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- The Independent Feed 13:59July 28, 2021Pani for Puri: Indian city becomes first to get 24/7 piped clean drinking water‘Puri has now joined the elite group of international cities like London, New York and Singapore in supplying quality potable water’
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- Breaking Defense 19:37July 27, 2021Allies, No-Strings Vaccines, Human Rights, Open Seas: SecDef In SingaporeWASHINGTON: Speaking in Singapore, the unique city-state perched on the eponymous strait through which so much Chinese shipping passes, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made clear to the other Pacific countries facing a rising China “in difficult times” that America would both help and defend the liberal world order across the region. “Today, amid this…
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- New York Times 18:28July 27, 2021Why Are India and the U.S. Sparring Over a $110 Million Mumbai Mansion?For years, the Indian government has blocked the sale of a former U.S. consulate to a family of vaccine tycoons, but it’s not clear why. The Americans are getting annoyed.
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- The Independent Feed 18:17July 27, 2021Armed personnel of two Indian states clash over contested border point, leaving 5 dead, 50 injuredAssam’s chief minister posted a video on Twitter claiming that Mizoram personnel celebrated the killing of the police officers
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- New York Magazine 17:57July 26, 2021What We Know About the Dangerous Delta VariantThe more transmissible COVID strain now accounts for an estimated 83 percent of new cases in the U.S.
< covid-19, coronavirus variants, b.1.617.2 variant, delta variant, coronavirus, pandemic, uk, india, explainer, covid vaccines, coronavirus vaccines, covid, delta plus variant > - New York Times 17:21July 26, 2021Scores Die in India as Monsoon Rains Swamp Towns and Send Boulders TumblingEvery monsoon season poses risks to the country, but this one is shaping up as especially destructive as climate change turbocharges rainfall.
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- Budget Bytes 21:09July 24, 2021Curry Chickpea SaladThis Curry Chickpea Salad is a fast and easy no-cook lunch that's perfect for summer. Light, fresh, filling, tangy, and flavorful! The post Curry Chickpea Salad appeared first on Budget Bytes.
< Bean & Grain Recipes, Bean Recipes, Egg Free Recipes, Globally Inspired Recipes, Gluten free Recipes, Indian Inspired Recipes, No-Cook Recipes, Quick Recipes, Recipes, Recipes under $3, Salad Recipes, Soy Free Recipes, Under $1 per serving, Vegetarian Recipes, Chickpeas, Cilantro, Curry Powder, Dijon, Honey, Red Onion, Yogurt > - Business Insider 15:06July 24, 2021Elon Musk says Tesla is 'quite likely' to build a factory in India but only if import taxes are lowered"If Tesla is able to succeed with imported vehicles, then a factory in India is quite likely," the company's CEO Elon Musk said on Twitter on Friday.
< Tech Insider, Transportation, News, Weekend BI UK, Elon Musk, India, Asia, Manufacturing, EV, Tesla > - The Guardian 13:31July 24, 2021India floods: rescuers search for survivors among mud and debrisDeath toll from heavy monsoon rains on western coast climbs to 76, with nearly 90,000 people evacuated Rescuers in India combed through mud and debris on Saturday in a desperate search for survivors as the death toll from heavy monsoon rains climbed to 76, with nearly 90,000 people evacuated.Torrential downpours have lashed India’s western coast in recent days, leaving dozens missing near the financial capital of Mumbai and causing the worst floods in decades in the resort state of Goa. Continue reading...
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- Business Insider 13:03July 24, 2021Donald Trump says Cleveland Indians name change is 'such a disgrace' and 'disrespectful' to Native AmericansDonald Trump criticized the Cleveland Indians baseball club for changing its name amid a wider cultural shift of institutions ditching racist names.
< Sports, Politics, Donald Trump, Cleveland Indians, Baseball, Native Americans, Indigenous People, UK Weekend > - New York Magazine 19:16July 23, 2021Cleveland Renames Baseball Team After Traffic MascotGoodbye Indians, hello Guardians.
