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Why are menstruating women in India removing their wombs?
Two pieces of very disturbing news involving working women and menstruation have emerged in India in recent months. Periods have long been a taboo in the country, menstruating women are believed to be impure and are still excluded from social
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Water crisis: India sends out 250 civil servants to dry areas
NEW DELHI: India is sending more than 250 civil servants to some of the driest areas of the vast country in an effort by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to tackle water shortages. India’s monsoon, which accounts for nearly 70%
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Declare climate emergency, petitioners tell India
NEW DELHI: More than 450,000 people have signed two petitions demanding that the Indian government declare a climate emergency as severe heatwaves and crippling water shortages grip the country. Inspired by teenage Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, 16-year-old student Aman
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Weak monsoon cripples India’s crops, economy
MUMBAI: India’s monsoon rains were below average for the fourth straight week, with rainfall scanty over central and western parts of the country in the week ended on Wednesday, raising concerns about major crop production and the impact on the
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Trump is losing his marbles
PUCHONG: US President Donald Trump is now seen on a war-like rampage, picking up fights with powerful nations on the planet. The first and foremost on his list of enemies is the world’s second largest economy, China. In his bid
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US’s Pompeo visits India, deals with thorny trade issues
NEW DELHI: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived yesterday for talks with Indian leaders in New Delhi, where he is expected to tackle a host of delicate issues from trade to India’s longstanding defence and energy ties to Russia
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Indian cities struggle as taps run dry
BEED: Residents of the drought-hit Indian village of Salegaon are so desperate for water that they have started lining up their pots two days before the tanker is due to arrive. When it does, the neatly lined up pots go
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India set to raise tariffs on some US goods
India has decided to raise tariffs on imports of 29 goods from the US after having deferred the move several times since announcing it last year, media reported Saturday. The government had said last June it would raise import taxes
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India formally requests Malaysia to extradite Zakir Naik
PUCHONG: The Indian government has put in a formal request to the Malaysian government to send back controversial Islamic preacher, Dr Zakir Naik to face trial in the subcontinent. In a statement published at its External Affairs Ministry website, the
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Indian heatwave passed 50 degree Celcius
RAJASTHAN: Temperatures passed 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in northern India as an unrelenting heatwave triggered warnings of water shortages and heatstroke. The thermometer hit 50.6 degrees Celsius (123 Fahrenheit) in the Rajasthan desert city of Churu on Saturday, the
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