Indian drones pursue locusts as swarms destroy swathes of crops
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- Huge swarms of desert locusts are destroying crops across western and central India, prompting authorities…
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Cyclone toll hits 95 as Bangladesh and India start mopping up
by Sam Jahan with Sailendra Sal in Kolkata SATKHIRA, Bangladesh (AFP) -- India and Bangladesh began a massive clean-up Thursday…
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Cyclone Amphan death toll rises to 84: officials
by Sailendra Sil KOLKATA, India (AFP) --India and Bangladesh began a massive clean-up Thursday after the fiercest cyclone since 1999…
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22 killed as ‘super cyclone’ ravages Bangladesh, India
by Sam Jahan with Sailendra Sal in Kolkata SATKHIRA, Bangladesh (AFP) -- At least 22 people died as the fiercest…
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‘Super cyclone’ Amphan batters Bangladesh, India
by Sam Jahan with Sailendra Sal in Kolkata Agence France Presse KHULNA, Bangladesh (AFP) -- The strongest cyclone in decades…
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Powerful Cyclone Amphan makes landfall in India
KOLKATA, India (AFP) -- Cyclone Amphan, one of the most powerful in decades, made landfall in eastern India on Wednesday…
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‘Super cyclone’ to slam India, Bangladesh
by Sam Jahan with Sailendra Sil in Kolkata Agence France Presse KHULNA, Bangladesh (AFP) -- The Bay of Bengal's fiercest…
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Mass evacuations for major cyclone in South Asia
by Sailendra Sil with Abhaya Srivastava in New Delhi and Shafiqul Alam in Dhaka Agence France Presse KOLKATA, India (AFP)…
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No beds, packed morgues: Mumbai hospitals near collapse
by Ammu KANNAMPILLY / Vishal MANVE Agence France Presse MUMBAI, India (AFP) -- Packed morgues, bodies in wards, patients forced…
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Indian trains start rolling again despite virus surge
by Bhuvan Bagga and Abhaya Srivastava Agence France Presse NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- India's enormous railway network tentatively ground…
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New virus cases threaten world’s moves back to work
by Michael Mainville with AFP bureaux Agence France Presse World powers including Russia and India pushed on with easing…
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Gas leak at Indian chemical plant kills 11
VISAKHAPATNAM, India (AFP) -- Eleven people were killed and hundreds hospitalized after a pre-dawn gas leak at a chemical plant…
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