< major league baseball, sports, cleveland indians, cleveland guardians > - The Independent Feed 16:40July 23, 2021Modi called on to apologise for high death toll in India’s Covid crisisAn opposition MP gave a fiery speech, shared widely on social media, attacking the government for failing to acknowledge the true death toll
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- Guardian 16:09July 23, 2021Demonstrations and inquiries: the global impact of the Pegasus projectWorldwide concern over the use of invasive spyware sold to autocratic regimesThe Pegasus project investigation has reverberated across the world; claims about the use of invasive spyware, and the governments that use the technology, have provoked demonstrations, political outrage and calls for industry regulation.Here, Guardian reporters pull together the impact of the investigation, which has put a spotlight on the government customers of the Israeli company NSO Group. Continue reading...
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- The Independent Feed 13:31July 23, 202114 Indian post-Covid patients develop ‘unusually large’ liver abscesses, 1 dies from excessive bleedingDoctors say lowered immunity after the infection and use of steroids are possible causes
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- Business Insider 19:46July 22, 2021Delivery of 3 more advanced US-made sub-hunting aircraft boosts India's plans to take on China at seaThe US this month delivered three aircraft to India that will help it keep an eye on China's increasingly active navy, especially its submarines.
< Military & Defense, International, India, MH-60R, MH-60 Seahawk, P-8, P-8I, Indian Ocean, China, InsiderAsia > - Business Insider 19:07July 22, 2021India is considering a phased roll-out of a central bank digital currencyDeputy Governor T. Rabi Sankar said politicians are eyeing a CBDC to protect citizens from the volatility of cryptocurrencies, Bloomberg first reported.
< Markets, MI Exclusive, Markets, india central bank, Reserve Bank of India, crypto, CBDC, Central Bank Digital Currency, Jerome Powell, Fed Chair, india crypto, India > - Business Insider 08:30July 21, 2021India's true COVID-19 death toll may be closer to 4 million - 10 times higher than the official count - according to a new studyGiven the number of excess deaths estimated in the study, researchers said the pandemic is "arguably India's worst human tragedy."
< Science, International, India, India Covid-19, COVID-19, coronavirus > - The Guardian 07:47July 21, 2021‘Absence of humanity’: Melbourne couple jailed for keeping Indian woman as a slave for eight yearsJudge criticises immigration department for being ‘missing in action’ and not investigating visa status of victimA woman who has shown no remorse, regret or sorrow for holding another woman captive as a slave for eight years in Melbourne has been sentenced to a jail term of the same length.Kumuthini Kannan was found to be more morally culpable than her husband, Kandasamy Kannan, who was described in court as being susceptible to a degree of domination by his wife and having a weak character. Continue reading...
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- New York Magazine 20:43July 20, 2021What We Know About the Dangerous Delta VariantThe more transmissible COVID strain now accounts for an estimated 83 percent of new cases in the U.S.
< covid-19, coronavirus variants, b.1.617.2 variant, delta variant, coronavirus, pandemic, uk, india, explainer, covid vaccines, coronavirus vaccines, covid, delta plus variant > - New York Times 16:13July 20, 2021India's Pandemic Deaths Likely Exceed 3 Million, Study FindsA comprehensive effort to estimate excess deaths in the country during the pandemic produced figures 10 times the government’s official coronavirus toll.
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- The Independent Feed 15:11July 20, 2021India’s excess deaths during Covid cross four million to reach 10 times official count, says studyResearchers say first Covid wave in India seems to have been more lethal than is widely believed
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- New York Times 12:00July 20, 2021She Said She Married for Love. Her Parents Called It Coercion.After a woman, who was born a Sikh, married a Muslim man, her parents accused him of kidnapping. Now, new laws across India are seeking to ban all interfaith marriages.
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- The Guardian(UK) 22:02July 19, 2021NSO clients spying disclosures prompt political rows across worldConcerns that phone-hacking software may have been used to spy on political opponents spark furyRevelations about the use of spying tools sold to governments by NSO Group sparked furious political rows across the world on Monday after evidence emerged to suggest the surveillance firm’s clients may have sought to target their political opponents.Amid growing concern over the apparent abuse of NSO’s powerful phone-hacking spyware, Pegasus, Amazon confirmed it already had cut some of its ties to the Israeli surveillance company. The stock price of Apple dipped amid worries about the privacy and security of its handsets. Continue reading...
