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"India Muzzles Citizenship Law Protests": Foreign Media
Indian authorities on Thursday clamped down on demonstrations against a contentious citizenship law, invoking a measure to prohibit public gatherings in two states and parts of the nation's capital, together home to more than 260 million people.
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New Protests In 17 Cities In India Today: Foreign Media
Fresh protests swept India on Monday, a day after police entered a university campus in the nation's capital and injured hundreds of students who were registering their opposition to the country's controversial new citizenship law.
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Foreign Media On Chennai Engineer Who Helped Locate Moon Lander's Debris
A software engineer in Chennai who pored over satellite images in his spare time helped NASA locate the debris of India's ill-fated mission to the moon.
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Recalling Her Last Words Made Her Weep: Murdered Telangana Vet's Sister
It was around 9 p.m. when the young woman returned to the toll plaza where she had parked her red scooter. It had a flat tire, and a group of men nearby offered to help.
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India Is the Best Place in the World to Have a Smartphone but That's About to Change
The precarious financial health of Indian telecom players came into sharp focus last week when two cellular providers announced disastrous quarterly results.
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Is Everest Shrinking? Nepal's Mission To Measure World's Tallest Mountain
When Khim Lal Gautam reached the top of Mount Everest at 3 a.m. on May 22, it was dark, windy and lethally cold. Gautam carried some unusual baggage - a ground-penetrating radar and a top-of-the-line satellite navigation device. Unlike most climbers, he and his team remained at the summit for nearly two hours so they could take the measurements the...
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Can Mukesh Ambani Take on Amazon, Walmart in E-Commerce?
Mukesh Ambani's next gambit may be his most audacious yet - and it will put him on a collision course with Amazon and Walmart in the battle to dominate e-commerce as hundreds of millions of Indians begin shopping online.
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How India's Richest Man Plans To Take On Amazon And Walmart
Mukesh Ambani's next gambit may be his most audacious yet - and it will put him on a collision course with Amazon and Walmart in the battle to dominate e-commerce as hundreds of millions of Indians begin shopping online.
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Her Husband Was Hacked To Death. "What Did You Do," She Asked Her Father
Pranay, 23, was a Dalit, a term used to describe those formerly known as "untouchables." Amrutha, 21, belongs to an upper caste. Her rich and powerful family viewed the couple's union as an unacceptable humiliation. Her father, T. Maruthi Rao, was so enraged that he hired killers to murder his son-in-law, court documents say.
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As Chennai Runs Out Of Water, 9 Million Pray For Rain: Foreign Media
The wait for water begins in the dark at 4 a.m. By the time A. Vani reaches the public pump, a dozen women are already in line.
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Donald Trump Doubles Down On Trade War With India: Foreign Media
President Donald Trump believes trade wars are good and easy to win. Now he has a new target firmly in his sights: India.
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India Roasts In Heat Wave Above 49 Degrees: Foreign Media
When the temperature topped 120 degrees (49 Celsius), residents of the northern Indian city of Churu stopped going outside while authorities started hosing down the baking streets with water.
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Out Of Oxygen, Climbers Stuck In Everest 'Jam' Pleaded To Make Way: Guide
Chatur Tamang was on his way to the roof of the world when he hit a traffic jam.
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Election 2019: Foreign Media On Pragya Thakur's "Lionization" Of Nathuram Godse
Despite the charges, the BJP chose Thakur to run for a seat in Bhopal, the capital of the state of Madhya Pradesh. Senior party leaders have attended her campaign events and endorsed her run for office, which appears to be the first time a major party in India has fielded a candidate accused of involvement in a terrorist conspiracy.
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General Election 2019: Just Married When Her Husband Drank Pesticide. She's Running For MP
When Vaishali Yede was newly married, her husband walked into these fields one October afternoon and drank pesticide. The crop was poor, and he had debts he could not repay. He became one of tens of thousands of farmers to die by suicide in India over the past decade, a grim trend that shows no signs of abating.
