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India bans e-cigarettes

Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that e-cigarettes will be banned in India. Envisioned as a tool to combat tobacco addiction, electronic cigarettes and other vaping products have become a…

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Overloaded boat capsizes killing 11 in Bhopal, India

People stand on the shore of a lake as members of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) undertake a rescue operation at Khatlapura Ghat in Bhopal, India 13 September 2019.…

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Fears that India’s space craft crashed as contact is lost with lunar lander

India's space agency has lost touch with its lunar lander as it approached the moon's south pole. It's not clear whether the Vikrum lander has crashed or landed. The lander…

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Photo Story: Mother Teresa’s death is remembered in Kolkata

Sister Prema (R), superior-general of the Mother House, speaks during a mass to mark the 22nd anniversary of Mother Teresa's death, at The Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity…

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Photo Story: Mother Teresa remembered on the anniversary of her birth

A series of photos of nuns and visitors taking part in a mass prayer during a service celebrating Mother Teresa's 109th birth anniversary at the Mother House of the Missionaries…

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Indian opposition leaders barred from going to Kashmir

Indian opposition leaders including former Congress president Rahul Gandhi were barred from leaving the airport on Saturday in Kashmir, where local authorities had warned that their visit could stoke heightened…

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Photo Story: The Janmashtami Festival in Mumbai

Indian college girls dressed as Lord Krishna pose for photograph during Janamashtami festival celebrations at Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey (SNDT) college in Mumbai, India. Janamashtmi is celebrated as the birth…

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UN Security Council refrains from calling emergency session on Kashmir

Members of the United Nations Security Council on Friday refrained from calling for an emergency session on the disputed Kashmir region. Instead, they urged India and Pakistan to resolve the matter bilaterally.…

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Photo Story: The Parsi New Year in Mumbai

An Indian Zoroastrian family takes selfies near the knights reliefs in a fire temple on 'Nowruz', the Parsi New Year Day, in Mumbai, India, 17 August 2019. Nowruz is the…

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Photo Story: The Indian Army Corps of Signals Motorcycle Rider Display Team

Riders from Indian Army Corps of Signals Motorcycle Rider Display Team, as they perform during an event organized by the Indian Army on the occasion of India's Independence Day in…

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Photo Story: Independence Day celebrations in India

An Indian student with her hands painted with Indian flag colors takes part in India's Independence Day celebrations in a school Amritsar, India. India celebrates its 72nd year of independence…

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Jio and Microsoft announce alliance to accelerate digital transformation in India

Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (Jio), a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited, and Microsoft Corp. are embarking on a unique, comprehensive, long-term strategic relationship aimed at accelerating the digital transformation of…

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Photo Story: The Mukha masks of Assam

Masks which are known as Mukha locally are displayed during an exhibition in Guwahati, India. The roots to Mukha, the masks made locally, could be traced to Majuli, the…

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At least 90 persons killed in flooding in India

At least 90 people have died and some 360,000 evacuated to relief camps after torrential rain brought flash flooding in southern India. The rain brought deadly flooding and mudslides to…

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Understanding the implications of Modi’s move on Kashmir

When New Delhi announced this week that it would revoke Article 370, the constitutional provision that gave some autonomous powers to India-administered Kashmir, the declaration was unilateral. There were there…

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Girl, whose video of her crying for the cutting of trees went viral, made ambassador of her region Manipur

A nine-year-old girl Elangbam Valentina Devi, has been made the brand ambassador of Manipur. The state government decided to appoint her as the ambassador for the Chief Minister's Green…

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Photo Story: Floods in Maharastra, India

A handout photo made available by India's National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) shows people being taken to safety by an NDRF team during a rescue operation in the…

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Train linking Pakistan and India suspended as tension escalates

Tension shows no sign of abating between Pakistan and India because of recent developments in Kashmir, as Pakistan's railways minister announced the suspension of the railway link between the two…

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Pakistan to close its airspace for Indian flights as Kashmir tension escalates

