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India Surpasses 8 Million Coronavirus Cases; 2nd Only To U.S.
India has surpassed 8 million confirmed coronavirus cases, making it the second country to reach that milestone after the United States. Daily new cases in India are continuing to drop after a record...
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Child Marriages Are Up In The Pandemic. Here's How India Tries To Stop Them
Sometimes the call comes from a teenage girl.She is pleading for help, "saying her parents are trying to get her married but she wants to stay in school," says Vijay Muttur.He's the child protection...
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Residents Of Indian Capital Sound Alarms About Air Pollution Amid Diwali And...
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Fireworks Of Diwali Spark Worries About Pollution ... And Coronavirus Cases
New Delhi's air quality has already reached its worst level this year. And the Hindu festival of lights, Diwali, which starts this weekend, is likely to make things even worse as the traditional rounds...
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From Around The World: How To Have A Happy(ish) Pandemic Thanksgiving
A lot will be missing about Thanksgiving this year. It's a holiday that's celebrated on a bedrock of bringing family and friends, near and far, together for a big meal and lots of catching up, but the...
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Crowds Of Indian Farmers Gather For Days To Protest New Agriculture Laws
Tens of thousands of farmers manned barricades and blocked highways Friday around India's capital of New Delhi for a ninth straight day, protesting new agricultural laws they fear may hurt their...
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A Botanist's Quest To Help India Grow Its Most Popular Herb
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Indian Farmers Demand Repeal Of Agriculture Industry Reform Laws
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Even With 10 Million COVID-19 Cases, A Doctor Says India 'Dodged A Bullet'
Although India's COVID-19 case numbers and deaths are grim, the country has "dodged a bullet" in the pandemic.That's according to Dr. Gagandeep Kang, an infectious diseases researcher at the Christian...
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India Authorizes AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine For Emergency Use
India's drug regulators gave the country a gift on New Year's Day: a vaccine against the coronavirus.An Indian minister confirmed reports that an expert panel had authorized the AstraZeneca vaccine for...
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Village Teacher Wins $1 Million Prize For World's Most 'Exceptional' Educator
In 2010, Indian teacher Ranjitsinh Disale heard that one of his teenage female students was going to marry a man in his 30s. "I directly went to the girl's house and told her father, 'You cannot do...
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Indian Woman Sued For Defamation Over #MeToo Complaint Against Her Boss Is...
A court in New Delhi delivered a verdict Wednesday in one of India's most high-profile #MeToo cases. But it was the accuser herself who was on trial, not the man she alleged had sexually harassed...
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How Bubonic Plague Reshaped The Streets Of Mumbai
On a leafy uphill road in Mumbai's Bandra suburb, a fire burns at a Catholic shrine. Garlands adorn a cross and idols of saints below it as pedestrians walk by wearing masks. A nondescript sign at the...
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India Sees Spike In Confirmed Coronavirus Cases — And Variants
India is seeing a substantial number of coronavirus variants. But it is unclear whether these are contributing to a new surge in cases there. On Wednesday, India reported 47,262 new cases, the highest...
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India's All-Female News Outlet Battles Sexism, Caste — And Hits The Silver...
In a mud-walled house in rural northern India, Meera Devi sits across from a woman who recounts how four men broke into her house and raped her."They [people in positions of political power or of a...
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Reviving 19th Century Drinking Fountains Could Help Mumbai's Poor
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PHOTOS: Mumbai Falls In Love All Over Again With Its Forgotten Fountains
In a narrow lane near Mumbai's docks, commuters on bicycles weave through the crowd as workers push wooden carts loaded with heavy burlap sacks into warehouses.Thirty-eight-year-old laborer Mohammad...
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Millions Flock To Hindu Festival Amid Coronavirus Spike
HYDERABAD, India — One of the largest gatherings of people in the world continues in northern India amid a sharp rise in coronavirus cases and a weakening supply of vaccines. Almost 3 million Hindu...
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India Confirms More Than 200,000 Coronavirus Cases In A Day
India surpassed a somber COVID milestone Thursday, confirming more than 200,000 new cases in a single day as patients and doctors grapple with a shortage of beds and cities announce curfews.Coronavirus...
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India Is Counting Thousands Of Daily COVID Deaths. How Many Is It Missing?
MUMBAI — Santosh Pandey's wife is the head of their village, population about 1,600, near the holy city of Varanasi in northern India. He sometimes answers her phone. So he's up to date on what's...
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