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India detains scores of Rohingya ahead of expected deportation to Myanmar

Scores of Rohingya who fled persecution in Myanmar are being held in a detention centre in the Indian territory of Jammu and Kashmir, an...

Indian PM receives Bharat Biotech vaccine

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was recently administered a Covaxin shot, developed by Bharat Biotech, at New Delhi's AIIMS hospital, making him the first...

14 dead, 170 missing after Indian glacier breaks off

Fourteen people were confirmed dead on Monday and at least 170 others were still missing after a chunk of glacier broke off and unleashed...

India unveils massive 2021 spending plan

India unveiled a massive spending plan focused on healthcare and infrastructure on Monday, as the government sought to boost a coronavirus-ravaged economy on course...

Women cultivate a new voice in Indian farm protests

India's rural landscape is notoriously male-dominated, but thousands of women have become a pillar of the farmer protests blocking roads into New Delhi that...

Thousands of India’s farmers protest

Behind concertina wire and trucks blockading a major highway into India’s capital, tens of thousands of farmers are camping out in the bitter winter...

Cyclone ‘Burevi’ hits Sri Lanka; India next

Cyclone Burevi hit Sri Lanka overnight, rattling the island nation but leaving it relatively unscathed on its way to southern India, officials said Thursday. Burevi,...

Indian farmers clash with cops in New Delhi

Indian police fired tear gas and water cannon on Thursday in clashes with several thousand farmers marching to New Delhi to protest against recent...

India coronavirus cases cross 7 million

India's coronavirus cases surged past seven million on Sunday, taking it ever closer to overtaking the United States as the world's most infected country. Health...

Taj Mahal reopens even as India cases soar

The Taj Mahal reopens to visitors on Monday in a symbolic business-as-usual gesture, even as India looks set to overtake the US as the...

India’s economy shrank by 24% in Q2

Mumbai, India—India’s economic growth suffered a historic 23.9-percent decline between April and June, official figures showed Monday, as manufacturing and productivity were battered by...

India coronavirus deaths hit 50,000

India's death toll from the coronavirus hit 50,000 on Monday, with more than 900 new fatalities reported in 24 hours, health ministry data showed. The...

India coronavirus cases pass two million

India's official coronavirus case tally passed two million on Friday after a daily jump of more than 60,000. The South Asian giant becomes only the...

Indian companies struggle to lure migrant workers back

Mumbai, India"•Spurning free air tickets, accommodation and higher pay, millions of migrant workers who fled India’s cities when coronavirus hit are too scared to...
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