Hundreds Protest Against Exams As Virus Cases Hit New Peak
Hundreds of masked protesters demonstrated in major Indian cities on Friday against a government plan to hold exams for millions...
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Police Seek To Foil Shi’ite Gatherings In Kashmir
Police sealed off parts of Kashmir’s main city Srinagar on Friday to stop Shi’ite Muslims from staging processions during their...
“Govt Unpreparedness Alarming”: Rahul On Vaccine Strategy
The government lacks a "fair and inclusive Covid vaccine access strategy" to deal with the pandemic which has affected over...
People Seek Out Fortune Tellers To Fight Covid-19 Blues
In his golden-hued office, decked out with peacock feathers and crystal balls, mystic healer and astrologer Sanjay Sharma is busy...
Recovery Hopes Dashed For Recession-Hit Economy
India’s deepest recession on record will linger through the rest of this year and begin to lift only in early...
Coronavirus Pandemic Hits Fast-Dwindling Tribe In Andamans
Four members of a dwindling tribe in India’s far off Andaman Islands have tested positive for coronavirus, officials said on...
Elon Musk And Jeff Bezos Just Became “Obscenely Rich”
Three of the world's richest people have achieved staggering new levels of personal wealth. The net worth of Amazon.com Inc....
NZ Judge Rejects Mosque Shooter’s Change Of Heart
New Zealand mosque shooter Brenton Tarrant said in a pre-sentencing report that he did not want psychological help, and that...
Farmers Driven To Debt As Banks Turn Risk-Averse In Pandemic
Last month, Dnyaneshwar Siddhanth, a farmer from Maharashtra, was in desperate need of money to buy seed and fertilizer as...
National College Tests To Be Held Despite Surging Virus Infections
More than 2 million Indian students will sit for admission tests to medical and engineering schools next week, the government...
Unrest Flares Again In U.S. Over Police Shooting Of Black Man
A Black man shot in the back by police in Kenosha, in the state of Wisconsin in the United States,...
Monsoon 24% Above Average In Aug, Heavy Rains To Go On
Monsoon rains, which picked up pace in August, are likely to be heavy for the rest of the month, the...
How Bengaluru Saw Its COVID-19 Success Come Undone
On June 9, Karnataka's Health Education Minister posted an infographic on Twitter showing COVID-19 infections and deaths in the city...
40 Dalit Families Face Social Boycott In Odisha
Around 40 families belonging to the Dalit community in Kantio Kateni village of Odisha's Dhenkanal district were allegedly socially boycotted...
Rohingya Hold ‘Silent Protest’ On 3rd Anniversary Of Exodus
Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh held a “silent protest” on Tuesday to mark the third anniversary of clashes between Rohingya...
Merkel Tells Russia To Probe Navalny’s Suspected Poisoning
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on Russia to investigate the suspected poisoning of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny and...
More Than 60,000 Covid-19 Cases For 7th Straight Day
India reported more than 60,000 new coronavirus cases for a seventh straight day on Tuesday, as infections moved beyond cities...
60 Survivors Rescued From Collapsed Maharashtra Building
Distressed families shouted names of relatives trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building in western India on Tuesday, hoping...
Sonia Gandhi Offers To Resign After Dissent Letter
The leader of India’s main opposition Congress party offered to resign on Monday, domestic media said, after almost two dozen...
Lawyer Prashant Bhushan’s Apology Deadline Ends Today
One of India’s most prominent lawyers faces a Monday deadline to apologise to the Supreme Court or risk jail in...
NZ Gunman “Intended To Kill As Many People As He Could”
The white supremacist who murdered 51 Muslims in last year's New Zealand mosques shooting showed no emotion on Monday as...
India’s Coronavirus Cases Surge To 3.1 Million
India reported 61,408 coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, taking its total caseload past 3.1 million, data from the...
Kremlin Foes Who Have Suffered Mysterious Fates
The spokeswoman of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, who has been shifted from Siberia to Germany for treatment on Saturday,...
Facebook Denounces Hate, Says Its India Chief, Amid Content Row
Facebook is a non-partisan platform which denounces hate and bigotry, the company’s India head said recently, amid a controversy over...
Global Coronavirus Deaths Exceed 800,000
The global death toll from the coronavirus surpassed 800,000 on Saturday, according to a Reuters tally, with the United States,...
