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India calls for regional alliance in South Asia to address air pollution

India has called for collaboration and regional cooperation in South Asia to tackle the deteriorating air pollution dilemma after Pakistan’s Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz floated the idea of engaging in diplomatic efforts with India on Wednesday. Following the chief minister’s announcement, India’s Minister of State for Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, Kirti Vardhan Singh highlighted the importance of regional alliance to deal with air...

Eight bodies retrieved from rubble of collapsed building in India

Indian rescuers pulled out eight bodies Sunday from the wreckage of a three-storey building in the city of Lucknow, reports said, with the state minister calling the deaths "heart breaking". The Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency broadcast images of piles of concrete, and state rescue teams with heavy digging machines searching for bodies. The commercial building, which had been used by multiple small...
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Indian medics stage nationwide strike over doctor’s rape and murder

Thousands of Indian junior doctors on Monday refused to end protests over the rape and murder of a fellow medic, disrupting hospital services nearly...

Doctors strike in India

Doctors across India demonstrated on Monday to demand justice and a safer workplace following the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata. Police...

India win T20 World Cup after thrilling battle with Proteas

India won the T20 World Cup title with a thrilling seven run victory over South Africa in a classic final at Kensington Oval on...

India votes in final phase of elections

India voted on Saturday in the final phase of a long-drawn general election, held in record summer heat in many parts, as both Prime...

Air pollution in India’s New Delhi turns severe some schools shut

People in New Delhi woke up to a thick layer of toxic haze on Friday, and some schools were ordered to be shut for...

India’s top court declines to legalise same-sex marriage

India's top court ruled on Tuesday that it cannot legalise same-sex marriages because it does not have the authority to do so but the...