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India reports record daily coronavirus toll, local lockdowns re-imposed
Jul 11, 2020 00:56India reported a record 26,506 new coronavirus cases on Friday as authorities re-imposed lockdowns in its most populous state and in an industrial hub, home to automakers and drug factories.
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India reports record daily coronavirus toll, local lockdowns re-imposed
Jul 10, 2020 10:35India reported a record 26,506 new coronavirus cases on Friday as authorities re-imposed lockdowns in its most populous state and in an industrial hub, home to automakers and drug factories.
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India to buy Venezuela oil under swap deal amid US sanctions
Jul 10, 2020 06:22India has decided to receive a cargo of Venezuelan crude under a swap deal in the face of a US sanctions regime which has put the Latin American country in throes of a fuel crisis.
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Modi outlines steps to revive economy as pandemic crisis deepens
Jul 09, 2020 11:46Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recounted some steps taken by his administration so far to revive the struggling economy as the country of 1.3 billion is facing its worst financial crisis amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Iranian railway to provide landlocked Afghanistan with a lifeline
Jul 08, 2020 23:47A 610-kilometer railway connecting Iran’s only ocean port of Chabahar to Zahedan near the eastern border would provide a lifeline to the landlocked Afghanistan, a country where the transport system has been hampered by years of war and a fierce rivalry between two major neighbors of India and Pakistan.
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Jailed Indian officer in Pakistan refuses to appeal death sentence for espionage
Jul 08, 2020 11:56A former Indian naval officer on death row in Pakistan for alleged spying has refused to lodge an appeal against his conviction, an official said Wednesday, and will try for a military pardon instead.
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Iranian official says Chabahar route will outshine Suez Canal
Jul 06, 2020 06:45An Iranian official responsible for development and administrative affairs at Iran’s largest ocean Port of Chabahar says the gateway will soon eclipse the Suez Canal in providing a quicker trade link between Europe and Asia.
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India's Modi rallies troops at China border after deadly clash
Jul 04, 2020 06:03Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has rallied the country’s troops near a disputed frontier with China, amid heightened tensions in the area following a deadly clash that killed 20 Indian soldiers.
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India approves purchase of Russian fighter jets despite US sanction threats
Jul 03, 2020 07:35India has approved buying 33 Russian fighter jets, worth more than $2.4 billion, despite US threats to impose sanctions on the country over transactions with Moscow.
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Indian military killed 229 in Kashmir in first half of 2020: Group
Jul 02, 2020 09:21A rights group says 229 people have been killed during military operations in the Indian-administered Kashmir so far this year.