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Indian police arrest man accused of running fake embassy
Suspect allegedly claimed to be adviser or ambassador to made-up places such as ‘Seborga’ or ‘Westarctica’Indi…
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Women in India don’t want ‘safe zones’ – they want to enjoy public spaces as equals | Nilanjana Bhowmick
Segregation does not make going outside any safer or more comfortable for women – it only reinforces the idea …
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How farm fires intensify Delhi’s post-monsoon smog problem
Extreme air pollution from farming fires meets high population density, causing substantial harm to healthThe …
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Modi and JD Vance hail ‘significant progress’ in trade negotiations
Visit to New Delhi by VP and family has to navigate tensions over visas for Indian tech workers and farmers’ h…
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‘It shatters my heart’: the slow death of India’s once-famous Urdu book bazaar
For over a century, poets, publishers and printers filled this Delhi district’s narrow lanes. But as profits p…
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Narendra Modi’s ruling Hindu nationalist party wins crucial Delhi state elections
BJP won most seats in territory that includes the capital for first time in more than 25 years, ousting AA par…
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‘The air is killing us’: why Delhi’s pollution problem runs deeper than smog season
Leaders of Indian capital must tackle transport and heavy industry rather than seek quick fixes, say campaigne…
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Drone footage shows Delhi cloaked in thick haze of toxic smog – video
Pollution levels in the Indian capital have soared to their highest levels this year, forcing schools and offi…
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‘More toxic than ever’: Lahore and Delhi choked by smog as ‘pollution season’ begins
As air pollution hits toxic levels, one proposal is to introduce a ‘smog diplomacy’ initiative between Pakista…
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‘Our new doctors have no clue about leprosy’: experts sceptical of India’s target to eliminate the disease by 2027
After huge gains by 2005, efforts to wipe the disease out in India, which has most of the world’s cases, stall…
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Indian opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal released on bail
Delhi chief minister had been in jail since being arrested in March in corruption case he says is politically …
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Weather tracker: Record-breaking rain in Delhi leaves trail of destruction
Almost 200 killed as deluge sweeps northern India, while rain gives way to high humidity at Paris OlympicsBetw…
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‘Unliveable’: Delhi’s residents struggle to cope in record-breaking heat
Temperatures of more than 45C have left population of 29 million exhausted – but the poorest suffer mostAs the…
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Record breaking heatwave hits Delhi as India swelters – in pictures
Temperatures in Delhi have soared to record highs of 49.9C (121.8F) as authorities warn of water shortages. Th…
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Delhi heatwave: officials investigating if temperature of 52.9C due to faulty sensor
Meteorological department examining data from Mungeshpur station amid soaring temperatures that came close to …