India
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Swiss International said that a flight from Delhi to Zurich had to abort its takeoff early on Sunday (Apr 26) after an engine issue, adding that four passengers and one crew member were injured. The airline did not elaborate, but the Economic Times reported that one of the engines had caught on fire as the plane…
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Serie A might consider India as a potential host for the Italian Super Cup, in an effort to broaden the tournament’s global audience, the Italian league’s commercial and marketing director Michele Ciccarese has said. The Italian Super Cup, which is played between the winners and the runners-up of the previous season’s Serie A and Coppa…
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A Sri Lankan passenger train derailed on Thursday (Feb 20) after smashing into a family of elephants, with no passengers injured but six animals killed in the island’s worst such wildlife accident, police said. The express train was travelling near a wildlife reserve at Habarana, some 180km east of the capital Colombo, when it hit…
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President Donald Trump on Thursday (Feb 13) offered to sell state-of-the-art fighter jets to India as he and Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to ramp up trade, rekindling a bond that defies the new US administration’s punitive approach to much of the world. Modi, only the fourth world leader to visit the White House since…
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Boeing signalled on Monday it would need more orders from India before it considers setting up a final civil aircraft assembly line in the country, potentially throwing cold water on the government’s hopes of the U.S. planemaker assembling commercial jets in the country. “The business case in order to have final assembly in any region…
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India’s foreign minister threatened a “strong crackdown” on illegal migration on Thursday, a day after a US military airplane flew back 104 migrants as part of President Donald Trump’s overhaul of immigration. Thousands of unregistered migrants have been arrested across the United States since Trump’s inauguration on January 20. Trump’s flurry of executive actions aimed…
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New Delhi’s foreign ministry says one Indian apparently recruited by the Russian army has been killed, while another is receiving treatment for injuries at a hospital in Moscow. It said Narendra Modi’s government has “strongly taken up” the matter with the authorities in Moscow and with the Russian embassy in New Delhi. The ministry also…
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India is expecting about 400 million Hindu pilgrims to descend on its northern city of Prayagraj to bathe in sacred waters as the holy festival of Maha Kumbh Mela begins. The 45-day pilgrimage, which dates back thousands of years, is touted as the world’s largest religious event. It is celebrated once every 12 years, when…
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India: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a strategic Himalayan road tunnel on Monday (Jan 13), pushing all-weather access northwards towards contested high-altitude border zones with rivals China and Pakistan. The Z-Morh or Sonmarg tunnel, stretching 6.4 km beneath a treacherous mountain pass cut off by snow for between four to six months a year, is part of…
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Amid a rash of drug-related recalls and deaths, India’s pharmaceutical sector is racing to improve its quality and safety standards as it eyes a greater share of the global market. Just last year, toxic cough syrups from India were linked to the deaths of at least 141 children in Cameroon, Gambia and Uzbekistan. According to…
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Conor McGregor has recently hinted at the confirmation of his boxing match against Logan Paul, sharing details about the fight, including the substantial earnings each fighter is expected to receive and the potential venue in India. McGregor’s last competitive fight took place at UFC 264 against Dustin Poirier, where he suffered a severe shin-bone injury…
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Gautam Adani, the billionaire chair of Indian conglomerate Adani Group and one of the world’s richest people, has been indicted in New York over his role in an alleged multibillion-dollar bribery and fraud scheme, US prosecutors said on Wednesday (Nov 20). With a business empire spanning coal, airports, cement and media, the chairman of Adani…
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The tiger sighted in the forests of Mamada and Pembi mandals of Nirmal was suspected to have drifted towards Utnoor on Friday. A male tiger attacked cattle grazing in the forests of Chandur, panicking farmers and shepherds. It earlier made an unsucessful bid to kill cattle in the forests of Rajulguda on Saturday. Farmers were on…
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India’s wholesale price index (WPI) inflation increased to 2.36 percent in October, official data showed on Thursday. The increase was primarily due to hike in prices of food items, machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers. WPI food inflation increased from 9.47 percent in September to 11.59 percent in October. WPI inflation was 1.84…
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Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed has expressed doubts over securing substantial foreign investment, urging the government to focus on enhancing internal revenue collection. He emphasized the need to reduce the time required for revenue collection. Speaking at a discussion titled “Changes in Direct Taxes through the Finance Act, 2024,” organized by the Bangladesh Civil Service…
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At least six people were killed in fresh violence in the northeastern state of Manipur, the state-run broadcaster All India Radio said Saturday. According to the broadcaster, a civilian was killed Saturday in sleep at home in Nungchappi village of Jiribam district, about 229 km west of Imphal, the capital city of Manipur. Later, a…
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