Tag: New Delhi
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52 dead within two days in Indian heatwave
A total of 52 deaths have been reported within two days as an intense heatwave grips the Indian capital of New Delhi. As yet, 192 homeless persons have died in New Delhi in heatwaves that hit the ancient city between June 11 and 19, Indian media has reported. More than 40,000 cases of heat stroke…
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Husband-wife fight forces plane to make emergency landing in India
A Lufthansa plane that took off from Germany had to make an emergency landing in New Delhi’s Indra Gandhi’s airport after an intense fight broke out between a husband and wife. On November 29, right after the take-off from Munich, a couple started fighting in the plane. Seeing the situation getting worse, pilots informed the…
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16-year-old kills older teenager for Rs 350 in India
A 16-year-old boy in New Delhi killed an 18-year-old with sixty stabs of the knife. As per Indian Media, the shocking incident took place in New Delhi where a young boy robbed an 18-year-old boy for INR 350 and left him lying on the street in a pool of blood. The killer then celebrated the…
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What is the situation of Air Quality Index in South Asia?
Six of the top ten cities plagued by the worst pollution on the Air Quality Index are from the South Asian region. Delhi, Mumbai, and Kolkata from India, Lahore and Karachi from Pakistan, and Dhaka from Bangladesh. Post-Diwali, the air quality index in India is pretty bad as three of its highly-populated cities are facing…
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New Delhi schools go on early winter break as smog suffocates Indian capital
Amidst its fight to reduce suffocating levels of smog, the Indian capital, New Delhi, has announced a ten-day-long winter break in schools throughout the city. Over in Pakistan, the hazardous air has worsened to the extent that the government announced a four-day health emergency from November 9 to 12 in Lahore, Gujranwala, and Hafizabad. Schools,…
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India ‘Shocked’ At Qatar Death Penalty For 8 Citizens
India said Thursday that eight of its citizens had been sentenced to death by Qatar in a case that media reported involved high-ranking ex-naval officers accused of spying. New Delhi said it would “take up the verdict with Qatari authorities” and would continue to “extend all consular and legal assistance” to the prisoners, the foreign…
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Growing Saudi-India partnership: MBS and Modi discuss expanding trade goals
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman held discussions on trade ties in New Delhi after the G20 Summit. The leaders met at the Hyderabad House, New Delhi, for the Saudi-Indian Strategic Partnership Council meeting. During the talks, they covered various areas of cooperation and regional and international topics of…
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‘Haye Raam’: Indian Charge d’Affaires on price of onions in Pakistan
Dr M. Suresh Kumar who is currently serving as the Charge d’Affaires at the Indian Embassy in Islamabad, has arrived in Lahore for the first time since his appointment two years ago. Jang reported that the diplomat had breakfast with senior journalists, where he revealed an interesting tibit about food prices in the capital. He…
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Man murders girlfriend, marries another woman on the same day
New Delhi police has arrested arrested 24-year-old Sahil Gahlot on February 14 for murdering his longtime girlfriend Nikki Yadav and stuffing her body in a refrigerator inside his restaurant.Gahlot had killed the deceased between February 9 and 10, by strangling her with the phone data cable he kept in his car.The murderer and Yadav had…
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India and Pakistan were close to nuclear war, claims former US Secretary of State
Former United States (US) Secretary of State Mike Pompeo revealed on Tuesday in his new memoir that arch rivals— India and Pakistan— were on the verge of nuclear war in February 2019. Pompeo, who served in President Donald Trump’s tenure, has written in ‘Never Give an Inch: Fighting for America I Love’ that he does…