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Deadly India Train Crash kills 13

Web News 30 October 2023 201 0

At least 13 people have died and about 50 are injured after two passenger trains collided in India’s southern Andhra Pradesh state on Sunday. A rescue operation was launched and hundreds of emergency workers were at the site to clear the wreckage. Officials said a preliminary Continue Reading

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23 Soldiers Missing as Flood Ravages India State

Web News 4 October 2023 250 0

A powerful flash flood in India has led to the disappearance of 23 soldiers, following heavy rainfall in the northeastern State of Sikkim, the Indian army said on Wednesday. “Due to sudden cloudburst over Lhonak Lake in North Sikkim, a flash flood occurred in the Teesta River… 23 personnel have been reported missing and some vehicles […]Continue Reading

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Visa Suspension as India, Canada Row Escalates

Web News 21 September 2023 332 0

  India has suspended visa services for Canadian citizens amid an escalating row over the killing of a Sikh separatist on Canadian soil. Visa service provider BLS posted a message from India’s mission blaming “operational reasons” for the decision. Tensions flared this week after Canada said it was investigating “credible allegations” Continue Reading

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17 Die, Scores Missing in Railway Bridge Collapse

Web News 23 August 2023 265 0

At least 17 labourers working on a railway bridge being built across a ravine in India’s eastern Mizoram state were killed when it collapsed on Wednesday, officials said, with others reported missing. Video footage posted by Mizoram Chief Minister, Zoramthanga showed a metal frame that had toppled off towering columns into a wooded valley below. […]Continue Reading

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India’s Moon Lander, Vikram Sets for Historic Lunar South Pole Landing

Web News 23 August 2023 259 0

India is hoping to make history on Wednesday by becoming the first nation to land near the Moon’s south pole. One of the mission’s major goals is to hunt for water-based ice, which scientists say could support human habitation on the Moon in future. If Chandrayaan-3 is successful, India will be only the fourth country […]Continue Reading

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15 Electrocuted in Transformer Explosion Accident

Web News 19 July 2023 221 0

At least 15 people died by electrocution and seven others were injured after a power transformer exploded at the Namami Gange project site on the banks of the Alaknanda river in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district Wednesday, said officials Authorities confirmed that a police sub-inspector and three home guards were among the 15 killed in the accident […]Continue Reading

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25 Die as Bus Catches Fire in India

Web News 1 July 2023 251 0

At least 25 people were killed and eight others injured after a bus caught fire overnight on an expressway in western India on Saturday, police said. The bus was travelling to the city of Pune when it hit a pole and overturned after midnight, causing its diesel tank to catch fire, senior Police officer, Baburao […]Continue Reading

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Biparjoy: India, Pakistan Evacuate Over 170,000

Web News 15 June 2023 871 0

More than 170,000 people in India and Pakistan have been evacuated from the path of a fierce cyclone before its expected landfall on Thursday. Forecasters have warned that Cyclone Biparjoy which means “disaster” in Bengali could destroy homes and crops in its path. Biparjoy is expected to first hit India’s Gujarat state on Thursday evening […]Continue Reading

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India’s PM Vows Stringent Punishments over Deadly Odisha Crash

Web News 4 June 2023 539 0

People found guilty over a deadly rail accident in eastern India will be “punished stringently”, the country’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said. At least 288 people were killed and more than 800 injured in Friday’s incident in Odisha state, involving two passenger trains and a goods train. Rescue efforts have concluded, with officials saying Continue Reading

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India Train Crash Leaves More Than 260 Dead

Web News 3 June 2023 1447 0

At least 261 people have been killed and 650 are injured in a crash involving three trains in India’s eastern Odisha state, officials say. One passenger train derailed and its coaches fell on to the adjacent track where they were struck by an incoming train on Friday evening. A freight train was stationary. The death […]Continue Reading

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Former Indian MP, Brother Shot Dead on live TV

Web News 16 April 2023 252 0

A former Indian politician convicted of kidnapping has been shot dead live on TV along with his brother. Atiq Ahmed, who was under police escort, was talking to reporters when a gun was pulled close to his head in Prayagraj, also known as Allahabad. After the shots were fired on Saturday night, three men who […]Continue Reading

Feature

Video: Meet the Teen with Gifted Hands

Web News 14 October 2022 550 0

Can you write with both hands at the same time? It is called ambidexterity. Guess what, there is a girl from India who can do just that. She is Aadi Swaroopa who holds the world record for being ambidextrous: Aadi Writes 45 words per minute. Watch her. Twitter/Simeon Ugbodovon Subscribe to our Telegram Channel and […]Continue Reading

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Cows let loose in Indian Government Buildings in Protest

