Flushed with victory after Prime Minister Narendra Modi caved in to demands for agricultural reform laws to be repealed, Indian farmers held a mass rally on Monday to demand minimum support prices be extended to all products, not just rice and wheat. The protest movement launched by farmers more than …
Read More »India’s Modi backs down on farm reforms in victory for protesters
In a surprise announcement on Friday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he would repeal agriculture laws that farmers have been protesting against for more than a year, sparking celebrations for what farmers called a hard-fought victory. Modi’s decision is a significant climb-down for the combative leader and comes as …
Read More »Dengue fever suspected of killing dozens in India in renewed outbreak
An outbreak of dengue fever is suspected of killing dozens of people in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh since the start of September, and authorities have launched a campaign to destroy mosquito breeding grounds. Dinesh Kumar Premi, the chief medical officer in Firozabad, the most affected district in the …
Read More »Mystery Illness Hospitalizes Over 400 People
At least 400 people have been hospitalized with viral fever in an Indian city as a mystery illness that has killed more than 60 people in the space of a week continues to spread through the state of Uttar Pradesh. According to a report from the Daily News and Analysis …
Read More »Truck in India rams into laborers sleeping on highway, killing 18
Eighteen migrant laborers sleeping on a highway in northern India after their bus broke down died when a truck rammed into the vehicle, police said Wednesday. At least 19 others were injured in the accident in Uttar Pradesh state, a senior police officer told reporters. Most of the passengers were …
Read More »India’s Most Populous state could Punish couples for having over 2 Kids, Reward for sterilisation
A study released by India’s federal Health Ministry in August 2020 predicted that the South Asian nation would surpass China as the most populous country on the planet in 2031. India’s population is expected to grow by 25 percent between 2011 and 2036 around 1.52 billion. The Law Commission of …
Read More »Twitter faces new headache in India after police complaint over controversial map
A Hindu hardline group has filed a complaint with police against Twitter’s country head after politically sensitive regions were depicted outside a map of India on its website, kickstarting an investigation in a fresh headache for the U.S. tech firm. A map on Twitter’s careers page showed the Jammu and …
Read More »Bodies of COVID-19 victims among those dumped in India’s Ganges – gov’t document
Bodies of COVID-19 victims have been found dumped in some Indian rivers, a state government letter seen by Reuters says, in the first official acknowledgment of the alarming practice, which it said may stem from poverty and fear of the disease in remote areas. Images of corpses drifting down the …
Read More »Two lions test positive for Covid-19 at Indian safari park
Two lions at the Etawah Safari Park in the northern Indian state Uttar Pradesh have tested positive for Covid-19, according to officials at the park. The samples were sent for testing after both the lions were found to have high temperatures. Authorities added that the pair were in stable condition. …
Read More »Video: Indian gangster accused of killing eight policemen arrested from temple
Vikas Dubey, a notorious gangster behind a string of murders, kidnappings, and extortions, was arrested by Madhya Pradesh Police after massacring 8 cops in an ambush and spending days on the run. Dubey was apprehended after visiting a temple in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday. A shopkeeper happened to recognize the …
Read More »Dozens of people killed amid lightning strikes
More than 100 people have been killed during lightning strikes in two Indian states in two days, according to authorities. In the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, 24 people died due to lightning in the past 24 hours, according to senior Uttar Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority official Aditi …
Read More »23 Migrant Workers Killed in India Truck Collision
At least 23 migrant workers lost their lives when the truck they were traveling collided with a standing truck on a highway in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Twenty people were injured in the accident near Auraiya village, a local magistrate said in a statement. The migrant workers …
Read More »Curfew in Indian city as two dies in protests, internet shut-in.
Authorities shut down the internet in parts of northern India on Friday and imposed a curfew in a southern city after two people died in clashes between police and stone-throwing protesters angered by a citizenship law that discriminates against Muslims. Protests have spread across India since the Hindu nationalist government …
Read More »Floods kill 113 in India’s late monsoon burst
Heavy rains have killed at least 113 people in India’s Uttar Pradesh and Bihar states over the past three days, officials said on Monday, as floodwaters swamped a major city, inundated hospital wards and forced the evacuation of inmates from jail. India’s monsoon season that begins in June usually starts …
Read More »Death toll from India, Nepal, Bangladesh floods jumps to over 300.
The death toll from severe flooding in parts of India, Nepal, and Bangladesh rose to more than 300 on Monday, even as heavy rains are starting to ebb and water levels started to recede in some of the worst-affected areas. Heavy rains and overflowing rivers swamped vast swathes of eastern …
Read More »Brain fever kills 97 children in India.
At least 100 children have died this month in the eastern Indian state of Bihar from an illness that impairs the functioning of the brain. Encephalitis, commonly known as brain fever, has led to the death of 97 children, and 146 others have been treated for the disease, Shailesh Prasad …
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