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Son of India govt. minister arrested over deaths at farmer protest
Oct 10, 2021 11:33The son of an Indian minister has been arrested on preliminary charges of murder, police said Sunday, a week after the death of eight people during a farmers' protest sparked national outrage.
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What AUKUS means for the world?
Oct 06, 2021 14:36At the center of AUKUS are technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), quantum and cyber. The US, the UK and Australia want to use these technologies to build a new kind of footprint in the Indo-Pacific.
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Indian farmers to step up protests after several killed in clashes
Oct 04, 2021 11:55Farmers in India vowed on Monday to intensify their months-long protest against laws aimed at liberalizing agriculture as tension flared a day after eight people were killed in clashes between growers and ruling party supporters.
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India ready to supply Iran with COVID vaccines
Sep 22, 2021 04:47The foreign minister of India expressed his country’s readiness to immediately supply Iran with shipments of coronavirus vaccine which New Delhi has already undertaken to deliver.
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Indian police raid homes of four journalists in Kashmir
Sep 09, 2021 04:30Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir have raided the homes of four journalists, raising concerns about a further crackdown on press freedom in the disputed Himalayan valley.
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Indian farmers rally to protest farm laws, police brutality
Sep 07, 2021 07:44Thousands of Indian farmers have gathered in a grain market in Haryana state, demanding the repeal of the contentious agricultural laws and condemning the use of force by police during similar recent demonstrations.
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India tightens security in Kashmir after death of independence leader
Sep 04, 2021 09:26India has tightened restrictions on movement in the part of Kashmir that it administers to contain protests after the burial of a top independence leader.
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Iran, India weigh plans to settle Afghan crisis
Sep 03, 2021 02:21The foreign ministers of Iran and India discussed a range of issues, including the recent developments in Afghanistan.
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India deploys troops to Srinagar after Kashmir independence leader’s passing
Sep 02, 2021 02:35India has deployed troops to Kashmir and imposed a security lockdown in the disputed Himalayan region to prevent potential rallies following the death of top local leader, Syed Ali Shah Geelani.
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China tries to keep calm as US steps up drills, Asia visits
Aug 27, 2021 05:20China has stressed its “indisputable” sovereignty over a series of islands in the South China Sea amid drills by the US and several other allies in an unprecedented show of force against Beijing.