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Sixteen Italians test positive for coronavirus in India

Sixteen Italians test positive for coronavirus in India

Sixteen Italians in India have tested positive for coronavirus, the Indian health minister said today, as the total number of known cases in the country rose sharply to 28. Indian Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said …

Trump to be protected from monkeys on India visit

Trump to be protected from monkeys on India visit

Police armed with catapults have been assigned to protect U.S. President Donald Trump from a horde of feral monkeys during his visit to India. Between 500 and 700 rhesus macaques live near the Taj Mahal. The …

India cracks down on use of VPNs in Kashmir

India cracks down on use of VPNs in Kashmir

Authorities in Indian Kashmir are cracking down on virtual private network (VPN) apps used to circumvent a months-long ban on social media, police said. Social networks such as Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram are still blocked, even …

India summons Turkish envoy over Erdogan's remarks

India summons Turkish envoy over Erdogan's remarks

India summoned the Turkish ambassador to lodge a diplomatic protest over President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s remarks on the disputed region of Kashmir and warned it would have a bearing on bilateral ties. India, …

TAPI gas pipeline is facing new challenges

TAPI gas pipeline is facing new challenges

The Turkmen-Afghan seminar on ensuring the security of regional infrastructures within the framework of the Istanbul Process ended today. Representatives of the ministries of foreign affairs, defense, energy, and the oil and gas sector of the …

Indian citizen killed in Tbilisi

Indian citizen killed in Tbilisi

An Indian citizen has been killed in Isani, Tbilisi. The information was confirmed to InterPressNews by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The young man has gunshot wounds, InterPressNews reports. Police has already arrested a suspect, …

Two terrorists killed in Jammu and Kashmir

Two terrorists killed in Jammu and Kashmir

In the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, security forces killed two militants as a result of an encounter in Avantipora. The police said that the operation is currently ongoing, RIA Novosti reports. Recall that the situation …

Boy accidentally kills himself while shooting Tik-Tok video

Boy accidentally kills himself while shooting Tik-Tok video

18-year-old blogger Keshav Kumar from India accidentally killed himself by using his mother’s weapons while shooting a video for the TikTok social network.  According to the Outlook India, an accident occurred in a village in …

Avalanches kill almost 10 people in Jammu and Kashmir

Avalanches kill almost 10 people in Jammu and Kashmir

Three soldiers have been killed and one is missing after an avalanche hit an army post in Jammu and Kashmir's Machil sector in Kupwara district on Monday. Another soldier is in hospital with injuries. In a separate incident on …

Indian woman declared dead wakes up at her funeral

Indian woman declared dead wakes up at her funeral

A 55-year-old woman suffering from a high fever was declared dead by a team of doctors at a private hospital after they failed to revive her in India's village Belagavi in Karnataka. The woman, identified as Malati Chougale, …

When climate activism and nationalism collide

When climate activism and nationalism collide

Given the importance of the fight against global warming, the conflict between nationalist narratives and green internationalism could become the dominant political divide of the 2020s

Azim Premji led 2019’s biggest philanthropic gifts

Azim Premji led 2019’s biggest philanthropic gifts

Some of the world’s richest people continued to give away chunks of their fortunes to charitable causes in 2019.  Two of the world’s billionaires donated more than $1 billion dollars each, according to a Forbes report. Azim …

Indian motorcyclist dies in Yerevan road accident

Indian motorcyclist dies in Yerevan road accident

An Indian citizen has died after a road accident in Yerevan, according to the Armenian media reports. A car and a motorcycle collided at around 11:40pm local time. The motorcyclist - Indian national Vimal Tank, 35 - died on …