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New Delhi launches campaign to curb air pollution
Warning that filthy air could make the coronavirus pandemic more dangerous, the authorities in New Delhi launched anti-pollution campaign on Monday in an attempt to curb air pollution levels ahead of winter, reports AP.
COVID-19: Death toll in India surpasses 100,000-mark
India's COVID-19 death toll has surpassed the 100,000-mark on Saturday, reaching 100,842, according to the latest data released by the federal health ministry.
Former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra diagnosed with Covid-19
Self-exiled former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his family were sent to hospital for contracting coronavirus, his aides said Friday.
Babri mosque: India's Muslims feel more abandoned than ever
Among the 32 living accused were former deputy premier LK Advani, and a host of senior BJP leaders. Wednesday's Indian court judgement acquitted them all, saying the destruction of the mosque in 1992 had been the work of unidentified "anti-socials" and had not been planned, reports BBC.
Amid Hathras Outrage, another Dalit woman raped, killed in India
Amid outrage over gangrape and death of a young woman in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras of India , another 22-year-old Dalit woman died after being sexually assaulted by two youths in the state’s Balrampur.
Indian court acquits top BJP leaders in Babri mosque case
A special Indian court on Wednesday acquitted all the 32 people linked to the country's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in a 28-year-old case on the demolition of a historic mosque in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.
Indian Vice President tests positive for COVID-19
The Vice President of India Venkaiah Naidu who underwent a routine COVID-19 test on Tuesday morning has tested positive.
Indian farmers intensify their protests against agri reforms
From the state of Punjab in the north to Karnataka in the south, farmers across India intensified their protests on Monday against the "pro-corporate" reforms in the agricultural sector.