India
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India grapples with rising Maoist violence in Chhattisgarh
BHUBANESWAR: Indian security forces have stepped up operations against ultra left-wing guerrillas deep in the forests of a mineral-rich central…
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Bollywood star Akshay Kumar tests positive as India’s coronavirus surge worsens
Bollywood star Akshay Kumar said on Sunday that he has tested positive for Covid-19, becoming the latest Indian celebrity to…
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India’s PM Modi faces big electoral test in Muslim areas
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist party are making a serious bid for electoral victories in three…
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‘Double mutant variant’ of Covid detected in India
NEW DELHI: India has detected a new “double mutant variant” of the novel coronavirus, the health ministry said on Wednesday,…
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New Delhi is world’s most polluted capital for third straight year: study
New Delhi was the world’s most polluted capital for the third straight year in 2020, according to IQAir, a Swiss…
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India summons UK envoy over criticism of farm laws by MPs
NEW DELHI: India’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday it had summoned the United Kingdom’s high commissioner over what it called…
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India likely to start full operations at Chabahar port by end of May
NEW DELHI: India expects to start full-scale operations at Iran’s Chabahar general cargo port it has built by the end…
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India’s health workers balk at taking homegrown Covid-19 vaccine
India is struggling to convince its health and frontline workers to take a homegrown Covid-19 vaccine controversially approved without late-stage…
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Air pollution led to around 54,000 premature deaths in New Delhi in 2020: study
Air pollution caused an estimated 54,000 premature deaths in the Indian capital New Delhi last year, a higher toll than…
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Businesses shut in protest as India takes foreign diplomats to tour occupied Kashmir
Diplomats from nearly two dozen countries visited India-occupied Kashmir on Wednesday as residents of the region’s main city closed their…
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