Lauren Frayer

Scientists, funeral directors and survivors say the real numbers of infections and deaths in India may be many times more than the reported figures.

The number of new COVID-19 cases in India has hit another record. Now the State Department is urging Americans to leave.

Many Indians are dying without COVID-19 tests or medical care. Crematoriums are overwhelmed, and scientists say India's real death toll may be many times higher than the official government count.

India is now where the coronavirus is spreading fastest. The country's health system is collapsing under the weight of record-breaking caseloads. The U.S. is sending assistance.

Nearly 350,000 new cases were confirmed Sunday, more than any country on any day since the pandemic began. India's health system is collapsing. There are pleas for oxygen, hospital beds and medicine.

India's health system is collapsing under a record surge of coronavirus cases. Hospitals are overloaded and experiencing widespread dearth of life-saving equipment and medicines.

As Prime Minister Modi's party tries to win control in upcoming elections in India, his party is using a highly effective social media strategy. But that's where politics can veer into disinformation.

India's COVID-19 caseload plummeted to record lows in February. Now a startling spike is causing health systems — and possibly law and order — to break down. What went wrong?

India is grappling with shortages of hospital beds, oxygen and vaccines amid a sharp spike in COVID-19 cases. Scientists are scrambling to sequence new variants.

India is now where the coronavirus is spreading fastest. With shortages of hospital beds, oxygen and vaccines, the country's health system is near collapse.

India is the world's largest vaccine producer. But hundreds of its clinics have closed after running out of vaccine — just as the country sees a new spike in infections.

India has recorded its biggest jump in new coronavirus infections since the pandemic began. Authorities are trying to balance curbs on movement with voting in state elections.

India is the world's biggest vaccine producer. It's also where the coronavirus is now spreading fastest. Infections are surging across South Asia.

Wednesday's death toll was 354. Scientists are investigating what's making cases of infection rise precipitously after a decline last fall. "This race is really against time," says one immunologist.

COVID-19 infections in India and Pakistan are skyrocketing. Scientists now have two mysteries to investigate: why cases there dropped so quickly earlier, and why they're surging now.

You may have heard of India's famous beer, Kingfisher. But wine? In the tropics? With spicy curries? Sula Vineyards is India's leading winemaker.

NPR tours the factory of the world's largest vaccine maker: Serum Institute of India. It's manufacturing nearly 100 million doses a month of the Oxford-AstraZeneca formula and exporting them globally.

India's homegrown COVID-19 vaccine has been controversial because the Indian government approved its use before clinical trials showed it works. Now data is finally out.

Demonstrations have been going on for months. Pop stars and climate activists have pledged support for the farmers. What sparked the movement is less glamorous: New rules for wholesale markets.

Twitter blocked hundreds of accounts the Indian government said were inciting violence. Then it unblocked them. Now it's stuck between Indian law and defending free speech.