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News Protests intensify across India over rape and murder of medic
Thousands of medical workers in India are continuing their protests over the rape and murder of a 31-year-old doctor. A police volunteer has been arrested and charged in connection with the crime. The Indian government has called on doctors to return to work while a committee is formed to propose measures for improving the safety…
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News Deadly Landslides in India Made Worse by Climate Change, Study Finds
Extreme rainfall made 10 percent heavier by human-caused climate change triggered landslides that killed hundreds, according to a new study. Related Posts New Gene Editing Treatment Cuts Dangerous Cholesterol in Small Study The handful of patients had severe heart disease that had caused chest pain and heart attacks. After trying available cholesterol-lowering Read more 5th…
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News Landslides Hit Kerala in India, Killing More Than 80 People
Rescue workers struggled to reach isolated villages in the state of Kerala, where torrential rains have washed away terrain. The death toll was expected to rise. Related Posts NY Dem calls on ‘Ceasefire Now camp’ to demand people stop tearing down Israeli hostage posters A senior Jewish New York Democrat lawmaker called on the leaders…
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News India man arrested in Texas for selling fake cancer treatment drugs to people in the US
A man was arrested in Houston, Texas, on allegations he sold and shipped counterfeit cancer drugs worth tens of thousands of dollars to people in the U.S. Sanjay Kumar, 43, of Bihar, India, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Thursday. He was arrested on Friday in Houston while he was in the U.S….
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News Kim Kardashian, John Cena, Nick Jonas lead star-studded guest list at reported $600M wedding in India
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News Modi to Meet Putin in Moscow as India Sets Its Own Foreign Policy
Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India will meet with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia this week, a visit that signals the Indian leader’s determination to stick to his own diplomatic path even as the West continues to isolate Moscow over its war on Ukraine. For Mr. Putin, Mr. Modi’s visit will be a way…
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News A Family Loses 3 Generations of Women in India Crowd’s Panic
Vinod Kumar was away from home on Tuesday, as he usually is for days at a time in search of masonry work, when he got the dreadful call. All the women in his family, three generations of them, were dead, crushed in a stampede. For the rest of the day, Mr. Kumar and his three…
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News Death toll climbs to 116 in religious gathering stampede in India
Thousands of people at a religious gathering in India rushed to leave a makeshift tent, setting off a stampede Tuesday that killed more than 100 and left scores injured, officials said. It was not immediately clear what triggered the panic following an event with a Hindu guru known locally as Bhole Baba. Local news reports…
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News Stampede at Religious Event in India Kills Dozens
At least 50 people were killed and dozens more injured in a stampede during a religious event in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, where thousands of devotees had gathered. Ashish Kumar, the district magistrate in Hathras, the city in western Uttar Pradesh where the incident took place, told reporters at the site that…
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