Tag: India
In India, Severe heat kills dozens
In India, Severe heat kills dozens
NEWS DIGEST--Severe heat has left dozens dead over a 24-hour period in India’s Bihar state, as the country enters...
Heavy rains, dust storm kill 30 in India
Heavy rains, dust storm kill 30 in India
NEWS DIGEST--Officials said 30 people died and several others were injured in the rains accompanied with dust-storm...
In India, 13 feared dead as passenger bus falls down gorge
In India, 13 feared dead as passenger bus falls down gorge
NEWS DIGEST--Thirteen people were killed on Saturday when a passenger bus fell 70 metres...
Quarantine service attracts $100bn Pigeon Pea export to India
Quarantine service attracts $100bn Pigeon Pea export to India
NEWS DIGEST--The Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS) has attracted a $100 billion Pigeon Pea export to...
Delhi, India’s capital ravaged by air pollution
Delhi, India's capital ravaged by air pollution
NEWS DIGEST--Air quality in Delhi continued to be in poor category for the third day on Wednesday, with...
Sexual assault allegations by 35 female journalists force Indian Minister to...
Sexual assault allegations by 35 female journalists force Indian Minister to quit
NEWS DIGEST--India’s Junior External Affairs Minister, Mobashar Akbar, resigned on Wednesday over alleged...
Zika Virus: 22 cases confirmed in India, zero deaths recorded
Zika Virus: 22 cases confirmed in India, zero deaths recorded
NEWS DIGEST--Indian health officials have reported the third case of Zika virus outbreak in the...
Truck-school bus collision in northern India injures 20 children
Truck-school bus collision in northern India injures 20 children
NEWS DIGEST--India police said on Monday that no fewer than 20 children were injured after a...
Unprecedented rains in Kerala leave 45 people dead
Unprecedented rains in Kerala leave 45 people dead
NEWS DIGEST - The death toll in Kerala, a state in India has risen to 45, as...
Woman Lynched in India after WhatsApp Rumors
Woman Lynched in India after WhatsApp Rumors
NEWS DIGEST - A mob lynched a woman in India after rumours circulated on WhatsApp about child kidnappers,...