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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.
Canada links Indian minister to murder plots
Bloomberg News, Published on 30/10/2024
» Indian Home Affairs Minister Amit Shah authorised a wave of violence across Canada that included extortion and homicides, a senior Canadian government official has said.
Yes, ambassadors can get away with murder
New York Times, Published on 19/10/2024
» LONDON - On Monday, the Canadian government accused India's high commissioner, the equivalent of an ambassador in Commonwealth countries, and five other diplomats of participating in a vast criminal conspiracy that used homicide and extortion to silence critics of India living in Canada.
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.
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.