Tag: India

Lightning Kills Nearly 50 This Week in India’s Uttar Pradesh

LUCKNOW, India—Seven people, mostly farmers, were killed by lightning in a village in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state, police said Thursday, bringing the death toll by lightning to 49 people in the state this week. The farmers had taken shelter under trees during a drenching monsoon rain when they were struck by lightning Tuesday and…


India Blasts China and Pakistan for Inviting Other Countries to Participate on Economic Corridor Projects

On July 26, Indian officials denounced a move by Pakistan and China to involve other nations in the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects, which India does not recognize as legitimate, claiming the territory belongs to India and has been illegally occupied by Pakistan. India’s external affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said that any participation from third…


28 People Dead, 60 Sick in India From Drinking Spiked Liquor

AHMEDABAD, India—At least 28 people have died and 60 others became ill from drinking altered liquor in western India, officials said Tuesday. Senior government official Mukesh Parmar said the deaths occurred in Ahmedabad and Botad districts of Gujarat state, where manufacturing, sale, and consumption of liquor are prohibited. It was not immediately known what chemical…


World’s Tiger Population Is 40 Percent Higher Than Previously Estimated: Conservation Group

There are far more tigers in the world than previously thought, according to a new population assessment by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The wild tiger population sits somewhere between 3,700 and 5,600, up 40 percent from the last tiger assessment in 2015, the IUCN said in a July 21 report. Improvements in monitoring led…


8 Cheetahs to Fly From Namibia to India For Attempt to Reintroduce Species Back Into Wilderness

India and Namibia have signed an agreement to relocate eight African cheetahs to India in the hopes of seeing wild cats establish themselves in the Asian nation, where Asiatic cheetahs have been declared extinct since 1952 due to over-hunting and habitat loss. The two countries signed a memorandum of understanding on July 20 to promote…


Indian Tycoon Gautam Adani Surpasses Bill Gates as World’s Fourth Richest

Indian tycoon Gautam Adani has surpassed Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates to become the world’s fourth richest person, with a net worth of $115.5 billion, according to Forbes’ list of real-time billionaires. Adani’s ranking climbed after Gates announced last week that he would donate $20 billion to his philanthropic organization, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,…


Russian Ship With Military Cargo in ‘Detention’ in India, Russia’s Embassy Says

MUMBAI—The Russian embassy in India said on Tuesday that it was aware of a Russian cargo ship in detention at the Indian port of Cochin. “[The] Russian Embassy in India is aware of the Russian cargo ship detention in the Indian port of Cochin, on board of which a military cargo for the Indian Armed…


India Reports First Case of Monkeypox

One case of monkeypox has been identified in India’s Kerala state, a government official confirmed on Thursday. Kerala State Health Minister Veena George said that a 35-year-old man who returned from the United Arab Emirates on July 12 has tested positive for the monkeypox virus. The patient was in stable condition and had been placed…


India Dismisses Reports of Sending Troops to Sri Lanka Amid Escalating Protests

India “categorically” dismissed reports that it was sending troops to Sri Lanka amid worsening turmoil that has seen protesters break into both the president’s and prime minister’s residences to demand their resignations. The Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka issued a statement on Monday denying “speculative reports” circulating on social media that New Delhi was…


CCP Flies Close to Indian Position on Disputed Border in Attempt to Exert ‘Psychological Pressure’ on India: Experts

NEW DELHI—A Chinese aircraft flew very close to an Indian military position on the disputed border in eastern Ladakh in the last week of June, according to reports by Indian media outlets. Experts said India should assert itself to counter Chinese bullying tactics and should consult the Taiwanese who have faced continuous air invasions from…