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Worst virus fears realized in poor or war-torn countries
Jul 01, 2020 08:49Coronavirus lockdowns are likely the most effective safeguard, but they have exacted a heavy toll even on middle-class families in Europe and North America, and are economically devastating in developing countries. India’s lockdown, the world’s largest, caused countless migrant workers in major cities to lose their jobs overnight.
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Six dead, 16 injured in India boiler blast
Jul 01, 2020 06:16At least six people have died and 16 were injured in a boiler blast at NLC India Ltd's power plant in Neyveli in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, local police said on Wednesday, in the site's second such explosion in two months.
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Muslims in Kashmir fear demographic shift amid Indian ambitions
Jun 30, 2020 01:41Social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram in Kashmir are filled with angry posts from people who got their newly issued domicile resident certificates.
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Outrage mounts in India over killing of father, son in police custody
Jun 28, 2020 03:55Public outrage is mounting in India over the killing in police custody of a father and his son in the southern Indian State of Tamil Nadu, with comparisons being made to the killing of African-American George Floyd in the United States.
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India's army visible in disputed border area with China
Jun 27, 2020 00:34India's armed forces were highly visible near the border with China on Friday (June 26) and Thursday (June 25), as tensions in the area escalated following a deadly clash that killed 20 Indian soldiers.
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Pakistan raps India's expulsion of diplomats after China clashes
Jun 26, 2020 06:27Pakistan has denounced India’s expulsion of diplomats accused of espionage, saying New Delhi is trying to distract the attention of its people from a recent defeat its forces suffered in clashes with China.
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India admits amassing troops near site of deadly fighting with China
Jun 26, 2020 06:13India has deployed hundreds of troops near the site of recent deadly border clashes with China, in what it says came in response to China’s military deployment to the Himalayan border region.
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Pakistan accuses India of funding militants amid frosty relations
Jun 24, 2020 12:27Pakistan accused old foe India on Wednesday of funding militant groups, a day after the nuclear-armed neighbors said they would expel half the other’s embassy staff for the first time in nearly two decades.
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China says India responsible for deadly border clash
Jun 24, 2020 06:19China’s Defense Ministry says India was responsible for a recent border clash that left 20 Indian soldiers dead.
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India to expel half of Pakistan’s embassy staff over spying
Jun 23, 2020 09:58India said on Tuesday it intended to expel half the staff in Pakistan’s embassy in New Delhi over what it said was spying by officials there.