3 million cases, second-highest in the world; West Bengal holds election despite wave of infections