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World Oct 09

Indian rescuers fly to Himalayan region where flood washed out bridges and killed at least 74

Air force helicopters have rescued scores of stranded tourists in India's Himalayan northeast after a 6-year-old hydroelectric dam cracked open last week in intense rain, flooding a valley and killing at least 74 people.

World Oct 07

Death toll of icy flood that inundated India’s Himalayan northeast rises to 47

Rescuers found more bodies overnight as they dug through slushy debris and ice-cold water in a hunt for survivors after a glacial lake burst through a dam in India’s Himalayan northeast, washing away houses and bridges and forcing thousands to…

World Jun 20

Officials try to deliver aid to flooded South Asia villages

The floods triggered by monsoon rains have killed more than a dozen people, marooned millions and flooded millions of houses.

World Jun 19

India’s Assam state struggles as death toll mounts from flooding

Assam's disaster management agency said 32 of the state's 35 districts were underwater as the swollen Brahmaputra River broke its banks, displacing more than 3 million people. The Indian army was called in for rescue efforts and the air force…

World Jun 18

India, Bangladesh floods leave at 18 dead and millions without homes

Bangladesh, a nation of 160 million people, is low-lying and faces threats from natural disasters such as floods and cyclones, made worse by climate change…

World Dec 25

Students, artists and writers protest India’s new citizenship law

The law passed two weeks ago allows Hindus, Christians and other religious minorities who are in India illegally to become citizens if they can show they were persecuted because of their religion in Muslim-majority Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan. It does…

World Dec 12

Police kill 2 protesters defying curfew in Indian state

While those protesting in Assam are opposed legislation because of worries it will allow more migrants regardless of their religion, others consider the measure as discriminatory for not applying to Muslims.

Nation Jul 27

Former Indian president, father of country’s missile program, dies

Former Indian President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, known as the father of the country's military missile program, died Monday after collapsing while delivering a lecture, a top state official said. He was 83.

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