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What is Nipah virus? Key things to know about the disease amid cases in India
Highly contagious virus, which spreads from animals to humans, has a high fatality rate and there is no vaccin…
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Toyah Cordingley killing: Rajwinder Singh to be extradited from India to Australia
The 38-year-old appeared in court in Delhi by video link and will now face trial over the alleged murder of th…
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Imran Khan appears to want to keep power in Pakistan at any cost
Prime minister cuts an increasingly isolated figure – and his dramatic dissolution of parliament is a very ris…
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Kareena Kapoor Khan on breaking pregnancy taboos: ‘No one wants to talk about belching and swollen feet!’
One of Bollywood’s most bankable actors has written a revolutionary pregnancy book that lifts the lid on libid…
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Greta Thunberg effigies burned in Delhi after tweets on farmers’ protests
Celebrity interventions inflame sentiments in India as police investigate pro-farmers toolkitCounter-protester…
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Covid crisis could force extra 2.5m girls into child marriage – charity
Save the Children predicts worst rise in child marriage rates in 25 years as a result of pandemicUp to 2.5 mil…
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Reporting from India: ‘Pandemics have a painful legacy here’
Our South Asia correspondent on how coronavirus has affected a country’s livelihoods, faith and democracyPacin…
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Myanmar soldiers tell of Rohingya killings, rapes and mass burials
Reported video confessions could be used as evidence in international criminal courtTwo Myanmar soldiers have …
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India logs record 83,883 Covid-19 cases in day
Cases reach 3.85m as expert claims emphasis on recovery rates fuels public apathyCoronavirus – latest updatesS…
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1MDB scandal explained: a tale of Malaysia’s missing billions
The alleged misuse of the government fund has brought out tales of lavish spending, mass sackings and a long s…
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Islamic activists halt construction of first Hindu temple in Islamabad
Petitions filed in court to block work on first Hindu temple in capital since Pakistan’s creationThe controver…
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Global report: India’s Covid-19 case total surpasses Italy’s
Indian health ministry reports 9,887 new cases; China confirms three new cases; Russia’s death toll continues …
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India hangings bring end to gang-rape case, but no real justice
Until India accepts brutality begets brutality, plague of sexual violence will go onIt was a grisly end to a s…
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Inside Delhi: beaten, lynched and burnt alive
Violence in India’s capital has left more than 40 dead and hundreds injured after a Hindu nationalist rampage,…
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Internet to be partially restored in Kashmir but social media ban stays
Hospitals, banks and travel companies to get broadband after five-month shutdownInternet is to be partially re…