The death toll from the collision of two Indian passenger trains in Odisha state has surged to 288 and more than 850 are injured, a state government official told AFP on Saturday, making the rail accident the country’s deadliest in more than two decades. Sudhanshu Sarangi, director general of Odisha[…]
India was spotlighted for explicitly targeting religious minorities in the US State Department’s newly released 2022 Religious Freedom Report, joining a list of countries that includes Russia, China and Iran for its treatment of religious minorities. The report details a range of concerns about religious freedom in India. Among them is the continued[…]
INTERNATIONAL India’s decision to invite Israeli officials to the disputed Kashmir region has triggered alarm among local residents and experts, with New Delhi accused of attempting to replace the indigenous culture and geography with a reimagined environment. Earlier this month, Israeli diplomats travelled to Indian-controlled Kashmir to explore joint agriculture[…]
INTERNATIONAL It was a hot night in the Eritrean capital Asmara. The sun had set, but the air was still warm. Cafes, restaurants and cinemas were teeming with people, but instead of the raucous atmosphere that had defined most World Cup matches until this point, there was a hushed silence. The[…]
The death toll from the collapse of a colonial-era suspension bridge in India’s western Gujarat state has risen to 132, according to officials, as rescue workers worked through the night, combing the Machhu River for survivors. Harsh Sanghavi, Gujarat’s home minister, told reporters that the death toll rose from 68[…]
INTERNATIONAL The government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the August release of 11 men convicted and sentenced to life in prison for gang-raping a Muslim woman and murdering members of her family during the 2002 Gujarat religious riots, according to court documents. The approval letter from India’s home ministry,[…]
INTERNATIONAL It’s late afternoon, and silence has replaced the hustle and bustle in the restaurants and clothes shops on Leicester’s celebrated Golden Mile along Belgrave Road. Premises that would typically be full of customers riffling through saris and buying Indian desserts are now nearly empty, with old Diwali signs and[…]
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi yesterday discussed military cooperation with India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, statements from both men’s offices said. Al-Sisi lauded the deep ties binding Egypt and India, asserting Cairo’s keenness to promote military and defence cooperation with New Delhi. During the meeting, Al-Sisi praised the historical ties between Cairo and New Delhi. Al-Sisi also[…]
India is in final talks to start exporting wheat to Egypt, reports the Economic Times, as the Russian invasion of Ukraine has disrupted the wheat supply from the leading exporters. Whilst Russia is the largest exporter of wheat worldwide, Egypt is the largest importer. Before the war Egypt imported roughly 80 per[…]
INTERNATIONAL At least five people, including a former spokesman of India’s governing right-wing party, are in police custody over anti-Muslim slogans raised in the capital. A protest, organised on Sunday by former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Supreme Court lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay, to demand the “scrapping of India’s colonial-era[…]
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