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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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‘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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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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UN experts voice concern over Indian moves to enact new laws in occupied Kashmir
Two UN human rights experts have voiced their concern over India’s decision to revoke occupied Kashmir’s autonomy and enact laws…
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US State Secy Blinken to hold virtual ‘Quad’ meeting with Australia, India, Japan
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet virtually on Thursday with his counterparts from Japan, Australia and India…
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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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Indian journalist acquitted of defamation in #MeToo case involving ex-minister
A New Delhi court on Wednesday acquitted a journalist of criminal defamation after she accused a former editor-turned-politician and junior…
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First bodies recovered from India’s flood disaster tunnel
TAPOVAN: Rescuers on Sunday pulled the first bodies from a blocked tunnel at a power complex in a northern Indian…
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22-year-old Indian activist detained for farmer protest guide tweeted by Greta Thunberg
An Indian climate activist has been arrested after she allegedly helped create a guide to the anti-government farmer protests that…
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