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India child marriage crackdown reaches nearly 5,000 arrests

Guwahati, India—A crackdown on illegal child marriages in India's northeast has resulted in nearly 5,000 arrests, after 416 people were detained in the latest police...

DA in talks with Pakistan,India for 2m tons of imported rice

Department of Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said Wednesday the agency is in discussions with envoys from Pakistan and India to secure commitments...

No care in the world

Boys play a traditional game at a ground in Jalandhar, India on December 13, 2024.

India central bank holds interest rates

MUMBAI—India’s central bank left interest rates unchanged Friday after judging inflation risks to outweighed concerns over a growth slowdown in the world’s fifth-largest economy. The...

India probes Google Maps after three deaths

Google said Tuesday it was assisting Indian authorities probing the deaths of three men who reportedly drove off an incomplete bridge while following a...

India’s smog chokes lungs and economy

Noxious smog smothering the plains of north India is not only choking the lungs of residents and killing millions, but also slowing the country’s...

India’s capital shuts schools due to toxic smog

India’s capital New Delhi switched schools to online classes Monday until further notice as worsening toxic smog surged past 60 times the World Health...

India hails hypersonic missile flight

NEW DELHI — Nuclear-armed India has tested its first hypersonic missile, the defence minister said Sunday, publicising the super-fast high-tech weapon days after rival...

Joint exercise

Australian Defence Force and Indonesian Army snipers take part in a joint training exercise in the Combined Arm Live Fire Exercise (Calfex) at the...

10 newborns killed in India hospital fire: state govt

New Delhi, India — At least 10 newborn infants were killed when a fire broke out in the neonatal unit of a hospital in...

India, Pakistan smog smashes hazard records

Residents of India’s capital New Delhi choked in a blanketing toxic smog Wednesday as worsening air pollution surged past 50 times the World Health...

Airlines ground Bali flights due to volcanic eruption

Airlines in Australia, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia and Singapore cancelled flights to and from the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Wednesday, after a...

6 dead as bus crashes in Indian Himalayas

DEHRADUN — A bus in India plunged into a deep Himalayan ravine on Monday, killing at least 36 passengers and injuring several others, a...

India’s Adani slashes electricity to Bangladesh

Dhaka—Indian conglomerate Adani slashed cross-border electricity supply to Bangladesh by half due to some $850 million in unpaid bills, power officials said Sunday, with...
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