New Delhi, Jul 20 (EFE).- At least 10 people died and dozens remain trapped following a landslide in a village in western India, with rescue teams working around the clock to recover possible survivors, officials said Thursday. This landslide occurred on Wednesday night in Maharashtra state’s Raigad district, which, like the rest of the region, … Read more
New Delhi, Mar 22 (EFE).- The arrest of a Kashmiri journalist by an anti-terror agency in India sparked global criticism, with rights and media bodies calling it an attack on press freedoms and civil society in the disputed region. Irfan Mehraj was arrested from Srinagar, the main city in Kashmir, on Monday for “funding terror … Read more
New Delhi, Mar 14 (EFE).- India’s top court on Tuesday set aside a government request for additional compensation to the victims of the 1984 gas tragedy that caused thousands of death, with chronic health effects persisting nearly four decades later. The federal government had urged the court to order the American chemical company Union Carbide’s … Read more
New Delhi, Mar 13 (EFE).- India continues to be the world’s top arms importer even as the imports declined by 11 percent in the last decade, a global arms sales watchdog said on Monday. The decline in the arms imports to India was linked to “a complex procurement process, efforts to diversify arms suppliers and … Read more
New Delhi, Mar 13 (EFE).- India woke up ecstatic on Monday after two films from the country ended up with wins at the Oscars, accounting for the country’s sixth and seventh Academy Awards in all. The song “Naatu Naatu” from the movie “RRR” won the Best Original Song, while “The Elephant Whisperers” won the Best … Read more
New Delhi, Mar 2 (EFE).- A meeting of foreign ministers from the Group of Twenty (G20) leading economies ended without a joint declaration in the Indian capital due to widening differences of opinion on the Russia-Ukraine war. It was for the second time in a week that the bloc under the presidency of India failed … Read more
Shanghai, China, Jan 17 (EFE).- The population of China, the world’s most populous nation, shrank last year for the first time in more than 60 years, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Tuesday. The country closed 2022 with 1,411,750,000 people, a drop of some 850,000 on the previous year – the first … Read more
New Delhi, Dec 27 (EFE).- Hospitals across India conducted simulated drills on Tuesday to prepare for a possible new Covid-19 outbreak after a record increase in coronavirus cases in neighboring China. “It is critical since Covid cases are expected to increase in the coming days,” federal Health Minister Manshukh Mandaviya said. The minister was speaking … Read more
New Delhi, Dec 8 (EFE).- Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist BJP party closed the year with a resounding victory Thursday in regional elections in the prime minister’s native state of Gujarat in western India, a BJP stronghold for the past three decades. The BJP won or was leading in 156 seats (two of them have yet … Read more
By David Asta Alares New Delhi, Nov 30 (EFE).- As electric-vehicles fires have become a common occurrence in India, with some incidents causing casualties and alarming customers, authorities are seeking to address the issue with stricter norms that come into effect from Thursday. Eight people were killed and a dozen injured in September in the … Read more
New Delhi, Sep 17 (EFE).- Eight cheetahs arrived in India from Namibia on Saturday, seven decades after the giant cats became extinct in the South Asian country. The coalition flew from the African country in a chartered cargo flight to Gwalior in central India. Their reintroduction is part of India’s ambitious and contentious strategy to … Read more
