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Brics: growth of China-led bloc raises questions about a rapidly shifting world order

Brics has emerged as a significant international force since 2009 when it was established at a summit in Russia. What began as a five-member group encompassing Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, is now expanding with the integration of five new members and eight new partner countries. Even more…

The Conversation

Kumbh Mela: what is the Hindu ‘festival of festivals’?

World’s largest religious gathering, held in India, has become scene of crowd crush as estimated 100m people travelled to take holy dip

The Guardian - UK

Multiple Fatalities In Crowd Crush At Hindu Festival In India

Tragic crowd crush at Maha Kumbh Mela festival in India underscores safety concerns at religious gatherings.

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Deadly crowd crush at India’s Mahakumbh Mela: All to know

About 400 million pilgrims are expected to participate in the world’s largest religious festival on Wednesday.

Al Jazeera

India's Maha Kumbh festival, the world's largest religious gathering, by the numbers

Millions of Hindus are gathering in a northern Indian city for the Maha Kumbh festival, the world’s largest religious congregation

The Independent UK

Yogi got it wrong. It’s the saffron brigade that needs to learn from Indonesia president’s DNA remark

Prabowo Subianto may have intended it to be just an ice-breaker, but he waded right into a hot button political topic for his hosts with his declaration that a DNA test had shown him to have traces of “Indian ancestry”. In doing so, he also showed a mirror to India.

Newslaundry

Crowd Chaos And Confusion At Site Of India Festival Stampede

Journeying across India for the pinnacle celebration of the Hindu calendar, Laxmi and her family were sleeping by the roadside Wednesday as they waited to cleanse themselves in the sacred Ganges river.

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Deviants by Santanu Bhattacharya review – gay life in India

An epic tale of love across three generations explores changing attitudes towards sexuality in India

The Guardian - UK

On Indian Newspaper Day, press groups issue statement on ‘unfair labour practices, corporatisation’

Today is Indian Newspaper Day, commemorating the publication of India’s first newspaper, Hicky’s The Bengal Gazette, on January 29, 1780.

Newslaundry

Maha Kumbh: At least 15 feared dead in stampede during huge Hindu festival in India

Crush happened as pilgrims tried to jump over police barricades to reach Sangam Nose, the point where India's Ganges river meets Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers

Evening Standard

In pictures: What is the Maha Kumbh Mela and why does it attract millions of Hindus?

Officials had been preparing for months for the world’s largest religious festival, with around 400 million Hindu pilgrims expected to take part

The Independent UK

At least 30 killed in crush at India’s Mahakumbh Mela religious festival

The crowd crush occurred at the world’s largest religious event for Hindus, attended by hundreds of millions of people.

Al Jazeera

Kumbh Mela stampede: A look back at deadly crowd disasters in India

Several people are feared dead and many more injured at the massive Kumbh Mela festival in India

The Independent UK

Multiple Feared Dead In Crowd Crush At Indian Religious Festival

Tragedy strikes at the Maha Kumbh Mela in India as a crowd crush leads to multiple feared deaths during the Hindu festival. Efforts to enhance safety measu...

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The Independent UK

Kumbh Mela stampede latest: Probe ordered after 30 deaths at world’s largest religious festival in India

Indian authorities have released an official statement on the death toll but it is expected to rise

The Independent UK

Maha Kumbh Mela: At least 30 dead in multiple stampedes at huge Hindu gathering

Witnesses describe people describe surging crowds on the banks of the Ganges during Hindu festival

The Guardian - AU

Dozens killed in crowd crushes at Kumbh Mela in India

Witnesses describe people being trampled amid surging crowds on the banks of the Ganges during Hindu festival

AAP

Khawaja, Smith score tons as Aussies bully Sri Lanka

Australian veterans Usman Khawaja and Steve Smith have caused Sri Lanka all sorts of problems on the first day of the Test series opener in Galle.

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International Business Times

15 Dead In India After Stampede At Hindu Mega-festival

A stampede at the world's largest religious gathering in India killed at least 15 people with many more injured, a doctor at the Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj told AFP Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Dozens are injured in a stampede at India's massive Hindu festival

Tens of thousands of people at a massive religious gathering in India rushed to take a holy bath in the country’s northern Prayagraj city, setting off a stampede early Wednesday that has injured dozens

The Guardian - AU

Police in India confirm at least 30 killed and 60 more people injured in crush – as it happened

India’s prime minister Narendra Modi confirmed there had been fatalities at the world’s largest religious gathering

Al Jazeera

India hopes Mahakumbh will bring in investors, but economists are sceptical

Uttar Pradesh state has pumped in millions for the 45-day festival, which is largest gathering of Hindus every 12 years.

Space

India launches navigation satellite into orbit on nation's 1st mission of 2025

India launched the NVS-02 regional navigation satellite to orbit this evening (Jan. 28), the 100th liftoff from the nation's Satish Dhawan Space Centre.

Barchart

Sugar Prices Gain as the Brazilian Real Rallies

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH25 ) Tuesday closed up +0.06 (+0.31%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH25 ) closed up +4.50 (+0.89%). Sugar prices on Tuesday settled moderately higher as they consolidated below Monday's 3-week highs. Over the past week, recent strength in the Brazilian real (^USDBRL...

The Independent UK

Jos Buttler hails Adil Rashid as England’s ‘most important player’

Rashid took a priceless 4-0-15-1 with the ball in the third T20.

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