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Rohingya refugees facing new onslaught in India
Feb 20, 2021 05:06Fearful of possible arrest and expulsion, scores of refugees have gone into hiding across the Indian subcontinent while others have entered Bangladesh amid a mounting hate campaign against the community in India.
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HRW: Indian government policies, actions discriminatory against Muslims
Feb 19, 2021 15:39Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the Indian government has adopted laws and policies that are discriminatory against the country's Muslim minority population.
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Dense fog reduces visibility in northern India
Feb 19, 2021 13:44A thick blanket of fog shrouded parts of northern India on Friday (February 19), reducing visibility for people commuting early in the day.
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India's farmers block train tracks to protest new laws
Feb 18, 2021 13:27Groups of farmers sat on railway tracks across India on Thursday as part of a continuing protest against new laws on how farmers can sell their produce.
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India joins Iran-Russia naval drill
Feb 18, 2021 02:54North of the Indian Ocean has for the second day been hosting a massive joint drill by the Iranian and Russian navies, with the aim of establishing security for international maritime trade. And now a select group of vessels from the Indian navy unexpectedly arrived in the area, requesting to join the exercise.
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India, China to join Iran-Russia naval drill
Feb 17, 2021 04:03The Indian Navy is going to join Iranian and Russian forces in a joint naval drill that kicked off on Tuesday, Iran’s Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi said.
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Navies of Iran, Russia display firepower on 1st day of joint drills
Feb 16, 2021 14:29Iranian and Russian military vessels have conducted the first stage of their naval maneuvers in the Sea of Oman and the northern part of the Indian Ocean by unleashing fire on designated targets and squaring up in offensive formations in light of regional threats.
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Russian flotilla enters Iranian waters for joint naval drill
Feb 16, 2021 11:04A Russian flotilla, comprising the Stoiky corvette and KoLa refueling ship, has entered Iran’s territorial waters for the 2021 combined naval exercise.
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India, China agree to demilitarize border area
Feb 11, 2021 09:47India and China have agreed to withdraw their troops from an area on their contested Himalayan border, as part of efforts to ease tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors since a deadly clash last June.
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India glacier burst: Race against time to rescue scores missing
Feb 08, 2021 05:54Fourteen people were confirmed dead on Monday and at least 170 others were still missing after a chunk of glacier broke off and unleashed a devastating flash flood in India.