Qatar Tribune - INDIA

Erin Lowry
THERE have been a few times in my life when Ive had a concerning health issue but skipped visiting the doctor. Even when intense stomach cramps left me doubled over for hours or a shooting pain in my foot felt like a stress fracture I decided to wait and see if things would get better rather than risk a potentially costly hospital visit. (Fortunately I healed at home.)
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New Delhi
Cinemas in some Indian states opened their doors again on Thursday more than six months after they closed as part of restrictions brought in to control the coronavirus pandemic.
The opening of theatres with half capacity social distancing and other safety measures comes at a time when the virus continues to spread though government data indicates that the pace has slow

SRINAGAR: India has freed a former chief minister of Kashmir who was detained 14 months ago along with thousands of others when New Delhi imposed direct rule on the disputed region with a huge security clampdown.
Mehbooba Mufti was released late Tuesday after remaining in custody since August 2019 when the Indian government imposed emergency laws snapped all communications and deployed thousa

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New Delhi
At least 12 people were killed in incidents of wall and house collapses amid record rains in southern India officials and media reports said on Wednesday.
Nine people died in the city of Hyderabad after a perimeter wall collapsed and fell on a set of houses during heavy rains Tuesday night regional lawmaker Asaduddin Owaisi said on Twitter. Three more people an old c

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New Delhi
India reported 55342 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday the lowest daily rise since mid-August.
For weeks now India has been reporting the biggest daily surge of infections in the world with 1 million cases recorded in less than a fortnight.
The countrys caseload currently stands at 7.18 million second only to the United States which is approaching the 8-million mar

MUMBAI: Large parts of Indias financial capital Mumbai and its suburbs faced a power blackout on Monday that disrupted train services and threw life out of gear for millions of residents.
The power failure which began around 10 am (0430 GMT) was due to failure of a grid according to the citys electricity supply board.
The power supply was restored in most parts of the city by ea

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New Delhi
INDIA and China held the seventh round of corps commander-level talks on Monday at Chushul in Eastern Ladakh where both sides are in a standoff position since early May.
The Indian side represented by outgoing 14 Corps Chief Lt Gen Harinder Singh and his successor Lt Gen PGK Menon at the talks are pitching high for complete disengagement of troops from the Line of Actua

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New Delhi
India became the second country after the United States to record over 7 million COVID-19 cases on Sunday as the pandemic continues to spread across the South Asian nation at a rapid pace.
The total tally of cases stood at7053806 with 74383 new infections since Saturday according to a bulletin issued by the federal health ministry. There were 918 deaths in the same

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New Delhi
Police used batons tear gas and water cannon on Thursday to disperse hundreds of workers of Indias ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as they staged protests against the regional government in the city of Kolkata.
The Trinamool Congress party government of eastern West Bengal state had denied permission to conduct the rally citing concerns about the COVID-19 pandemi