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India’s farmers call off year-long protest as gov’t agrees on the demands
India’s farmers will call off a long-running protest after the government concedes to a clutch of pending demands, including assurances to consider guaranteed prices for all produce, not just rice and wheat, union leaders have said.
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India’s topmost general’s helicopter crashes
An Indian army helicopter carrying India's topmost military official and his family has crashed in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat was traveling in an Mi-17V5 helicopter that…
Indian PM expected to visit trusted allies UAE and Kuwait in January 2022
Just like Singapore in the East, Abu Dhabi is fast emerging as India’s hub of diplomatic activity in the Middle East with close ties in trade, defense, cyber security, and internal security areas.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected…
India: Hindu groups continue to disrupt Muslim prayers in Gurgaon
For more than two months now, Hindu vigilantes have tried to stop the minority community from offering their prayers outside the Indian capital.
For more than two months now, right-wing Hindu groups have been protesting against Muslims…
India sees impact of Omicron blunted by vaccination, prior infections
India expects the Omicron variant of coronavirus to cause less severe disease, the health ministry said on Friday (Dec 3), thanks to vaccinations and high prior exposure to the Delta variant that infected nearly 70 per cent of the…
New Delhi shuts schools, colleges again due to air pollution
India's capital New Delhi has ordered the closure of schools and colleges until further notice from Friday (Dec 3) after the Supreme Court criticised the city government for reopening educational institutions despite "very poor" air…
India announces first two cases of Omicron variant
India announced its first two cases of the Omicron Covid-19 variant on Thursday (Dec 2), after battling a record jump in infections and deaths between April and June in the country, where the Delta variant is the dominant strain.
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‘South India Powerloom Federation’ delegation concludes business visit to Sri Lanka began on 22 Nov
A delegation of ‘South India Powerloom Federation’, the confederation of weaving associations in the Southern States of India, along with the Chairman of the Federation Dr. M. S. Mathivanan, visited Sri Lanka on 22 November 2021, under the…
India: PM Modi holds meeting to discuss cyclone-related issues of country
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a crucial meeting on Thursday, to discuss the cyclone-related situation in the country. The meeting comes in the wake of an impending cyclone in the Bay of Bengal.
The low-pressure area in the Bay of…
India asks states to step up COVID testing over Omicron
Virus testing to be ramped up as some cities delay the reopening of schools as a precautionary measure.
India’s health ministry says the states should ramp up COVID-19 testing as the world battles the new coronavirus variant Omicron,…