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Dozens killed after suspension bridge collapses in India’s Gujarat
Oct 30, 2022 13:02At least 40 people have been killed after a pedestrian bridge in the western Indian state of Gujarat collapsed, plunging hundreds of people into a river, a state minister said.
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Rohingya refugees in India allege spate of attacks by miscreants
Oct 29, 2022 14:20Terrified by the expulsion drive in India, Rohingya refugees now allege intimidation and physical abuse by villains. A number of children and women were beaten up in one of the refugee camps on the outskirts of New Delhi as fear mounted within the destitute community.
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Raeisi: Effective cooperation with regional organizations Iran's foreign policy priority
Oct 24, 2022 11:50Iran’s President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi says effective cooperation with regional organizations is a priority for the country's foreign policy.
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Modi intensifying efforts to relegate English as India sheds colonial past
Oct 23, 2022 05:56Narendra Modi’s government is stepping up efforts to relegate English to the margins of Indian life by offering medical and engineering degrees in Hindi along with shifting course language to Hindi for the first time.
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India bars Kashmiri journalist from leaving for US to receive Pulitzer Prize
Oct 20, 2022 08:40Indian authorities have barred Kashmiri journalist Sanna Irshad Mattoo from flying to the United States to receive the Pulitzer Prize.
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Jailed Kashmiri pro-independence leader dies in Indian custody after late cancer diagnosis
Oct 11, 2022 11:09A Kashmiri pro-freedom leader, Altaf Ahmad Shah, who was imprisoned at India’s Tihar Jail for the past five years, died on Monday night, days after being diagnosed with late-stage renal cancer.
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India says it will buy oil 'from wherever it has to'
Oct 08, 2022 09:13India will continue to buy oil from wherever it has to, Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri has said, noting no country has told New Delhi to stop buying Russian oil.
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India investigates cough syrups after child deaths in Gambia
Oct 07, 2022 07:11Indian authorities have launched investigation into cough syrups made by a local pharmaceutical company after the World Health Organization blamed them for the deaths of 66 children in the West Africa country of Gambia.
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Iran’s rice imports hit record high, India remains top supplier
Oct 07, 2022 03:20New figures by the Iranian customs office (IRICA) show that rice imports into the country have reached new records amid government efforts to contain rampant prices of high-end domestic varieties of rice.
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Eight killed in flash floods in India amid heavy monsoon rain
Oct 06, 2022 11:48Eight people died after flash floods hit a river in India's eastern state of West Bengal on Wednesday in the latest incident of heavy seasonal rain causing havoc in South Asia.