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SHANGHAI: (Web Desk) China and India accounted for more than half of the total number of global deaths attributable to air pollution in 2015, researchers said in a study published on Tuesday. The US-based Health Effects Institute (HEI) found that air pollution caused more than 4.2 million early deaths worldwide …

NEW DELHI: (Web Desk) India’s Supreme Court handed down a four-year prison sentence on Tuesday to the incoming chief minister of Tamil Nadu for corruption in a ruling that prevents her from taking up her post. VK Sasikala was found guilty of possessing “disproportionate assets” in a long-running case that …

NEW DELHI: (Web Desk) India’s 2014 Nobel Peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi has expressed his relief and gratitude to police for recovering a replica of his prize medal that was stolen last week from his home in the capital New Delhi. Police confirmed that they had recovered the replica and other …

NEW DELHI: (Web Desk) Swedish defence giant Saab has offered to build a state-of-the-art fighter jet factory in India should it seal a lucrative deal to supply hundreds of military jets to New Delhi. Saab and its US competitor Lockheed Martin have emerged as the frontrunners to supply around 250 …

JAMMU KASHMIR: (Web Desk) Four suspected rebels and two Indian Army soldiers were killed in a gun battle in a village in India-held Kashmir (IHK) on Sunday, an army spokesman said. The militants were hiding in a south Kashmir village when the army and police surrounded it, a police official …

NEW DELHI: (Web Desk) Voting got underway Saturday in India’s most populous state Uttar Pradesh in a contest seen as a key test for Narendra Modi halfway into his first term as prime minister. Uttar Pradesh is home to over 200 million people — more than the entire population of …

NEW DELHI: (Web Desk) Dozens of trainee commandos from India’s elite jungle warfare unit have gone missing on the eve of their first deployment to a restive region considered a stronghold of left-wing rebels. The soldiers were on their way to India’s eastern Bihar state by train on Sunday when …

NEW DELHI: (Web Desk) At least 10 Indian soldiers have reportedly died in two avalanches in disputed mountainous region of Kashmir. Accounts of the death toll varied, but an unidentified official said the casualties occurred when an avalanche struck a military camp Wednesday in Kashmir’s Gurez Sector of Bandipora district, …

NEW DELHI: (Web Desk) Indian rescue workers look for survivors at the site of the derailment of the Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar express train near Kuneru station in southern Andhra Pradesh state. Indian rescue workers look for survivors at the site of the derailment of the Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar express train near Kuneru station in …

NEW DELHI: (Web Desk) India is preparing to deploy more than 460 main battle tanks (MBTs) along its border with Pakistan, substantially increasing its already sizable tank force there. Senior defense officials confirmed to IHS Jane 360, the Indian army’s plans to deploy the newly ordered T-90MS MBTs along India’s …