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27 killed in fire in Indian capital

  by Jalees ANDRABI Agence France Presse NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- At least 27 people died and dozens more…

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…

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…

India’s death toll hits new record as Covid ‘tsunami’ worsens

  NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- India's daily coronavirus death toll set a new record Saturday as the government battled…

India Covid surge hits new record as oxygen runs short

    by Aishwarya KUMAR Agence France Presse NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- India's brutal new Covid outbreak set records…

China cancels flights, classes over new outbreak as India deaths soar

by Jing Xuan Teng and Laurie Chen, with AFP Bureaus Agence France-Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — China closed schools in…

Asia steps up virus efforts as second wave of infections strikes

by Allison JACKSON Agence France-Presse Hong Kong, China (AFP) — From Australia's Bondi Beach to the streets of New Delhi, authorities…

Indian PM Modi calls for calm as Delhi riots kill 20

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for calm Wednesday, Feb. 26, after Delhi's worst sectarian violence in decades that left…

The three women hoping to upset India’s Modi at the polls

by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA Agence France-Presse NEW DELHI, India (AFP) - India's alpha-male Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces three formidable women looking…

As winter comes, New Delhi gasp for clean air

NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- Each year around November, the Indian capital’s air quality reaches hazardous levels as cooler air…

Ten family members found hanged in Delhi home – police

Indian police launched an investigation Sunday after a family of 11 was found dead inside their home in New Delhi.…

Gunmen kill officer, free militant in Kashmir hospital raid: police

SRINAGAR, India (AFP) - Two gunmen opened fire Tuesday in a hospital in India-administered Kashmir where a Pakistani militant was brought for…

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