Kolkata (CNN)More than 80 people have been killed and thousands more left homeless after Cyclone Amphan slammed into coastal towns and cities in India and Bangladesh on Wednesday afternoon.Authorities are now racing to provide relief efforts in communities already stricken by the coronavirus, hampered in many areas by heavy rains and fallen debris that has made roads impassible.Large-scale evacuation efforts appear to have saved many lives, but it could take days to realize the full extent of the deaths, injuries and damage from the cyclone. Amphan — which was the most ever recorded in the...…Kolkata (CNN)More than 80 people have been killed and thousands more left homeless after Cyclone Amphan slammed into coastal towns and cities in India and Bangladesh on Wednesday afternoon.Authorities are now racing to provide relief efforts in communities already stricken by the coronavirus, hampered in many areas by heavy rains and fallen debris that has made roads impassible.Large-scale evacuation efforts appear to have saved many lives, but it could take days to realize the full extent of the deaths, injuries and damage from the cyclone. Amphan — which was the most ever recorded in the...WW…

By , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Millions of people in India and Bangladesh are in the path of a cyclone which is due to make landfall in less than 36 hours, bringing damaging winds and heavy rain to a region already struggling with the coronavirus pandemic.Super Cyclone Amphan became the strongest storm ever recorded in the Bay of Bengal on Monday night, after intensifying with sustained wind speeds of up to 270 kilometers per hour (165 miles per hours), according to data from the US Joint Typhoon Warning Center.Amphan has weakened slightly since, but the storm is still...…By , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Millions of people in India and Bangladesh are in the path of a cyclone which is due to make landfall in less than 36 hours, bringing damaging winds and heavy rain to a region already struggling with the coronavirus pandemic.Super Cyclone Amphan became the strongest storm ever recorded in the Bay of Bengal on Monday night, after intensifying with sustained wind speeds of up to 270 kilometers per hour (165 miles per hours), according to data from the US Joint Typhoon Warning Center.Amphan has weakened slightly since, but the storm is still...WW…

By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Healthcare and other essential services across India are close to collapse as a second coronavirus wave that started tears through the country with devastating speed.Graveyards are running out of space, hospitals are turning away patients, and desperate families are pleading for help on social media for beds and medicine.India reported 295,041 cases of coronavirus and 2,023 deaths Wednesday, its highest rise in cases and highest death increase recorded in a single day since the beginning of the pandemic, according to a CNN tally of figures...…By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Healthcare and other essential services across India are close to collapse as a second coronavirus wave that started tears through the country with devastating speed.Graveyards are running out of space, hospitals are turning away patients, and desperate families are pleading for help on social media for beds and medicine.India reported 295,041 cases of coronavirus and 2,023 deaths Wednesday, its highest rise in cases and highest death increase recorded in a single day since the beginning of the pandemic, according to a CNN tally of figures...WW…

By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Indian climate campaigner Disha Ravi revealed she never imagined her activism would see her jailed in her first since her controversial arrest and detention last month.Ravi, who is in her early 20s, was on charges relating to her role in disseminating a toolkit that provided a list of ways supporters could help Indian farmers’ months-long protest against new laws that change how the country’s agricultural industry operates.Ravi has since been granted bail.“In all the years that someone had asked me where I see myself in 5 years, I would have...…By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Indian climate campaigner Disha Ravi revealed she never imagined her activism would see her jailed in her first since her controversial arrest and detention last month.Ravi, who is in her early 20s, was on charges relating to her role in disseminating a toolkit that provided a list of ways supporters could help Indian farmers’ months-long protest against new laws that change how the country’s agricultural industry operates.Ravi has since been granted bail.“In all the years that someone had asked me where I see myself in 5 years, I would have...WW…

(CNN)At least 171 people are missing and 26 have died in northern India after part of a sending a devastating avalanche of water, dust and rocks down a mountain gorge, and crashing though a dam.Rescue teams worked through the night to find survivors trapped under the debris. Most of the missing are workers from two hydroelectric projects in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, which were hit by the avalanche.Footage from Sunday's disaster shows a fast-moving wall of water and rocks barreling down a narrow gorge and smashing through a dam at the smaller hydroelectric project before surging...…(CNN)At least 171 people are missing and 26 have died in northern India after part of a sending a devastating avalanche of water, dust and rocks down a mountain gorge, and crashing though a dam.Rescue teams worked through the night to find survivors trapped under the debris. Most of the missing are workers from two hydroelectric projects in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, which were hit by the avalanche.Footage from Sunday's disaster shows a fast-moving wall of water and rocks barreling down a narrow gorge and smashing through a dam at the smaller hydroelectric project before surging...WW…

By , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — A small blast went off close to the Israeli embassy in the Indian capital of New Delhi on Friday afternoon, damaging the windows of parked vehicles.police said a “very low intensity improvised device” went off around 5 p.m. local (6.30 a.m. ET) in the center of the city. No injuries were reported.Israel is currently treating the explosion as a terror event, an official at the country’s foreign ministry told CNN. The official said it is too early to say for sure whether the embassy was the target but “this is one of the investigation...…By , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — A small blast went off close to the Israeli embassy in the Indian capital of New Delhi on Friday afternoon, damaging the windows of parked vehicles.police said a “very low intensity improvised device” went off around 5 p.m. local (6.30 a.m. ET) in the center of the city. No injuries were reported.Israel is currently treating the explosion as a terror event, an official at the country’s foreign ministry told CNN. The official said it is too early to say for sure whether the embassy was the target but “this is one of the investigation...WW…

New Delhi (CNN)Health officials in India have found traces of lead and nickel in blood samples taken from patients who have been hospitalized in Andhra Pradesh, officials investigating the cases said Tuesday.More than 500 people have been in southeastern India, according to Dolla Joshi Roy, the district surveillance officer of Eluru's West Godavari District. Patients reported a range of symptoms including seizures, loss of consciousness and some nausea over the weekend, Roy said. Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's office said that preliminary results from an investigation conducted by an...…New Delhi (CNN)Health officials in India have found traces of lead and nickel in blood samples taken from patients who have been hospitalized in Andhra Pradesh, officials investigating the cases said Tuesday.More than 500 people have been in southeastern India, according to Dolla Joshi Roy, the district surveillance officer of Eluru's West Godavari District. Patients reported a range of symptoms including seizures, loss of consciousness and some nausea over the weekend, Roy said. Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's office said that preliminary results from an investigation conducted by an...WW…

By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — India is in crisis. Its economy has crashed, with decimating . Its already fragile system is struggling. With more than five million cases, India ranks only behind the United States for confirmed infections.But whereas other populist leaders are feeling the political heat from their handling of the pandemic – US President  and his British counterpart , for instance – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has largely escaped the scathing headlines and crushing opinion polls that have beleaguered his counterparts.Modi’s re-election...…By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — India is in crisis. Its economy has crashed, with decimating . Its already fragile system is struggling. With more than five million cases, India ranks only behind the United States for confirmed infections.But whereas other populist leaders are feeling the political heat from their handling of the pandemic – US President  and his British counterpart , for instance – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has largely escaped the scathing headlines and crushing opinion polls that have beleaguered his counterparts.Modi’s re-election...WW…

(CNN)They fought with fists, stones, and nail-studded bamboo poles, in a bloody brawl that left around two dozen people dead. More details are emerging about a violent clash late Monday night along a disputed border between India and China , which has ratcheted up tension between the two nuclear-armed neighbors and left officials on both sides scrambling to deescalate. CNN has obtained satellite images taken June 16 by Planet Labs, Inc. that show two groups of buildings and trucks in the Galwan Valley-area where the violence occurred.It's unclear who the buildings and trucks belong to. CNN...…(CNN)They fought with fists, stones, and nail-studded bamboo poles, in a bloody brawl that left around two dozen people dead. More details are emerging about a violent clash late Monday night along a disputed border between India and China , which has ratcheted up tension between the two nuclear-armed neighbors and left officials on both sides scrambling to deescalate. CNN has obtained satellite images taken June 16 by Planet Labs, Inc. that show two groups of buildings and trucks in the Galwan Valley-area where the violence occurred.It's unclear who the buildings and trucks belong to. CNN...WW…

(CNN)They fought with fists, stones, and nail-studded bamboo poles, in a bloody brawl that left around two dozen people dead. More details are emerging about a violent clash late Monday night along a disputed border between India and China , which has ratcheted up tension between the two nuclear-armed neighbors and left officials on both sides scrambling to deescalate. CNN has obtained satellite images taken June 16 by Planet Labs, Inc. that show two groups of buildings and trucks in the Galwan Valley-area where the violence occurred.It's unclear who the buildings and trucks belong to. CNN...…(CNN)They fought with fists, stones, and nail-studded bamboo poles, in a bloody brawl that left around two dozen people dead. More details are emerging about a violent clash late Monday night along a disputed border between India and China , which has ratcheted up tension between the two nuclear-armed neighbors and left officials on both sides scrambling to deescalate. CNN has obtained satellite images taken June 16 by Planet Labs, Inc. that show two groups of buildings and trucks in the Galwan Valley-area where the violence occurred.It's unclear who the buildings and trucks belong to. CNN...WW…