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Thousands of Indian farmers protesting against agricultural reforms breached barricades on Tuesday to enter the historic Red Fort complex in the capital and hoist flags after clashing with police who fired tear gas to scatter them The protesters marched, rode horses and drove long lines of tractors to New Delhi where they stormed the historic … Read more
New Delhi was blanketed in noxious haze Friday as air pollution levels in parts of the city soared to ‘severe’ levels, hours after US President Donald Trump described the air in the vast nation as ‘filthy’. Smoke from agricultural burning, vehicle fumes and industrial emissions – combined with cooler temperatures and slow-moving winds that trap … Read more
Leading bidder pulls out of race to buy stricken department store chain Debenhams By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 11 October 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 11 October 2020 The leading bidder has pulled out of the race to buy the stricken department store chain Debenhams, according to reports. India’s richest … Read more
Bollywood star is quizzed by India’s drug squad: Deepika Padukone arrives for interview by Narcotics Control Bureau as part of an probe into film industry’s links with drug peddlers and cartels Three Bollywood actors questioned by India’s narcotics agency earlier today Deepika Padukone arrived at office before Shraddha Kapoor and Sara Ali Khan Bollywood drug probe … Read more
Shropshire councillors are set to debate the removal of a statue of 18th Century profiteer Clive of India. More than 20,000 people have signed two online petitions calling for the statue in Shrewsbury to be torn down due to Robert Clive’s role in establishing British power in India with the East India Company. One titled ‘bring down … Read more
Dead bodies have reportedly piled up in hospital lobbies as India’s capital fast runs out of hospital beds and struggles to contain the pandemic amid a surge in coronavirus cases. It comes after critics said it did too little to prepare and reopened shopping malls and temples too soon. Some families of people infected with … Read more
Army of animal lovers take to India’s streets to feed millions of stray dogs and cattle abandoned in country’s lockdown Around 30 million dogs and five million cattle were left to starve on the streets Activists were given ‘feeding passes’ that allow them to leave their homes They wear personal protective equipment when feeding the … Read more
India’s low death rate from coronavirus is puzzling experts, who say the country’s young population is an advantage but warn the figures are likely to be incomplete. Fears of an appalling death toll in a country of 1.3billion have not yet been realised, with only 934 deaths from 29,435 cases so far. India imposed a … Read more
Muslims in India are bearing the brunt of the country’s coronavirus crisis after the Hindu-nationalist government blamed an Islamic missionary for a surge in cases. There has been a surge in reports of violence, business boycotts and hate speech towards the ethnic minority in the world’s second-most populous country. Experts have warned that the stigma … Read more
Newborn twins ‘are named Corona and Covid’ after being born during India’s lockdown The baby boy and girl were born by caesarean on March 27 at a hospital in Raipur Mother Preeti Verma said the names symbolise triumph over hardships India is currently in a 21-day lockdown in a bid to curb rising coronavirus cases … Read more