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Climate crisis makes extreme Indian heatwaves 100 times more likely – study
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Record-breaking heatwaves in north-west India and Pakistan have been made 100 times more likely by the climate crisis, volgens wetenskaplikes. The analysis means scorching weather once expected every three centuries ...
Give us a grandchild or $650,000, say Indian couple suing son
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An Indian couple are taking their son to court demanding that he and his wife either produce a grandchild within a year or cough up almost $650,000. Sanjeev and Sadhana Prasad say that they exhausted their savings rai...
West Indian dominoes players dismayed by noise ban in London square
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A Thursday afternoon at Maida Hill market square is filled with pensioners happily chatting and playing cards while enjoying the sunshine. Egter, over the past year the square has been at the centre of an ongoing ro...
Indian climber dies in summit bid on Mount Kanchenjunga
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An Indian climber died has during a summit push on Mount Kanchenjunga, the world’s third highest mountain, an official said. The death is the third to be reported on Nepal Himalayas during the current climbing season ...
‘A turning point’: Indian art fair challenges gender and sexual stereotypes
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Even through the haze of shimmering heat and thick Delhi dust, the mural is impossible to miss. Pinks, blues, greens and yellows pop off the wall, coming together to form a utopian scene of equality, and splashed acro...
Indian lawmaker arrested after tweet criticising Narendra Modi
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A state lawmaker in India was arrested for criticising the prime minister, Narendra Modi, in a tweet, amptenare gesê het, raising concerns over freedom of speech in the world’s largest democracy. His arrest coincided...
Morrison’s captain’s pick for NSW seat accused Indian PM of causing ‘hatred and fear’
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Scott Morrison’s hand-picked candidate in McMahon accused Narendra Modi of causing “hatred [en] fear” in India and accused him of being “unable to do a press conference at all for fear of being asked a Gujrat or Delh...
The wealth of Akshata Murty, Indian heiress and wife of Rishi Sunak
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Akshata Murthy is richer than the Queen and owns almost as many houses. The Indian heiress, en haar man, die kanselier, Rishi Sunak, own a property portfolio of four homes worth an estimated £15m – including an L...
Indian journalist prevented from flying to Europe to speak about intimidation
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A prominent Indian journalist has been prevented from flying to Europe to speak about intimidation of journalists and rights in the world’s largest democracy. Rana Ayyub, an outspoken critic of the government of Naren...
Indian spiritualist Sadhguru on 100-day motorbike mission to save soil
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One of India’s best-known spiritual leaders is embarking on a 100-day motorbike journey from London to India to raise awareness of one of nature’s most undervalued resources. Sadhguru, or Jaggi Vasudev, is setting off...
Harriet Dart’s unlikely Indian Wells run ended by resurgent Madison Keys
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After the nine greatest days she has ever enjoyed on any tennis court around the world, Harriet Dart’s surprise breakthrough run to the second week of the BNP Paribas Open came to an end in the fourth round on Tuesday...
‘I hear no talking now’: Nick Kyrgios sledges beaten Indian Wells rival Ruud
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Nick Kyrgios has made a mockery of the rankings with a win over world No 8 Casper Ruud in a grudge match at Indian Wells. Kyrgios made it clear the bad blood between the pair remains after swatting the Norwegian aside...
Emma Raducanu overcomes rocky patch to reach Indian Wells third round
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It was always clear in the aftermath of Emma Raducanu’s US Open victory that it would take time for her to adjust to the rigours of professional tennis, a process that has defined the start of her season. After strugg...
Novak Djokovic pulls out of Indian Wells as vaccine stance derails US trip
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Novak Djokovic will not be allowed to compete at the Indian Wells and Miami ATP Masters 1000 tournaments this month after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention definitively ruled that he cannot enter the Unit...
Indian court sentences 38 people to death over 2008 bombings
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A court in India has sentenced to death a record 38 people for a deadly terror attack in the Indian city of Ahmedabad in 2008, in which up to 20 bombs were set off across the city in hospitals, shopping centres and pa...