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India cancels historic Hindu pilgrimage as coronavirus cases mount
Jul 23, 2020 00:36India has cancelled a historic Hindu pilgrimage to a holy cave high in the snow-capped mountains of contested Kashmir for the first time, as cases of the novel coronavirus continued to rise on Wednesday.
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Monsoon floods in northeastern India destroy homes, displace millions
Jul 21, 2020 13:05Monsoon floods in northeastern India have destroyed thousands of hectares of farmland and have killed at least 86 people as of Tuesday, according to media reports.
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Is Kashmir a new Palestine in making?
Jul 21, 2020 03:23Since August 2019 with the scrapping of Kashmir’s special status, New Delhi has started to implement new laws and amend the previous ones with an aim to what it calls ‘mainstreaming Kashmir’ to rest of India, a statement that has been repeatedly questioned by the people of Kashmir.
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World population in 2100 could be two billion below UN projections
Jul 20, 2020 13:54According to a major study published recently that foresees new global power alignments shaped by declining fertility rates and greying populations, the Earth will be home to 8.8 billion souls in 2100, two billion fewer than current UN projections.
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Floods kill at least 189 people, displace 4 million in India, Nepal
Jul 19, 2020 06:24Nearly four million people in India’s northeastern state of Assam and neighboring Nepal have been displaced by heavy flooding from monsoon rains, with dozens missing as deaths rose to at least 189, government officials said on Sunday.
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New Delhi police failed to protect Muslims in Feb. riots: Minority Commission report
Jul 19, 2020 05:03The Indian police has failed to protect Muslims campaigning against a new citizenship law during violent riots in New Delhi this year, says a government-appointed commission promoting the rights of India's religious minorities.
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India re-imposes lockdowns as coronavirus cases jump
Jul 16, 2020 06:51The Indian government has re-imposed lockdown restrictions on several states as the number of confirmed coronavirus infections in the country nears the one million mark.
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Indian state governments tasked with protecting children from traffickers amid virus threat
Jul 15, 2020 13:36Village councils and community groups in India have been asked to protect children from traffickers and help authorities identify and rescue missing residents, amid concerns that the coronavirus pandemic is pushing more people into modern slavery.
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Indian film star Amitabh Bachchan, son stable after contracting COVID-19
Jul 13, 2020 05:11India’s most famous film star Amitabh Bachchan, and his son Abhishek, are in stable condition after testing positive for the coronavirus, a hospital official and government health authorities said on Sunday.
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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.