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Floods devastate India's breadbasket of Punjab
AFP, Published on 16/09/2025
» GURDASPUR (INDIA) - The fields are full but the paddy brown and wilted, and the air thick with the stench of rotting crops and livestock -- the aftermath of record monsoon rains that have devastated India's breadbasket.
India Covid surge hits new record as oxygen runs short
AFP, Published on 21/04/2021
» NEW DELHI: India's brutal new Covid outbreak set records on Wednesday with more than 2,000 deaths in 24 hours as hospitals in New Delhi ran perilously low on oxygen.
India's rural rebellions -- it's all in the family
AFP, Published on 09/02/2021
» NEW DELHI: The Tikait family has a history of being a thorn in the side of Indian governments that take on the country's farmers, and their emotional appeal has again energised a showdown with authorities.
Reinforcements arrive at Indian farm protests despite mounting pressure
AFP, Published on 29/01/2021
» NEW DELHI - Indian authorities cut power and water to a farmers' protest camp on Friday and stepped up police pressure after a violent rally in the capital -- but hundreds more arrived on tractors to reinforce the campaign against rural reforms.
Study urges mandatory measles jabs as cases surge
AFP, Published on 17/05/2019
» PARIS - Vaccination against measles should be mandatory for children before they start school in order to prevent future outbreaks of the resurgent disease, according to new analysis released Friday.
Seven killed in new Kashmir battle
AFP, Published on 18/02/2019
» SRINAGAR, India: Indian troops suffered new losses Monday in a fierce battle with Kashmir militants that left at least seven dead just days after a suicide bomber killed 41 paramilitaries in the troubled territory, officials said.
India milks a profit in quest to bump camel numbers
AFP, Published on 05/02/2019
» RāNI (INDIA) - On the edge of the Indian desert, Lakshman Raika boils tea with fresh milk from one of his camels, gently stirring the brew his tribal herdsman have consumed for generations.
US, Chinese unease as Putin seeks India arms deals
AFP, Published on 04/10/2018
» NEW DELHI - Russian President Vladimir Putin headed for India on Thursday looking to tie up billions of dollars in arms deals with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, likely irking the US, China and Pakistan in one fell swoop.
US, China look on as Putin seeks India arms deals
AFP, Published on 04/10/2018
» NEW DELHI - Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in India on Thursday looking to tie up billions of dollars in arms deals with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, likely irking the US, China and Pakistan in one fell swoop.