Indian protests against agriculture reforms attract new supporters on February 5, 2021Thousands of farmers in a politically important Indian state on Friday rallied in opposition to new agricultural laws, signalling growing support for a months-long campaign to have the government reforms scrapped. Angry at what they see as legislation that benefits private buyers at the expense of growers, tens of thousands of farmers have been camped […]
Modi breaks silence on months long farm protests on January 31, 2021NEW DELHI: India’s prime minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday protesters that stormed New Delhi’s Red Fort had caused “insult” to the country, his first public comments on a months-long farmers’ agitation that turned violent this week. Tens of thousands of farmers have camped on the outskirts of the capital for more than two months, protesting new […]
Indian doctors find lead, nickel in blood samples after hundreds suffer mystery illness on December 9, 2020Indian authorities said on Tuesday they found traces of lead and nickel particles in blood samples, after hundreds of people were hospitalised due to an unknown illness in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. Teams of doctors, including those from New Delhi’s premier All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), are investigating the death of one […]
WHO cautious on Covid-19 plasma as US issues emergency authorisation on August 24, 2020The World Health Organisation on Monday was cautious about endorsing the use of recovered Covid-19 patients’ plasma to treat those who are ill, saying evidence it works remains “low quality” even as the United States issued emergency authorisation for such therapies. So-called convalescent plasma, which has long been used to treat diseases, has emerged as […]
Shops shuttered, streets deserted as occupied Kashmir loses special status and is divided on October 31, 2019Shops and offices were shut in Indian occupied Kashmir on Thursday and the streets largely deserted as federal authorities formally revoked the restive area’s constitutional autonomy and split it into two federal territories. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision in August to change occupied Kashmir’s status and tighten its grip over the region has stoked […]