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India rejects high status of dispute with Pakistan over Kashmir
Sep 22, 2020 12:22An Indian official has rejected an assertion by Pakistan’s foreign minister that the dispute over Kashmir region is a global matter high on the agenda of the United Nations (UN).
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India facing oxygen scarcity as virus cases surge
Sep 21, 2020 07:44According to the World Health Organization (WHO), some 15 percent of COVID-19 patients require help with breathing. Some people appear in no evident respiratory distress, but are found to have dangerously low oxygen levels — a condition called silent hypoxia. A fraction of the critically ill patients require a ventilator.
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8 dead, many feared trapped in Mumbai building collapse
Sep 21, 2020 05:54At least eight people were killed in India when a three-story residential building collapsed before dawn on Monday and a disaster agency official said up to 25 people were believed to be trapped in the ruins.
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India building tunnel in Himalayas to get soldiers to Chinese border in 10 minutes
Sep 18, 2020 09:05India has stepped up an infrastructure program on the disputed Himalayan region to bring to an end the construction of a tunnel that will provide an all-weather route for its troops to get to the border with China in only ten minutes.
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Clashes erupt in Indian-controlled Kashmir after 4 killed
Sep 17, 2020 06:30Hundreds of protesters have clashed with government forces in the Indian-administered Kashmir after a fire exchange that left three suspected militants and a woman dead in the disputed Himalayan region.
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India coronavirus cases cross 5 million in ‘worse-than-sci-fi’ pandemic
Sep 16, 2020 10:26Coronavirus infections in India soared past five million on Wednesday, as a WHO envoy warned the pandemic was ‘still at the beginning.’
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Russia to sell 100mn doses of COVID-19 vaccine to India
Sep 16, 2020 07:58Russia’s sovereign wealth fund has reportedly reached a deal to sell 100 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine, called Sputnik-V, to a major pharmaceutical company in India.
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Iran to sign $2.2 billion deal to develop Farzad gas field: Zangeneh
Sep 15, 2020 11:31Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh says Iran will sign a deal worth $2.2 billion to develop the offshore Farzad B gas field.
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China to release 5 Indian ‘intelligence agents’: Report
Sep 12, 2020 11:48China will release five Indian intelligence agents who were detained earlier this month in a region bordering Tibet against the backdrop of an agreement between Beijing and New Delhi to work for peace.
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India coronavirus infections surge to 4.3 million
Sep 09, 2020 11:47India reported 89,706 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, taking its total caseload to 4.3 million, data from the federal health ministry showed.