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- Breaking Defense 21:59July 19, 2021Exclusive: In A First, SecDef Pledges DoD To Space NormsExperts warn that codifying a norm against long-lived debris may actually provide cover for countries to do anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons tests.
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- The Guardian(UK) 20:33July 19, 2021Modi accused of treason by opposition over India spyware disclosuresIndian prime minister under fire after phone numbers of political rivals appear in data leakNarendra Modi’s government has been accused of treason and “unforgivable sacrilege” by the political opposition in India following a series of reports by the Pegasus project revealing several journalists, activists and an opposition election strategist had their phone numbers included in a data leak of more than 50,000 numbers that, since 2016, are believed to have been selected as those of persons of interests by government clients of NSO Group.The stories, published in the Guardian and in partner media outlets around the world on Sunday and Monday, revealed details of hundreds of verified Indian phone numbers that appear in leaked records of numbers. Continue reading...
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- The Independent Feed 14:52July 19, 2021Mumbai rains: Over 30 people killed as downpour causes waterlogging and landslidesThe government has asked the local civic body to be on standby as heavy rains are predicted to continue
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- The Guardian(UK) 14:00July 19, 2021Key Modi rival Rahul Gandhi among potential Indian targets of NSO clientLeak suggests Indian opposition leader among hundreds selected for possible surveillance by Modi governmentThe Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s most prominent political rival, the opposition figure Rahul Gandhi, was twice selected as a potential surveillance target in leaked phone number data, making him one of dozens of Indian politicians, journalists, activists and government critics whose numbers were identified as possible targets for the Israeli company’s government clients.Two numbers belonging to Gandhi, who led the Congress party during India’s 2019 national elections, were selected as candidates for possible surveillance in the year before the vote and in the months afterwards by NSO, whose spying tool Pegasus allows customers to infiltrate mobile phones and monitor messages, camera feeds and microphones. Continue reading...
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- The Guardian 17:10July 18, 2021Indonesia’s daily Covid infections higher than India and BrazilHealth systems overwhelmed as Delta variant sweeps across south-east Asia Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIndonesia has reported more daily Covid-19 infections than India and Brazil as the Delta strain sweeps across south-east Asia, placing intense pressure on health systems.Most countries in the region are experiencing their worst outbreaks since the pandemic began, fuelled by the emergence of more aggressive variants and a lack of vaccines. Continue reading...
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- The Guardian 12:55July 18, 2021Tensions remain high as hopes dashed for breakthrough in China and India stalemateMilitary build-up continues ‘like never before’ on both sides of 2,100-mile border despite high-level talksIt was described as a dialogue, the first high-level meeting in months between the Indian and Chinese foreign ministers to address the ongoing border aggressions that have pushed the two nuclear-armed countries to the brink of war.But those hopingWednesday’s meeting would help break a year-long stalemate during which 200,000 troops have built up on both sides of the Himalayan frontier were to be left unsatisfied. Continue reading...
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- The Independent Feed 12:29July 18, 2021Landslides kill at least 25 in Mumbai after heavy rainsIn one neighbourhood about half a dozen shacks located at the base of a hill collapsed on top of each other
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- Business Insider 21:29July 17, 2021Indiana resumes federal pandemic unemployment benefits after court rulingGov. Eric Holcomb initially cut off the enhanced federal payments in June, citing the need for unemployed residents to get back into the workforce.
< Politics, Economy, Unemployment insurance, Indiana, enhanced unemployment insurance, eric holcomb, Larry Hogan, Unemployment Rate, Economy > - Business Insider 11:02July 17, 2021India's true COVID-19 death toll could be as high as 2.4 million, 6 times the official figures, experts warnIndian officials have attempted to suppress the real death toll of COVID-19, and the true figure could be 5 to 7 times higher, says The Economist.