Pakistan plans to close its airspace to Indian flights as part of retaliatory measures over New Delhi’s move to strip its portion of Kashmir of autonomy, local media reports say.…

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India revokes special status for Kashmir

India's government has said it plans to revoke the part of the constitution that gives Indian-administered Kashmir special privileges. Article 370, which gives Jammu and Kashmir more autonomy than any…

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Photo Story: India criminalizes Muslim instant divorce

Indian Muslim women show victory sign as they pose for a photograph during a gathering organized by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to celebrate passing a law outlawing instant divorce practice…

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Photo story: Founder of India’s largest cafe chain found dead

People walk near the logo of a Cafe Coffee Day, India's Largest cafe chain in New Delhi, India, 30 July 2019. According to a news report, VG Siddhartha, the founder…

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Photo Story: Over 1,000 train passengers rescued near Mumbai

A handout photo made available by the Indian Navy shows the Mumbai-Kolhapur Mahalaxmi Express train stranded, surrounded by rain water near Vangani, on the outskirts of Mumbai, India Indian authorities…

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India seems set to ban private cryptocurrencies

In a setback for cryptocurrency enthusiasts and start-ups, India seems all set to ban private cryptocurrencies after an inter-ministerial committee (IMC) suggested outlawing private cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin, apart from declaring…

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India’s mission to the moon takes off

India has successfully launched its second lunar mission a week after it halted the scheduled blast-off due to a technical snag. Chandrayaan-2 was launched at 09:13 GMT on Monday from…

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50 persons trapped after building collapse in Mumbai, India

A multi-storey building collapsed in south Mumbai's Dongri area on Tuesday morning. Around 40-50 people are said to be trapped inside the structure. A search is under way to try…

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India space launch delayed by technical problem

The launch of India's second lunar mission has been halted less than an hour before the scheduled blast-off, due to a technical problem. The countdown stopped 56 minutes before…

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Monsoon floods wreck havoc in Nepal and India

Dozens of people have been killed as monsoon floods rip through Nepal and north-eastern India. At least 43 people have lost their lives in Nepal as torrential rains hit the…

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Midday Dispatch – Corporate and Financial News

The euro dropped to a three-week low against a broadly stronger dollar on Tuesday as investors re-assessed their expectations of how much the Federal Reserve may cut interest rates this…

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Photo Story: 29 People killed in a bus accident in India

Emergency workers alongside the damaged remains of a bus after it fell into a deep drain on Yamuna Expressway near Agra in Uttar Pradesh, India 07 July 2019. Reports state…

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Photo Story: Fire in New Delhi

Indian firefighters douse a fire that broke out in the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) office in New Delhi, India. According to a media report, around 22 fire tenders…

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Photo Story: The Rath Yatra Festival

Traditional dancers participate the Rath Yatra, or Chariot journey festival in Puri, Odisha, India, 04 July 2019. The Rath Yatra of Hindu god Jagannath is one of the most important…

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Photo Story: Rain showers in Bhopal

An Indian vendor sells umbrellas during monsoon rain in Bhopal, India on 03 July 2019. A monsoon shower is expected to affect the city. Photo: EPA-EFE/SANJEEV GUPTA

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Rahul Gandhi quits as India opposition leader

Rahul Gandhi resigns as leader of India's main opposition Congress party, ending weeks of speculation. Gandhi's resignation letter, which he tweeted out on Thursday, saw him take responsibility for the…

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Photo Story: Rain in Kolkata

Indian students play with water pouring down from a roof pipe after rain on street in Kolkata, India, 01 July 2019. Following a hot summer, the city saw this season's…

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Midday Dispatch – Corporate and Financial News

Good afternoon Our daily round up of financial and corporate news. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for May 2019 was 3.5 per cent, unchanged from the previous month and down…

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Photo Story: Fire in a slum in Amritsar, India

A young girl (C) is comforted by her mother as she cries near her as they look towards their burnt shanty and belongings after a fire broke out in a…

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Midday Corporate Dispatch – Financial and Corporate News

