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The Government of India confirmed India's first case of COVID-19 on 30 January 2020 in the state of Kerala, when a university student from Wuhan travelled back to the state. [24] As the number of confirmed COVID-19 -positive cases approached 500, Modi on 19 March, asked all citizens to observe the 'Janata Curfew' (people's curfew) on Sunday, 22 ...
The 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest was a protest against three farm acts that were passed by the Parliament of India in September 2020. The acts, often called the Farm Bills, [25] had been described as "anti-farmer laws" by many farmer unions, [26][27] and politicians from the opposition who said that it would leave farmers at the "mercy ...
India's daily case count surpassed 100,000 for the first time with 103,558, surpassing the previous record of 97,894 set in September 2020. [14] Maharashtra accounted for more than half of the total of the country with a record 57,074 new cases.
India reported its first case of COVID-19 in January 2020, and by March 2020, the government implemented a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the virus. However, this lockdown resulted in significant economic disruption and social challenges, particularly for the millions of informal workers who lost their livelihoods.
2024. India competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Originally scheduled to take place in July–August 2020, the games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Games marked the nation's 25th appearance at the Summer Olympics after having made its official debut at the 1900 Summer Olympics.
15–16 June – 20 personnel of the Indian army including a commanding officer, are killed in action in the ongoing Skirmishes between India and China at LAC in the Galwan Valley of Ladakh. 17 June – India wins a two-year seat on the United Nations Security Council to begin 1 January 2021 during the 2020 Security Council Elections. [26]
2020–2021 China–India skirmishes. Part of the Sino-Indian border dispute. A CIAmap of Kashmir with red circles marking the rough locations of the conflicts near the Galwan Valley(top), Spanggur Tsoand Pangong Tso(bottom). One section of the Pangong Tso-Chushul skirmish area along the LAC via NASA WorldWind. Date.
1 January – India begins its two-year tenure (2021–22) as a non-permanent member of the UNSC. [1] 2 January – India approves two coronavirus vaccines, Bharat Biotech's "Covaxin" and the Oxford/AstraZeneca "Covishield", for emergency use. [2][3] Experts raised questions over the efficacy of Covaxin and a lack of transparency in trials. [4 ...