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Armed soldiers patrol silent streets after Kashmir curfew
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August 7, 2019
Armed soldiers patrol silent streets after Kashmir curfew
Armed soldiers stand in front of coils of barbed wire in Indian Kashmir’s summer capital of Srinagar as a massive…
Quarter of world’s population facing extreme water stress
World
August 6, 2019
Quarter of world’s population facing extreme water stress
Nearly a quarter of the world’s population lives in 17 countries facing extremely high water stress, close to “day zero”…
India detains Kashmir political leaders as threat to peace
World
August 6, 2019
India detains Kashmir political leaders as threat to peace
Indian authorities say they have detained three political leaders in Kashmir because they are a threat to peace, with the…
India abolishes Kashmir’s special status with rush decree
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August 5, 2019
India abolishes Kashmir’s special status with rush decree
The Indian government on Monday rushed through a presidential decree to scrap Kashmir’s special status, tightening its grip on a…
Crocodiles hunt in flooded Indian city
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August 2, 2019
Crocodiles hunt in flooded Indian city
Crocodiles hunted dogs in the flooded streets of the Indian city of Vadodara after it was battered by nearly 50…
India’s wild tiger population jumps to almost 3,000: census
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July 30, 2019
India’s wild tiger population jumps to almost 3,000: census
India’s wild tiger population has increased by more than 30 percent in the last four years, according to a new…
Mumbai struggles to cope with crumbling infrastructure
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July 25, 2019
Mumbai struggles to cope with crumbling infrastructure
On Monday, a huge fire broke out in a multi-story building, which houses the office of state-owned telecom company MTNL,…
India counts down to new bid to launch Moon mission
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July 22, 2019
India counts down to new bid to launch Moon mission
Thousands gathered to witness India’s second attempt to send a landmark spacecraft to the Moon on Monday, a week after…
Monsoon rains wreak flood havoc across South Asia
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July 16, 2019
Monsoon rains wreak flood havoc across South Asia
Survivors scrambled for higher ground as torrential monsoon rains swept away homes and triggered landslides across South Asia Tuesday, with…
India scrubs Moon mission launch one hour before liftoff
World
July 15, 2019
India scrubs Moon mission launch one hour before liftoff
India on Monday postponed the launch of a lunar probe less than an hour before blast-off because of a technical…