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Modi’s plastic straw ban leaves Indian consumers thirsty

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a reputation for imposing policies suddenly on an unprepared nation, but when he pledged in 2019 to eliminate single-use plastics, food and beverage makers had years to prepare. When the first tranche…

Manipur landslide death toll rises to 42, 20 still missing

Efforts are continuing in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur to find 20 missing people, days after a massive landslide. More than 40 people have died so far in the landslide, which hit a railway construction site late on Wednesday.…

Flooding in India and Bangladesh kills at least 116

Heavy monsoon rains in India and Bangladesh have flooded an airport and knocked down cellphone towers, bridges and power lines, cutting off communications for millions of people and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of thousands. At…