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U’Khand Glacier Burst: Search On For More Than 200

Rescuers searched on Monday for more than 200 people missing after part of a remote Himalayan glacier broke away, sweeping…

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Farmers To Call In Reinforcements During Harvest Season

Indian farmers have drawn up plans to continue their protests during the harvest season from March by bringing reinforcements from…

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What Caused The Deadly Avalanche In Uttarakhand?

An estimated 200 people are missing and 18 are confirmed killed after an avalanche in India’s Himalayan region broke dams,…

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Breaking From Tradition, Pope Elects First Woman To Senior Post

Pope Francis has broken with Catholic tradition to appoint a woman as an undersecretary of the synod of bishops, the…

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Monks Join Street Protests Against Myanmar Coup

Thousands of anti-coup protesters marched in towns and cities across Myanmar on Monday, witnesses said, demonstrating for a third straight…

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Rescuers Search For 125 Missing After Uttarakhand Glacier Burst

Hundreds of military personnel were deployed in the Himalayas on Monday to help find at least 125 people unaccounted for…

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‘Chakka Jam’ Held Across India As Farm Protests Widen

Thousands of farmers across India blocked roads on Saturday with makeshift tents, tractors, trucks and boulders to pressure the government…

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4G Mobile Internet To Be Restored In Kashmir After 18 Months

India said on Friday it was restoring high-speed mobile internet in the federal territory of Jammu and Kashmir for the…

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Here’s Why India’s Coronavirus Cases Have Fallen Sharply

With its 1.3 billion population, India has the world's second-highest number of coronavirus infections -- more than 10.8 million --…

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U.N. Seeks ‘Maximum Restraint’ As Farm Protesters Widen Blockade

The United Nations human rights office called on Indian authorities and protesting farmers to exercise “maximum restraint” hours before the…

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SC Grants Bail To Comedian Munawar Faruqui

India’s top court on Friday granted interim bail to a stand-up comedian who was jailed for more than a month…

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Russia To Try Navalny For Slander Amid EU Talks

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is due back in court today for a slander trial despite Western calls for his…

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“Won’t Be Silenced”: Meena Harris On Protest Over Her Tweets

American lawyer Meena Harris, the niece of U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris, has shared a photo of a protest against her…

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Protests Against Agriculture Reforms Attract New Supporters

Thousands of farmers in a politically important Indian state on Friday rallied in opposition to new agricultural laws, signalling growing…

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Ropeways’ Green Image Masks Potential Damage In Himalayas

“We are not against the ropeway or development. We are only concerned about the environment and local livelihoods,” said Sundar…

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Vaccine Passports: A Path Back To Normality?

Governments and developers around the world are exploring the potential use of “vaccine passports” as a way of reopening the…

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Over 300 Million Indians May Have Covid-19

About one in four of India’s 1.35 billion people may have been infected with the coronavirus, said a source with…

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Farmers To Scale Up Protests As Supporters Weigh In

Farmers’ leaders on Wednesday outlined plans to scale up months of protests against agricultural reforms, as their cause gained high-profile…

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Climate Crisis Is Foundation Of Farmers’ Protests

The protests by Indian farmers against three laws initially passed as ordinances have gone from sporadic in August 2020 to…

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With Social Media Solidarity, Farmers Win Global Attention

Protesting Indian farmers won global attention on Wednesday with prominent Western activists joining pop superstar Rihanna in support of their…

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Alexei Navalny Jailed, Declares Putin ‘The Underwear Poisoner’

A Russian court jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Tuesday, ignoring the West in a ruling the opposition politician blamed…

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“In Solidarity”: Greta Thunberg Extends Support To Farmers

Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg has extended her support to the farmers' protest at Delhi borders against the controversial agricultural…

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Over Half In New Delhi May Have Had Covid: Govt Survey

More than half of New Delhi’s 20 million inhabitants may have been infected with the coronavirus, according to a government…

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“Build Bridges, Not Walls”: Rahul Gandhi’s Swipe At Centre

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday attacked the government over barricades and road blocks set up at farmer agitation sites…

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Twitter Blocks Dozens Of Accounts On Govt Demand

Twitter blocked dozens of accounts in India on Monday, including that of a leading newsmagazine, on the demand of the…

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