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India expels two Pakistani officials for alleged espionage
Jun 01, 2020 05:18India has declared two officials of the Pakistan High Commission in the capital New Delhi as persona non grata for “espionage activities”, ordering their expulsion amid deepening tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbors.
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Fighting leaves trail of destruction for Kashmiri families
May 24, 2020 02:01The holy month of Ramadhan draws to an end and people across the world are gearing up to celebrate Eid al-Fitr quietly with their family members at home amid the global pandemic.
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Floods and destruction in Kolkata after 'super cyclone'
May 22, 2020 02:52Kolkata awoke to flooded streets, uprooted trees and cars window-deep in water on Thursday, after eastern India and Bangladesh were hit by Cyclone Amphan. The death toll rose to 84 on Thursday, officials said, as people picked through the destruction left in the cyclone's wake.
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Super cyclone brings heavy rain, tidal waves to eastern India
May 20, 2020 07:24Heavy rains and winds lashed the two eastern Indian states of Odisha and West Bengal hours before a powerful cyclone made landfall on Wednesday, May 20, with rescue teams evacuating millions of villagers to higher ground in an operation complicated by the coronavirus pandemic.
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India, China deploy more troops to disputed border after recent scuffle
May 19, 2020 10:12India and China have been reinforcing their military presence in the disputed Galwan Valley since their troops engaged in clashes in the Ladakh region during patrolling earlier this month.
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India evacuates thousands threatened by cyclone amid pandemic
May 19, 2020 09:26India began evacuating thousands of villagers and halted port operations ahead of a cyclone expected to hit its east coast this week, officials said on Monday, May 18, piling pressure on emergency services grappling with the coronavirus pandemic.
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30 Indian migrant workers, caught in coronavirus lockdown, die in road accidents
May 17, 2020 05:35At least 30 Indian migrant workers were killed Saturday in road accidents as they tried to return to their home villages during a nationwide coronavirus lockdown, officials said.
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India's coronavirus infections surpass China but officials upbeat
May 16, 2020 12:30India’s total novel coronavirus cases rose to 85,940 on Saturday, taking it past China, where the pandemic originated last year, though a strict lockdown enforced since late March has reduced the rate of contagion.
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Workers in India set to face longer days, lower pay in ‘race to the bottom’
May 13, 2020 08:51Workers in India are set to face longer days and lower pay in a ‘race to the bottom,’ academics, activists and unions said, as six states plan to suspend labor laws to help industry recover from the coronavirus lockdown.
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Iran’s Chabahar sees 15-fold rise in basic commodity arrivals
May 11, 2020 07:12Iran’s import of basic commodities in the current Iranian year –a period of around 7 weeks- via the southeastern Port City of Chabahar has risen by more than 15 times compared to the corresponding period a year earlier, an official said.