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India police 'warn' Kashmir traders against annexation anniversary strike

Police in India-administered Kashmir allegedly threaten businesses of consequences if they observe a strike called by a top pro-freedom leader on August 5, the second anniversary of India's annexation of Muslim-majority region.

Blinken issues veiled warning to India on backsliding on rights, democracy

Indian rights groups say civil liberties and the space for dissent are under increasing attack in the world's biggest democracy under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.

Dozens killed in landslides in western India, floods trap more

Officials say at least 32 people are dead and some 30 others are missing after landslides in Maharashtra, with rescuers reaching affected areas as rains slowed and water levels came down.

Indian officials meet Taliban as militia launches major offensive

A ‘quiet’ meeting took place earlier this month as New Delhi tries to secure its investments in Afghanistan, says analyst.

Myanmar anti-junta fighters flee to India, sparking concern

Indian authorities are keeping close watch on pro-democracy fighters who fled Myanmar to join around 16,000 refugees, to ensure they do not start training camps in Mizoram, Manipur and Nagaland.

Indian states sound Covid 'black fungus' alarm as cases surge

Mucormycosis, a rare fungal disease, usually infects people whose immune system has been compromised.

'Problem for whole world': WHO scientist says India variant more contagious

WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan says B 1.617 coronavirus variant has some mutations which increase transmission, and which also potentially could make it resistant to antibodies.

India indefinitely suspends flagship IPL cricket league over Covid crisis

Government authorities and officials of Indian Premier League postpone IPL 2021 season with “immediate effect” as the country battles a massive surge in coronavirus cases.

India’s virus deaths top 200,000 as cases soar and economy hurts

Devastating surge of new infections tears through Indian cities and rural areas, pushing healthcare systems to brink of collapse as credit agency S&P Global warns of impeded economic recovery and virus exposure of unvaccinated regions in South Asia.

India dispatches army medics to Covid hospitals

Hospitals will get medical oxygen from armed forces reserves with retired medical military personnel joining Covid-19 health facilities to help the country as it tries to battle an unprecedented crisis.

Several dead in India as fire engulfs building with Covid-19 hospital

Officials are investigating the cause of the fire that killed at least 10 people in a building that housed a private hospital treating Covid-19 patients in Indian financial hub of Mumbai.

Can India and Pakistan really open a new chapter?

US President Joe Biden’s South Asia policy could be one reason that spurred the nuclear-armed rivals to talk peace.