China raised its flood response alert on Sunday to the second highest level as heavy rain battered regions along the Yangtze River, with the eastern provinces of Jiangsu and Jiangxi among the worst hit, state media reported.Flooding in the Poyang ...
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China raises flood alert to second highest level
Vikram Doraiswami likely to be next Indian envoy to Bangladesh
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Amitabh, Abhishek test positive for coronavirus
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India sees more local coronavirus lockdowns as cases near 800,000
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Japan battered by heavy rains, floods, nearly 60 dead
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Dalai Lama marks 85th birthday with album of mantras
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China bubonic plague: Inner Mongolia takes precautions after case
Authorities in China have stepped up precautions after a city in the ...
06 Jul 2020
India is third worst-hit country for coronavirus with 700,000 cases
India has overtaken Russia with the world's third-highest number of novel coronavirus ...
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24,850 corona cases in single day in India
With 24,850 people testing positive for coronavirus infection and 613 succumbing to ...
05 Jul 2020
106-year-old Delhi man who survived Spanish Flu recovers from Covid-19
A centenarian man from Delhi, who was four years old during the ...
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8 UP policemen shot dead in India
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Nepal’s ruling party seeks PM Oli’s resignation over remarks on India
Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's recent remarks that efforts are being ...
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Life sentences for breaking China-imposed law in Hong Kong
People in Hong Kong could face life in jail for breaking a ...
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Flu virus with 'pandemic potential' found in China
A new strain of flu that has the potential to become a ...
