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South Asia floods affect 24 million: Red Cross
Aug 22, 2017 12:29More than 24 million people have been affected by some of the worst flooding to hit South Asia in decades, with large areas of land submerged in water, the Red Cross Tuesday.
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Rosneft to pay Indian Essar’s $2.4bn debt to Iran
Aug 22, 2017 08:16Rosneft has undertaken to settle over 2 billion euros ($2.4 billion) owed to Iran for past oil purchases by Essar Group after the biggest Russian oil producer bought the Indian refiner on Monday.
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South Asia floods kill 700, drive 1 million from homes
Aug 20, 2017 12:27The confirmed death toll passed 700 and more than a million were driven from their homes as large swathes of South Asia reeled under monsoon floods Sunday, officials said.
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Ten die in train derailment in India's Uttar Pradesh
Aug 19, 2017 12:29At least 10 people have been killed and 150 people injured after a train derailed in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh, a government official said on Saturday.
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India will defend self against foreign threats: PM Modi
Aug 15, 2017 04:10Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has voiced his country’s readiness to defend itself against foreign threats amid border tensions with neighboring China and Pakistan.
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India set to deport all Rohingya Muslims regardless of UN registration: Official
Aug 14, 2017 09:14A senior Indian official has described thousands of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya Muslims living in India as illegal refugees, saying the New Delhi government aims to deport them.
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Floods, landslides kill over 55 in Nepal, India
Aug 13, 2017 08:23Torrential rain has battered Nepal, causing widespread flooding and landslides and raising the death toll from three days of severe weather to 49 people, according to officials.
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Iran reports increase in oil exports to India
Aug 13, 2017 07:26Iran says its exports of crude oil to India have increased by 16 percent over the past month in what the country says is a fresh sign that speculations over the decline of exports to one of its largest Asian buyers are inaccurate.
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Five killed in the Indian administrated Kashmir clashes
Aug 13, 2017 07:08Armed clashes in Indian-administrated Kashmir have left three militants and two Indian forces dead.
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34 children die in hospital in N India in 48 hours: Report
Aug 12, 2017 04:17More than 30 children, many of them newborns, have lost their lives in a government-run hospital in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh during the last two days, police and officials say.