These are the salient financial and corporate news. Provisional figures for Malta’s external transactions show that during January-March 2019, the current account balance recorded a surplus of €48.9 million as…

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14 killed as tent collapses at religious event in India

At least 14 people were killed and more than 50 injured when heavy rain and strong winds caused a huge tent to collapse in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Some…

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India to raise trade tariffs on US goods in retaliation for USA’s decision to strip India of preferential access

India is raising tariffs on US goods in retaliation for Washington’s decision to strip New Delhi of preferential access to the American market. The increase in tariffs on a range…

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Death toll rises in Indian heat wave

As temperatures have soared above 50 degrees Celsius in India, there have been at least 36 deaths as a result of this year's heat wave. The temperature in Churu in…

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Two-year-old dies after four days trapped in a borehole in India

A two-year-old Indian boy has died after remaining four days trapped inside a deep borehole. The boy, Fatehveer Singh, had fallen into the well while playing outside his house…

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Six convicted over notorious Indian gang rape of eight-year-old

Six Indian men were found guilty on Monday over the notorious 2018 gang rape and murder in India of a young girl that provoked horror and stoked inter-religious tensions and…

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Corporate Dispatch Morning Briefing

Good morning, These are the main stories from Malta, Europe and around the world, in our daily morning briefing. Leading Stories Voters in Malta will be voting to elect their…

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Tragedy at a tuition centre in India

At least 19 students have died in a fire at a tuition centre in the western city of Surat in India. Most of the victims were teenagers who had…

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Modi stuns opposition with ‘massive’ election win

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi swept to a huge election victory on Thursday, on course to increase his majority and give his party the mandate to pursue business-friendly policies that…

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Corporate Dispatch Morning Briefing – Thursday 23rd May 2019

Good morning, As expected the debate between the leaders of the main political parties in Malta takes most of the coverage in today's newspapers. Internationally the latest in Libya, the…

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India’s Modi takes early lead as vote counting begins

India began counting hundreds of millions of votes in its general election on Thursday, with a coalition led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party taking an early lead, TV…

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Indian vote enters final phase

Indians lined up to vote amid unprecedented security on Sunday as the final phase of a massive, staggered election got underway to decide whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi returns…

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Photo Story: Baby elephant rescue mission in Assam

Villagers and forest officials try to rescue a baby elephant (foreground) to help it return to the wild, after it was separated from its mother in Beepor Beel Bird sanctuary…

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ISIS claims ‘province’ in India

ISIS claimed for the first time that it has established a "province" in India, after a clash between militants and security forces in the contested Kashmir region. ISIS's Amaq…

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Hamleys bought by India’s richest man

The iconic British toy retailer Hamley's was bought by Mukesh Ambani, India's richest man for an undisclosed sum. Hamley's, which was founded in 1760, is the world's oldest toy retailer…

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Photostory: Indian Air Force plane overruns runway at Mumbai airport

Officials stand around Indian Air Force (IAF) Antonov An-32 military transport aircraft after it overran a runway at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai, India, 08 May…

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Cyclone Fani lashes eastern India

Cyclone Fani on Friday made a landfall in Puri, Odisha, in eastern India bringing with it wind of around 180 km per hour. Some 1.08 million people have been evacuated…

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An Indian Army Mountaineering Expedition Team says it discovered mysterious footprints of the mythical ‘Yeti’

The Indian army says it has discovered footprints in the Himalayas that appear to belong to a yeti or the abominable snowman, known in the United States as bigfoot. Measuring…

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Mass evacuations in India in anticipation of Cyclone Fani

Around 800,000 people are in the process of being evacuated along India's eastern coastline in anticipation of Cyclone Fani. Cyclone Fani is heading towards the state of Orissa with wind…

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Strong 6.1 magnitude earthquake strikes India

The quake's epicentre was located 70 miles (113 km) northwest of the town of Dibrugarh, in the Assam region It had a shallow depth of 18.6 miles (30 km), the…

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