< International, Science, UK Weekend, India, COVID, Health, UK News > - The Independent Feed 09:24July 16, 2021Deepika Padukone launches new mental health initiative for frontline workersThe NGO is committed to improving health and evidence-based interventions in mental healthcare
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- The Independent Feed 17:21July 15, 2021‘I knew I would be released honourably one day’: Kashmiri man jailed for 11 years returns home after being cleared of terrorism chargesA social worker, Baba had gone to Gujarat to attend a workshop when he was arrested by the police in 2010
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- The Independent Feed 16:41July 15, 2021India overtakes US by making most requests to Twitter for information on usersAn expert dubs the requests made by Indian government an ‘alarming trend’
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- The Independent Feed 16:22July 15, 2021India to ban new Mastercards in row over customer dataIndia’s central bank has already barred American Express and Diners Club International from issuing new cards
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- The Independent Feed 20:14July 14, 2021Victim of India’s first fake vaccine scam tests positive for coronavirusDuring the second wave of Covid-19, Mumbai emerged as one of the hotspots
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- The Independent Feed 15:38July 14, 2021‘My helmet saved me’: Man describes how he survived being bitten on the head as tigers mauled friends to death‘I could hear them scream for a few seconds and then it stopped’
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- The Independent Feed 16:42July 13, 2021Doctors in India warn of ‘imminent’ third waveIndia’s top doctors’ association has appealed to the government not to allow mass gatherings
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- The Independent Feed 15:40July 13, 2021India’s first Covid patient tests positive againThe student from Kerala first tested positive in January last year when she returned to India from China
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- The Independent Feed 14:59July 13, 2021Inmates in mass breakout from Indian jail after attacking guards armed with nothing but chilli powderThe inmates were stashing away chilli powder and salt for days in order to prepare for the attack
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- The Independent Feed 14:25July 13, 202116-year-old girl attacked with an axe allegedly by her stalker in India, dies in hospitalPolice said the man wanted revenge after he was slapped by the girl’s father
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- Breitbart News 03:52July 13, 2021'Fleebaggers': A History of Democrats Running Away to Deny a QuorumDemocratic members of the Texas state legislature have fled the state for the second time this year to deny Republicans a quorum to pass voting integrity legislation -- flying maskless to Washington, DC, undermining a vote on the right to vote.
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- Business Insider 21:59July 12, 2021A giant mural of Elon Musk and Iron Man watches over a co-working space in the Himalayas where digital nomads flock for 'workation'How could you not be inspired to crush your "workation" with Elon Musk and Iron Man watching over you?
< Tech Insider, Workation, Elon Musk, Iron Man, India, Himalayas, Himalayan Mountains, Mountains, Remote Work, Digital Nomads > - The Independent Feed 17:07July 12, 2021Police in India use water cannons to disperse crowd protesting water crisis‘People in Delhi are craving for each drop of water’
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- The Independent Feed 16:37July 12, 2021Kashmir man who has been dead for sixty years ‘receives both doses’ of Covid vaccineOver 5 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in Kashmir so far
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- The Independent Feed 15:13July 12, 2021Lightening bolt kills 11 people ‘taking selfie’ in front of 12th century fort in Indian cityLightning strikes killed more than 60 people across India while heavy rainfall and cloudbursts led to flash floods in some parts
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- New York Magazine 03:14July 12, 2021What We Know About the Dangerous Delta VariantThe more transmissible strain has become the dominant COVID-19 variant in the U.S. — and is spreading in New York City
< covid-19, coronavirus variants, b.1.617.2 variant, delta variant, coronavirus, pandemic, uk, india, explainer, covid vaccines, coronavirus vaccines, covid, delta plus variant > - The Independent Feed 02:01July 11, 2021Facebook and Twitter vs India: A big tech fight is gearing upModi is introducing ‘draconian’ social media rules that may threaten freedom of speech and an open internet. But Silicon Valley is preparing for combat, writes Saritha Rai and Vlad Savov
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- New York Times 12:00July 10, 2021‘Mother, When Will You Come?’: The Covid Orphans of IndiaThousands of children lost their parents during a calamitous wave of infections. While the government is vowing to help them, many face the risk of neglect and exploitation when the attention fades.
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