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WHO grants India’s Covaxin jab emergency approval

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The World Health Organization on Wednesday issued an emergency use listing for the India-made Covaxin vaccine,…

The women guarding India’s rainforest ‘refugees’

by Laurence THOMANN Agence France-Presse WAYANAD, India (AFP) - As deforestation and climate change ravage India's UNESCO heritage-listed Western Ghats…

India vows to take up ‘climate justice’ combat at COP26

NEW DELHI, India (AFP) - India will be a fighter for "climate justice" at the upcoming COP26 summit, seeking to…

Nearly 200 perish in India, Nepal rains

NEW DELHI, India (AFP) - Nearly 200 people have died in floods and landslides in India and Nepal, officials said…

India administers its one billionth Covid jab

  by Aishwarya KUMAR Agence France Presse NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- India administered its billionth Covid-19 vaccine dose on…

Floods, landslides kill 116 in India and Nepal

by Mahesh Pandey with Paavan Mathema in Kathmandu Agence France Presse DEHRADUN, India (AFP) -- More than 100 people have…

Landslides, floods kill at least 25 in southwest India

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India (AFP) -- At least 25 people have died in landslides and floods triggered by heavy rains in southwestern…

Indian cobra killer gets life for murdering wife

NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- An Indian man who used a cobra and a viper to murder his wife was…

Rice sacks to runway: India’s battle to rebrand jute

by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA Agence France-Presse JAGATDAL, India (AFP) - From the boutiques of Christian Dior to royal wedding favours, jute…

India warns of possible power shortages

NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- India is facing possible energy supply problems in the coming months due to coal shortages…

Eight killed after violence breaks out at India farmer protest

LUCKNOW, India (AFP) -- At least eight people were killed in northern India Sunday after clashes broke out at a…

India to export 8 million Covid-19 jabs in October

  NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- India will export eight million coronavirus vaccine jabs by the end of October after…

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