Web News 27 September 2022 552 0

Charitable trusts, that run cattle shelters in the western Indian state of Gujarat, have set free thousands of cows in protest against the lack of promised government aid. Videos of cows walking through government buildings have gone viral. The report says, protesters have threatened to boycott the upcoming state election if the government fails to […]Continue Reading

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Two Gang-rape, Set Ablaze Minor in India

Web News 20 September 2022 712 0

A minor was allegedly gang-raped and set on fire by two men has died in hospital, Police told AFP Tuesday. The 16-year-old girl belonged to Dalit, the lowest rung in the Hindu caste system who suffer disproportionately high levels of sexual violence in a country with high rates of crime against women. Her death on […]Continue Reading

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Health Official Vaccinates 30 India Students with One Syringe

Web News 28 July 2022 318 0

A health official is being investigated for vaccinating 30 students with a single syringe in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The incident took place in a school in the Sagar district where children were being given Covid-19 vaccines. India’s health ministry mandates a “one needle, one syringe, only one time” protocol for Covid-19 […]Continue Reading

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41 dead, millions stranded as floods hit Bangladesh, India

Web News 18 June 2022 364 0

Monsoon storms in Bangladesh and India have killed at least 41 people and unleashed devastating floods that left millions of others stranded, officials said on Saturday. Floods are a regular menace to millions of people in low-lying Bangladesh, but experts say climate change is increasing their frequency, ferocity and unpredictability. Relentless downpours over the past Continue Reading

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Top Kashmiri Separatist Bags Life Imprisonment in India

Web News 26 May 2022 362 0

A court in India has sentenced senior Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik to life imprisonment after convicting him of funding terrorism. He was found guilty of participating in and funding terrorist acts and involvement in criminal conspiracy. Malik told the court he gave up arms in the 1990s. He was convicted last week. Tens of […]Continue Reading

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Couple sue son for not bearing them a grandchild

Web News 12 May 2022 318 0

A couple in the north Indian state of Uttarakhand are suing their only son and his wife for not giving them a grandchild after six years of marriage. Sanjeev and Sadhana Prasad, 61 and 57, say they used up their savings raising their son, paying for his pilot’s training as well as a lavish wedding. […]Continue Reading

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Heatwave in India leaves millions stranded

Web News 28 April 2022 326 0

Millions of Indians are experiencing a brutal heat-wave that is throwing lives and livelihoods out of gear without relief in sight. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the  temperatures are rising rapidly in the country, and rising much earlier than usual. “The India Meteorological Department, IMD, has forecast a gradual rise in maximum temperatures by 2-4C over most Continue Reading

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Four Men Arrested For Gang-Raping Monitor Lizard

Web News 17 April 2022 1845 0

Four men have been arrested for allegedly gang-raping a Bengal monitor lizard at the Sahydari Tiger Reserve in Maharashthra, India. CCTV footage from the Maharashtra Forest Department showed the four men lurking around the forest and trespassing into the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve, which was created by the Indian government in 2008 to conserve Bengal tigers. […]Continue Reading

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Need To Encourage Nigerian Inventors

Web News 2 February 2022 1170 0

In the later part of the eighteenth century to four decades into the nineteenth century, precisely between 1760s and 1840, the industrial revolution began in Britain. Today, western countries top the list of the developed world.  Asia is not left behind, as China, India, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia have emerged as strong manufacturing hubs. African […]Continue Reading

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Torrential Rains Kill 18 In Southern India

Web News 18 October 2021 516 0

    At least 18 people are confirmed dead after torrential rains swept through villages and flooded roads in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Officials said rescuers recovered the bodies in two of the worst-hit districts, Kottayam and Idukki, where heavy downpours triggered massive landslides. The National Disaster Response Force and the Indian Army deployed […]Continue Reading

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Strange Nuptial Rituals of India

Web News 21 September 2021 861 0

This one is not a festival, but it is no less of a bizarre ritual conducted, to this day, in many parts of India. The more popular reason for this is that some folks are born during a particularly terrible astrological combination called Mangal Dosh. These guys, called Mangliks, are considered bad news for whoever they […]Continue Reading

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FG Bans Flights from Brazil, India, Turkey over COVID Resurgence

Web News 2 May 2021 821 0

The Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 says, persons who have visited Brazil, India or Turkey within Fourteen (14) days preceding travel to Nigeria, shall be denied entry into Nigeria.  This regulation, however, does not apply to passengers who transited through these countries. Chairman of the committee and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) […]Continue Reading

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COVID-19: India’s Crisis Worsens As Nations Pledge Help

Web News 26 April 2021 474 0

India’s new coronavirus cases have hit a record peak for a fifth day on Monday, according to a health ministry statement. The new infections come as countries around the world, including the UK, Germany and the US, pledged to deploy urgent medical aid to help tackle the crisis overwhelming Indian hospitals. The health ministry said […]Continue Reading