India defense chief among 13 dead in helicopter crash
COONOOR, India (AFP) -- Indian defense chief General Bipin Rawat was among 13 people killed in a helicopter crash on…
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Helicopter crashes with India military chief on board, 7 dead
by Jalees Andrabi Agence France Presse NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- A helicopter carrying India's defence chief General Bipin…
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India announces first two cases of Omicron variant
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- India announced its first two cases of the Omicron Covid variant on Thursday, months after…
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Purity or power: India’s coal quandary
by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA Agence France-Presse SINGRAULI, India (AFP) - Thick grey dust hangs in the air and vast chasms are gouged…
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World’s largest vaccine maker Serum Institute of India resumes Covid-19 shot exports
The world's largest vaccine maker Serum Institute of India on Friday resumed exports of Covid-19 shots, it said, in a…
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Delhi schools shut indefinitely as smog worsens
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) - Delhi shut down schools until further notice, urged people to work from home and banned…
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India welcomes back tourists but smog shrouds Taj Mahal
by Laurence THOMANN Agence France-Presse AGRA, India (AFP) - Foreign tourists have been welcomed back to India after pandemic travel…
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Delhi shuts schools as government considers ‘pollution lockdown’
by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- New Delhi authorities announced Saturday a one-week closure of schools and said…
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‘Down’ but not ‘out’: Growth needs fuel India’s coal addiction
by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA Agence France-Presse NEW DELHI, India (AFP) - Even as its capital was blanketed by toxic smog, India…
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Indian Covid vaccine ‘highly efficacious’: study
PARIS, France (AFP) -- Covaxin, the first Covid-19 vaccine developed in India, is "highly efficacious" and presents no safety concerns,…
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Farm fires stoke Indian capital’s pollution crisis
AMRITSAR, India (AFP) - Crackling flames and plumes of smoke rise from the earth as farmers set their fields alight in…
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Women plant mangroves to bolster India’s cyclone defenses
SUNDARBANS, India (AFP) -- With India facing ever more powerful cyclones, women in the world's largest mangrove forest are planting…
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