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Bride, groom, spy: India's wedding detectives
AFP, Published on 20/12/2024
» NEW DELHI - From an anonymous office in a New Delhi mall, matrimonial detective Bhavna Paliwal runs the rule over prospective husbands and wives -- a booming industry in India, where younger generations are increasingly choosing love matches over arranged marriage.
'War minus shooting': partition created fierce cricket rivalry
AFP, Published on 12/08/2022
» KARACHI - When India and Pakistan were forged out of violent partition 75 years ago, the split also created one of sport's greatest rivalries.
India's women water warriors transform parched lands
AFP, Published on 30/06/2022
» CHHATARPUR, India: As the monsoon storms bear down on India, a dedicated group of women hope that after years of backbreaking labour, water shortages will no longer leave their village high and dry.
Bill Clinton in hospital with non-Covid infection
AFP, Published on 15/10/2021
» WASHINGTON: Former president Bill Clinton has been hospitalised with a non-Covid-related infection, a spokesman said Thursday evening.
Lightning strike deaths surge in India
AFP, Published on 03/09/2021
» JAIPUR, India: Faizuddin is still traumatised from the lightning strike that killed his three friends as they took selfies atop a 400-year-old fort in India, where climate change is making lethal strikes more common.
Coffins, fear and desperation: the Covid frontline in 10 pictures
AFP, Published on 22/01/2021
» PARIS - The coronavirus pandemic has shattered economies, left more than two million dead and paralysed lives. Vaccination drives are now trying to bring hope of a new dawn.
Coronavirus fails to deter India's huge Ganges pilgrimage
AFP, Published on 14/01/2021
» HARIDWAR, India: Hindu pilgrims descended on the banks of the Ganges river on Thursday, shrugging off Covid-19 risks for the start of the Kumbh Mela, a religious festival that regularly attracts millions.
English FA chairman Clarke resigns after 'unacceptable' racism storm
AFP, Published on 11/11/2020
» LONDON - Greg Clarke resigned as chairman of the English Football Association on Tuesday after making a series of controversial statements to lawmakers that provoked outrage.
Heat, water woes and coronavirus: India's perfect storm
AFP, Published on 28/05/2020
» NEW DELHI - Bollywood stars and political leaders have urged Indians to wash their hands to protect against coronavirus but that's a pipe dream for slum-dwellers like Bala Devi, now sweltering through a summer heatwave.
Covid, Corona and Lockdown: the newborns named after a pandemic
AFP, Published on 29/04/2020
» MANILA: First there was Corona Kumar, then Covid Marie: parents have taken to naming newborns after the coronavirus, apparently unperturbed by the prospect of their children being forever associated with a deadly pandemic.