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"India Muzzles Citizenship Law Protests": Foreign Media
Indian authorities on Thursday clamped down on demonstrations against a contentious citizenship law, invoking a measure to prohibit public gatherings in two states and parts of the nation's capital, together home to more than 260 million people.
-
New Protests In 17 Cities In India Today: Foreign Media
Fresh protests swept India on Monday, a day after police entered a university campus in the nation's capital and injured hundreds of students who were registering their opposition to the country's controversial new citizenship law.
-
Foreign Media On Chennai Engineer Who Helped Locate Moon Lander's Debris
A software engineer in Chennai who pored over satellite images in his spare time helped NASA locate the debris of India's ill-fated mission to the moon.
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Recalling Her Last Words Made Her Weep: Murdered Telangana Vet's Sister
It was around 9 p.m. when the young woman returned to the toll plaza where she had parked her red scooter. It had a flat tire, and a group of men nearby offered to help.
-
India Is the Best Place in the World to Have a Smartphone but That's About to Change
The precarious financial health of Indian telecom players came into sharp focus last week when two cellular providers announced disastrous quarterly results.
-
Is Everest Shrinking? Nepal's Mission To Measure World's Tallest Mountain
When Khim Lal Gautam reached the top of Mount Everest at 3 a.m. on May 22, it was dark, windy and lethally cold. Gautam carried some unusual baggage - a ground-penetrating radar and a top-of-the-line satellite navigation device. Unlike most climbers, he and his team remained at the summit for nearly two hours so they could take the measurements the...
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Can Mukesh Ambani Take on Amazon, Walmart in E-Commerce?
Mukesh Ambani's next gambit may be his most audacious yet - and it will put him on a collision course with Amazon and Walmart in the battle to dominate e-commerce as hundreds of millions of Indians begin shopping online.
-
How India's Richest Man Plans To Take On Amazon And Walmart
Mukesh Ambani's next gambit may be his most audacious yet - and it will put him on a collision course with Amazon and Walmart in the battle to dominate e-commerce as hundreds of millions of Indians begin shopping online.
-
Her Husband Was Hacked To Death. "What Did You Do," She Asked Her Father
Pranay, 23, was a Dalit, a term used to describe those formerly known as "untouchables." Amrutha, 21, belongs to an upper caste. Her rich and powerful family viewed the couple's union as an unacceptable humiliation. Her father, T. Maruthi Rao, was so enraged that he hired killers to murder his son-in-law, court documents say.
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As Chennai Runs Out Of Water, 9 Million Pray For Rain: Foreign Media
The wait for water begins in the dark at 4 a.m. By the time A. Vani reaches the public pump, a dozen women are already in line.
-
Donald Trump Doubles Down On Trade War With India: Foreign Media
President Donald Trump believes trade wars are good and easy to win. Now he has a new target firmly in his sights: India.
-
India Roasts In Heat Wave Above 49 Degrees: Foreign Media
When the temperature topped 120 degrees (49 Celsius), residents of the northern Indian city of Churu stopped going outside while authorities started hosing down the baking streets with water.
-
Out Of Oxygen, Climbers Stuck In Everest 'Jam' Pleaded To Make Way: Guide
Chatur Tamang was on his way to the roof of the world when he hit a traffic jam.
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Election 2019: Foreign Media On Pragya Thakur's "Lionization" Of Nathuram Godse
Despite the charges, the BJP chose Thakur to run for a seat in Bhopal, the capital of the state of Madhya Pradesh. Senior party leaders have attended her campaign events and endorsed her run for office, which appears to be the first time a major party in India has fielded a candidate accused of involvement in a terrorist conspiracy.
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General Election 2019: Just Married When Her Husband Drank Pesticide. She's Running For MP
When Vaishali Yede was newly married, her husband walked into these fields one October afternoon and drank pesticide. The crop was poor, and he had debts he could not repay. He became one of tens of thousands of farmers to die by suicide in India over the past decade, a grim trend that shows no signs of abating.
