Landslides swept through tea estates and villages in southern India’s Kerala on Tuesday, killing at least 107 people, local media reported, after heavy rain collapsed hillsides and triggered torrents of…
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China says India has no right to carry out development in contested border region
by NWMNewsDeskby NWMNewsDeskChina’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that India has no right to carry out development in the area China calls South Tibet, in response to a Reuters report on New…
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Floods kill nine in India and Bangladesh, millions affected
by NWMNewsDeskby NWMNewsDeskTorrential rains and surging rivers across northeast India and neighboring Bangladesh have killed at least nine people, disaster officials said on Thursday, with more than three million people affected. Monsoon…
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Air pollution drives 7pc of deaths in big Indian cities: study
by NWMNewsDeskby NWMNewsDeskMore than seven percent of all deaths in 10 of India’s biggest cities are linked to air pollution, a large study said on Thursday, leading researchers to call for action…
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India, Pakistan advise students in Kyrgyzstan to stay indoors amid mob violence in Bishkek
by NWMNewsDeskby NWMNewsDeskSeveral foreign students, including those from Pakistan, are reportedly still facing threats from locals amid ongoing mob violence against international students in Kyrgyzstan’s Bishkek. Both India and Pakistan have asked…
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Biden blames China, Japan and India’s economic woes on ‘xenophobia’
by NWMNewsDeskby NWMNewsDeskPresident Joe Biden said on Wednesday that “xenophobia” from China to Japan and India is hobbling their growth, as he argued that migration has been good for the U.S. economy.…
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India rejects US media report on ‘plot’ to kill Sikh separatist leader
by NWMNewsDeskby NWMNewsDeskThe Indian government has rejected The Washington Post report naming an official of its spy agency for plotting the killing of a US-based Sikh separatist leader as an “unwarranted and…
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Meta-owned social media app, WhatsApp, has threatened to leave India if asked to change its end-to-end encryption and user data policies. The Mark Zuckerberg company has challenged India’s 2021 IT…
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Khalistan Referendum: Sikhs in California vote on independence from India
by NWMNewsDeskby NWMNewsDeskOver 60,000 American Sikhs took part in Khalistan Referendum second phase voting on Sunday in a historic event organised by the secessionist group Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) at the California…
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China’s claims over Arunachal Pradesh state ‘absurd’: India
by NWMNewsDeskby NWMNewsDeskIndia’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday that China was making “absurd claims” over Arunachal Pradesh, adding that the northeastern state which shares a border with China will always be an…