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Photos: India registers 20,549 new Covid-19 cases; 20 of new variant

Updated on Dec 30, 2020 12:31 IST

A large gathering of people at Juhu Beach amid the Covid-19 pandemic in Mumbai on December 27. According to the Union health ministry, India recorded 20,549 coronavirus (Covid-19) cases and 286 related deaths between December 29 and 30 which pushed the overall tally and death toll to 10,224,852 and 148,439 respectively. (Satyabrata Tripathy / HT Photo)

Photos: Covid-19 hospitalizations in Britain exceed April peak

A pedestrian crosses the road near the Royal Exchange and the Bank of England in the City of London on December 28 as Londoners continue to live under Tier 4 lockdown restrictions. England is “back in the eye” of the coronavirus storm, Simon Stevens, chief executive of Britain’s National Health Service (NHS), warned on December 29, with as many patients in hospital as during the initial peak in April. (Tolga Akmen / AFP)

Updated on Dec 30, 2020 06:00 IST

Photos: India’s Covid-19 recoveries cross 9.8 million

People walk past a girl selling balloons near the sea front in Mumbai on December 27. India recorded 16,432 new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases, according to Union health ministry update on December 29. However, of India’s total tally of cases, more than 9.8 million or nearly 96% patients have defeated the disease. (AFP)

Updated on Dec 29, 2020 12:32 IST

Photos: IMD issues health warning ahead of cold wave in North India

A man drapes crossing a railway track on a foggy morning in Amritsar on December 25. Under the influence of a strengthening of cold and dry northwesterly or northerly lower-level winds, “cold wave” to “severe cold wave” conditions are likely to be re-established over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi from December 29 and over Rajasthan from December 29 or 30, India Meteorological Department (IMD) stated in its bulletin. (PTI)

Updated on Dec 29, 2020 06:01 IST

Photos: Worldwide Covid-19 tally tops 80 million cases

Pedestrians walk past a poster depicting the coronavirus, at the City Hall in Seoul, South Korea on December 28. More than 80 million confirmed cases of coronavirus have been detected worldwide since the pandemic began a year ago and over 1.76 million deaths, AFP reported. (Jung Yeon-je / AFP)

Updated on Dec 28, 2020 12:32 IST

Vaishno Devi shrine receives season’s first snowfall - Pictures

Vaishno Devi shrine in Trikuta hills, Reasi district, Jammu and Kashmir received season’s first snow fall on Sunday. (HT photo)

Updated on Dec 28, 2020 12:05 IST

Photos: One month of the iconic farmers’ protest at Singhu

A farmer holds on to a flag while protesting against the Centre’s new farm laws at Singhu (Delhi-Haryana border) near New Delhi. Thousands of farmers from neighbouring states reached the national capital on November 27, responding to the “Delhi Chalo” call against the three laws -- the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020, the Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act 2020. (Vipin Kumar / HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 28, 2020 05:56 IST

Photos: European Union nations begin mass Covid-19 vaccinations

A nurse is vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine as a first person at a hospital in Warsaw, Poland on December 27. European Union (EU) countries on December 27 embarked on a vaccination campaign hailed as the “key” to defeating Covid-19, as the growing spread of a new coronavirus variant intensifies fears the pandemic could wreak further devastation. (Kacper Pempel / REUTERS)

Updated on Dec 27, 2020 12:29 IST

Photos: India logs 18,732 new Covid-19 cases, lowest since July

A rush of tourists at Sukhna lake in Chandigarh on December 26. India recorded 18,732 new cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) infection over the previous 24 hours which have been the lowest since July., data from the Union health ministry showed on December 27. (Ravi Kumar / HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 27, 2020 06:18 IST

Photos: Northwestern India records a cold wave, “very poor” air

Members of the Presidential Guard rehearsing for the Republic Day parade on a foggy morning at Rajpath in New Delhi on December 24. A cold wave in underway over several parts of north western India including Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana. The minimum temperature remained below five degrees Celsius for the fourth consecutive day on December 26, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. (Biplov Bhuyan / HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 26, 2020 12:32 IST

