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Toxic pesticide U.N. had urged banned found in temple food that killed 15 in India
A toxic pesticide that a U.N. agency wanted India to ban a decade ago contaminated food that killed at least 15 people at a temple last week, police said on Tuesday. More than 100 also had to go to hospital after devotees consumed portions of ...
India fire safety concerns raised anew as Mumbai hospital blaze kills six, injures over 100
At least six people were killed and more than 100 injured when a fire engulfed a hospital in Mumbai on Monday, officials said, in the latest disaster to raise concerns about fire safety in India. The blaze broke out around 4:00 p.m. (1130 GMT) on ...
Indian politician Sajjan Kumar, 73, gets life sentence over role in 1984 anti-Sikh riots
A veteran Indian politician was given a life sentence Monday over anti-Sikh riots in 1984 that killed nearly 3,000 people following the assassination of then-premier Indira Gandhi. The Delhi High Court found Sajjan Kumar, 73, guilty of instigating mobs during the mass killings, which were ...
Japanese firms are among the foreign investors betting on India's green energy push
Foreign investment in India's renewable energy sector has picked up speed in the last four years, with investors including Japanese firms laying down big bets on the country's green energy push. According to government data, foreign direct investment in the sector has totaled $3.8 billion ...
11 die and over 90 sickened after eating food at temple in India
Eleven people including two children died and more than 90 were hospitalized after consuming a religious food offering at a temple in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, police said on Saturday, calling it a suspected case of mass food poisoning. Two people have been ...
India's central bank coup a sign of Modi's authoritarian ways as 'Indira Gandhi 2.0'
When Reserve Bank of India Gov. Urjit Patel abruptly resigned this week, it stunned many people in government and business circles. Patel's decision, which came on Monday after months of bad blood between India's central bank and the government, is the latest sign that the ...
Tens of thousands of hard-line Hindu protesters marched in New Delhi on Sunday, calling for a grand temple to be built on the ruins of a destroyed mosque in a flash point Indian city. Trident-waving devotees clad in saffron filled a huge parade ground in ...
ATM manufacturers in Japan see silver lining in industry's woes in India
Even as India's ATM industry struggles to cope with the rising cost of tightened compliance requirements aimed at boosting security standards, manufacturers expect demand for new machines meeting the latest regulatory norms to go up in the country. The Confederation of ATM Industry, or CATMi, ...
India's toxic air claimed 1.24 million lives in 2017 — 12.5 percent of total deaths recorded that year — according to a study published in Lancet Planetary Health on Thursday. More than 51 percent of the people who died because of air pollution were younger ...
Race to the bottom? India plans deep dive for seabed minerals
In the 1870 Jules Verne classic "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," underwater explorer Captain Nemo predicted the mining of the ocean floor's mineral bounty: zinc, iron, silver and gold. India is catching up with that as it prepares to unearth treasures down below. The floor of ...
India throws book at schools making young pupils carry heavy bags
Concerned about producing a generation of children with hunched backs and other spine problems, India has denounced schools for making students carry heavy school bags and giving young children homework. The government has issued weight guidelines for school bags depending on a child's age, citing ...
Countering China: Japan, India and U.S. leaders meet in push for more open Asia-Pacific
The leaders of the United States, Japan and India met jointly Friday for the first time and called for open navigation in Asia, a show of unity with China clearly in mind. The three right-leaning leaders — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, U.S. President Donald Trump ...
