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India: Rahul Gandhi's defamation trial highlights drift away from democracy under Narendra Modi

Rahul Gandhi, India’s most prominent opposition leader and the principal adversary of the country’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, was recently disqualified as a member of parliament. This came after Gandhi was found guilty of defamation for comment he made about Modi’s surname at a rally in 2019.

The Conversation

Challenges ahead as India overtakes China as world's most populous nation

India is overtaking China this Friday as the world's most populous country. With 1.4 billion people and counting, India's population is not expected to peak for decades. We take a look at what life is like in the country and what lessons India can learn from neighbouring China. The challenges…

France 24

India says new IT fact-checking unit will not censor journalism

A proposed Indian government unit to fact-check news on social media is not about censoring journalism nor will it have any impact on media reportage, a federal minister said on Friday.

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Expert answers questions about new Arcturus Covid variant as fresh symptom emerges

The new variant has seen officials in India reintroduced mask rules

Wales Online

New Covid variant Arcturus has rare symptom, doctor explains, as first cases found in UK

A more infectious Covid variant has been surging in India, while cases have also been confirmed in the UK, and a doctor has revealed an unusual symptom that has been found

Irish Mirror

Three key questions about deadly new Arcturus Covid variant - and horrific new symptom

The Covid subvariant Arcturus is leading to skyrocketing infections in India and has prompted health officials to reintroduce mandatory mask-wearing among other measures as a new symptom has emerged

Daily Mirror

Women's Premier League to be held in February with bigger window, home and away format

MUMBAI: The Women's Premier League will be played in the home-away format from the next edition onwards with a bigger window, most likely in February, a source in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) informed on Friday.

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Russian oil exports back above pre-Ukraine war levels as India and China buy 90% of Moscow’s crude

Asian giants are buying 1.5 million barrels a day from Russia – each

The Independent UK

Women's rights in Iraq

Twenty years on after the fall of Saddam Hussein, we meet Iraqi women activists who still face a massive uphill battle in their fight for equality. Also Annette Young talks to leading feminist, Professor Ruth Halperin-Kaddari on how the Israeli government's controversial judicial reforms could endanger women's rights. Plus with…

France 24

Covid Arcturus news – live: True origins of Covid ‘may never be revealed’ as new variant cases soar in India

India has today seen its biggest jump in Covid cases for over a year, prompting concern over new strain

The Independent UK

Mapped: Worst areas in UK for Covid cases amid fears over new Arcturus variant

Variant has seen cases in India soar in past month, as virologists warn UK ‘not yet out of the woods’

The Independent UK

New Covid Arcturus has 'rare symptom' according to doctor as cases found in UK

The medical expert has revealed a new potential sign of the disease following identification of the strain in 22 countries including the United Kingdom.

Daily Record

India's exploding population: Infrastructure under strain in Mumbai

According to a UN forecast, India will overtake China as the world's most populous country this Friday, with more than 1.4 billion inhabitants. Large Indian cities like Mumbai are already saturated. More than 20 million people live in the country's economic capital, in an area barely six times larger than…

France 24

Mughals, RSS, evolution: Outrage as India edits school textbooks

Government removes significant historical and scientific facts from textbooks as it pursues a Hindu supremacist agenda.

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Covid news – live: Cases soar again in India as doctors warn of ‘new symptom’

India has today seen its biggest jump in Covid cases for over a year, prompting concern over new strain

France 24

Spotlight on family planning as India surpasses China as world’s most populous country

India is set to become the world’s most populous country on April 14, a title China has held for decades. Faced with a large – and growing – population of more than 1.4 billion, India’s family planning service is under pressure to maintain a decreasing fertility rate.

The Independent UK

Arcturus: What do we know about the new Covid variant?

XBB.1.16 strain detected in 22 countries so far and is driving up infection rate in India

The Independent UK

India's stretched health care fails millions in rural areas

Two Indigenous women both have a genetic blood disorder but lead vastly different lives

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Foreign Affairs

Is India’s Rise Inevitable?

The roots of New Delhi’s dysfunction.

The Times of India

This being my first Baisakhi after marriage is special: Dalljiet Kaur

For newlywed Dalljiet Kaur, who has taken her husband’s surname Patel, this Baisakhi is special. “This being my first Baisakhi after marriage, is absolutely special,” she says speaking to us from Kenya where she has shifted after marrying Nik Patel. She adds, “Though Nik is an NRI, he believes in…

The Independent UK

A cyclone-hit Indian hamlet pins its hopes on a sea wall

Mary Sebastian, who lives in a fishing hamlet of 40,000 people in India’s southern state of Kerala, fears many weather events exacerbated by climate change: cyclones, surging seas, flooding and erosion

Daily Mirror

Doctor reveals new Covid Arcturus variant has rare symptom as first cases found in UK

A more infectious Covid variant has been surging in India, while cases have also been confirmed in the UK, and a doctor has revealed an unusual symptom that has been found

Barchart

Sugar Prices Slip on Weakness in Crude Oil Prices

May NY world sugar #11 (SBK23 ) on Thursday closed down -0.01 (-0.04%), and May London white sugar #5 (SWK23 ) closed down -3.70 (-0.53%). Sugar prices Thursday gave up an early advance and closed slightly lower after a decline of more than -1% in crude oil prices (CLM23 )...

The Independent UK

India restarts Covid vaccine production as new infections soar 30% in one day

Health officials conduct nationwide mock drills to test preparedness for Covid

Space

India will start building new gravitational wave observatory

On April 6, the Indian government greenlit the construction of a Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) facility in the western state of Maharashtra.

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