Photos: Christmas celebrations in the times of Covid-19

A participant in a Santa Claus costume jumps into the water during the 111th edition of the Copa Nadal (Christmas Cup) swimming race in Barcelona’s Port Vell on December 25. The traditional 200-meter Christmas swimming race gathered around 300 participants on Barcelona’s Port Vell. (Josep Lago / AFP)

Updated on Dec 26, 2020 06:07 IST

Photos: Travelling for Christmas as Covid-19 restrictions tighten

Passengers walk through the deserted international departure international terminal at Johannesburg's OR Tambo airport on December 21 as an increasing number of countries around the world restrict travel from Britain and elsewhere, including South Africa, amid concerns about new variants of the coronavirus. (Jerome Delay / AP)

Updated on Dec 25, 2020 12:36 IST

Photos: From lockdown to slow release, a Delhi picture diary

The legendary Old Famous Jalebi Wala shop in Chandni Chowk is screened off with a plastic curtain on an early December morning. A special poster cane up three weeks ago asking customers to maintain social distancing. The masked cook, Vicky, has just finished deep-frying the day’s first batch of jalebis. The shop stayed closed for two months during the lockdown and reopened in early June. (Mayank Austen Soofi / HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 25, 2020 05:59 IST

Photos: India records 24,712 new cases, Covid-19 tally at 10.12 million

A health worker in PPE preserves a swab sample taken for coronavirus screening in New Delhi on December 22. India reported 24,712 fresh Covid-19 cases over the previous 24 hour period, according to the Union health ministry, taking the total tally on December 24 to 10,123,778. The number of fresh infections registered a 3% rise from December 23 when 23,950 new cases were registered. (Amal KS / HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 24, 2020 12:33 IST

Photos: Delhi’s severe air quality expected to deteriorate further

Commuters drive through a thick layer of smog at Azadpur road in New Delhi on December 23. Delhi’s air quality continued to remain in the severe category on December 23 morning, with the average hourly air quality index (AQI) reading reaching 435 at 7am, HT reported. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 24, 2020 05:58 IST

Photos: Night curfew returns as Maharashtra raises alert on virus strain

Mumbai Police personnel on the rounds at Marine Drive, after a new 7-hour night curfew came into effect, in Mumbai on December 22. Increased patrolling by police, heightened vigilance and curbs on timings of bars and pubs are back in Mumbai after fresh restrictions to check the spread of Covid-19 were enforced on December 22 amid concerns over a new variant of the coronavirus. (Anshuman Poyrekar / HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 23, 2020 12:32 IST

Photos: World prepares for Christmas celebrations amid Covid-19

A health worker collects a swab sample from triathlete Michael Kruse, dressed as Santa Claus, at the Helios Clinic in Schwerin, Germany on December 21. Germany is under a national lockdown from December 16 to January 10 due to a surge in coronavirus infections. In a bid to relax restrictions, from December 24-26, each household will be allowed to be visited by four family members above the age of 14. (AP/PTI)

Updated on Dec 23, 2020 06:48 IST

Photos: Countries enforce UK travel restrictions over coronavirus strain

Travellers exit Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport after India cancelled all flights from the United Kingdom over fears of a new strain of the coronavirus, in Mumbai on December 22. A growing list of countries across the world suspended travel for Britons over the weekend after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said a mutated variant of the virus had been identified in the country. (Francis Mascarenhas / REUTERS)

Updated on Dec 22, 2020 12:29 IST

Photos: Delhi shivers as minimum temperature drops to 3.4 degree Celsius

People huddled around a bonfire under a flyover on a winter evening at Yamuna Bank in New Delhi on December 17. As temperatures continue to drop in Northern India, Delhi recorded its season’s lowest temperature yet, at 3.4 degrees Celsius, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on December 20. (Raj K Raj / HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 22, 2020 11:12 IST

Photos: Australia conducts record tests as new Covid-19 strain emerges

An electronic board displays a covid alert at a deserted Manly Beach in Sydney on December 21. Australia confirmed on December 21 that it has detected two cases of a fast-spreading new coronavirus strain. (Brendon Thorne / Bloomberg)

