AGRA, INDIA (AFP) – The Taj Mahal reopens to visitors on Monday (Sept 21) in a symbolic business-as-usual gesture, even as India looks set to…
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India arrests 9 Al-Qaeda militants planning 'terrorist attacks'
NEW DELHI (REUTERS) – India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) said on Saturday (Sept 19) it has arrested nine Al-Qaeda militants who were planning attacks in…
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$500m tunnel in Himachal Pradesh: India digs deep to boost defences on crucial China frontier
ATAL ROHTANG TUNNEL (AFP) – A tunnel nearing completion in the Indian Himalayas will slash by hours the time it takes troops to reach the…
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Beyonce reference cut from Bollywood song after racist lyrics storm
MUMBAI (THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION) – A song from an upcoming Bollywood film has been rewritten after social media users criticised the original lyrics as racist…
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India says it has doubled budget for roads and bridges on China border
NEW DELHI (REUTERS) – India has doubled the budget for vital roads and bridges along the undemarcated border with China in recent years in response…
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India coronavirus cases surge to 4.85 million
MUMBAI (REUTERS) – India has recorded 92,071 new cases of the coronavirus, taking total cases to 4.85 million, the federal health ministry said on Monday…
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Five Indian nationals detained in China handed over: Indian army
NEW DELHI/SHANGHAI (REUTERS) – Five Indian nationals from a remote eastern state who had been detained by Chinese authorities in a region bordering Tibet were…
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India reports 97,570 new Covid-19 infections, a record daily jump for second straight day
NEW DELHI (REUTERS) – India reported a record daily jump in coronavirus cases for a second consecutive day, logging 97,570 new infections on Saturday (Sept…
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Mortality rates stay low even as India continues to chart record rise in coronavirus cases
NEW DELHI – India continued to set daily record rises in coronavirus cases as official mortality rates stayed suppressed. The country saw an increase of…
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India survey suggests Covid-19 cases hit 6.4 million by May
NEW DELHI (BLOOMBERG) – The results of India’s first nationwide serological survey suggests that more than six million people were infected with the coronavirus as…
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India's health 'time bomb' keeps ticking, and it's not Covid-19
NEW DELHI (BLOOMBERG) – As India’s surging coronavirus caseload becomes an increasing worry for the world, another health disaster is silently unfolding. The world’s strictest…
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After Bollywood star's suicide, a TV 'witch hunt'
MUMBAI (AFP) – India has more than four million coronavirus cases and an explosive border stand-off with China, but the story dominating television news for…
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China, India agree yet again to ease tension on Himalayan border
SHANGHAI (BLOOMBERG) – India and China pledged to de-escalate tensions along their disputed Himalayan border after their foreign ministers met on Thursday (Sept 10) for…
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Sri Lanka towing stricken ship to deep sea, douses another fire
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Sri Lanka has extinguished another fire on a stricken supertanker loaded with 2 million barrels of oil and was towing the…
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