Updated on Dec 22, 2020 06:02 IST

Photos: Delhi records lowest Covid-19 daily cases in 125 days

A man walks past a makeshift Covid-19 testing booth in New Delhi on December 19. Delhi added 1,091 cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on December 20, the lowest in 125 days. (Jewel Samad / AFP)

Updated on Dec 21, 2020 12:31 IST

Photos: London in emergency lockdown as UK fights new coronavirus strain

A pedestrian walks past a British government health information advertisement highlighting new Covid-19 restrictions in London on December 19. British Prime Minster Boris Johnson has imposed a stricter full lockdown on London and southeast England in a desperate attempt to stop a new coronavirus strain spreading rapidly over the United Kingdom. (Toby Melville / REUTERS)

Updated on Dec 21, 2020 07:02 IST

Photos: How John le Carré’s novels came alive on screen

A still from “The Spy Who Came In from the Cold” from 1965. Based on John le Carré’s novel of the same name, it featured actor Richard Burton in one of his finest performances. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold was a hard-edged thriller that defined director Martin Ritt’s career. (Courtesy Salem Films Ltd.)

Updated on Dec 20, 2020 06:00 IST

Photos: India hits 10 million coronavirus cases as outbreak slows

A health care worker prepares to screen people for Covid-19 infection at Govandi in Mumbai on December 17. India on December 18 became the second country in the world to see its total number of Covid-19 infections surpass 10 million, with the development coming at a time when rates of new infection appear to have fallen sharply over recent weeks. (Pratik Chorge / HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 19, 2020 12:29 IST

Photos: Nor’easter storm blankets parts of northeastern United States

A child plays on a mound of snow in New York City on December 17. A Nor’easter storm buried parts of upstate New York and Northeastern United States in snow, breaking records in cities and towns across the region, and left plough drivers struggling to clear the roads as snow piled up at more than 4 inches per hour, AP reported. (Seth Wenig / AP)

Updated on Dec 19, 2020 06:04 IST

Photos: India’s Covid-19 tally closes in on 10 million infections

A health worker collects a swab sample for coronavirus testing in Gurugram on December 15. With 22,890 new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and 338 fatalities in the last 24 hours, India’s infection tally has gone up to 9,979,447, according to the Union health ministry’s data on December 18. (PArveen Kumar / HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 19, 2020 06:04 IST

Photos: Nightlife returns to Covid-19’s original epicentre

People dance at a nightclub, almost a year after the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Wuhan, Hubei province, China on December 12. Nightlife in Wuhan is back in full swing after the city lifted its stringent lockdown and the city’s young partygoers are embracing the catharsis. (Aly Song / REUTERS)

Updated on Dec 18, 2020 06:00 IST

Photos: Shaheen Bagh, a year after anti-CAA protests

Demonstrators at the Shaheen Bagh anti-CAA and NRC protest site in New Delhi on Deccmber 30, 2019. What started as a sit-in protest on Road Number 13A in Shaheen Bagh, which connects Noida to Delhi, by a group of around 100 residents a year ago, snowballed into one of the largest and most prominent protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in the country. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Archive)

Updated on Dec 17, 2020 12:28 IST

Photos: Cold wave likely in Delhi and adjoining states

A man rides a tractor while being tucked inside his sweater on a cold winter morning at Old Delhi road in Gurugram on December 16. Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 5.8 degrees Celsius (until 9am) on December 16, around 2 degrees higher than the previous day’s minimum of 4.1 degrees Celsius. (Parveen Kumar / HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 17, 2020 06:24 IST

Photos: Over 300,000 Covid-19 deaths as US vaccine rollout begins

Medical professionals perform tracheostomy procedure on a patient inside the Covid-19 intensive care unit (ICU) at the United Memorial Medical Center in Houston on December 14. The number of coronavirus deaths in the United States crossed 300,000 on December 14 as the hardest hit Covid-19 nation rolled out its first vaccine inoculations, Reuters reported. (Go Nakamura / Getty Images / AFP )

Updated on Dec 16, 2020 12:32 IST

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