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Hair transplant fad turns deadly in India

Abhaya Srivastava, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 02 11:52 AM

In an increasingly materialistic Indian society, men are also feeling pressure to look young and presentable for fear of losing their social standing. Read more »

Dreams of wealth turn to dust for Qatar migrant workers

Shafiqul Alam with Aishwarya Kumar in New Delhi and Mikhail Flores in Manila, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 16 05:46 PM

The Gulf state has faced harsh criticism over deaths, injuries, and unpaid wages of foreign laborers. Read more »

G20 ministers launch billion-dollar pandemic fund

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 13 04:17 PM

G20 health and finance ministers launched a $1.4-billion fund Sunday to tackle the next global pandemic. Read more »

Man's body travels 900 km undetected in Indian train toilet

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 03 06:27 PM

Police said discovered body of a man that had travelled undetected for 900 kilometers across northern India locked inside a train toilet. Read more »

'Hazardous' smog chokes India capital

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 03 04:19 PM

In 2020, a Lancet study attributed 1.67 million deaths to air pollution in India in 2019, including almost 17,500 in the capital. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: October 31, 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 31 11:45 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

India bridge collapse kills more than 130

Siddharaj Solanki, EPA-EFE
Posted at Oct 31 03:13 PM

At least 130 people have been reported dead in the incident and police, military and disaster response teams were deployed for the continuing rescue operations, according to local police. Read more »

India bridge collapse kills 132

Sam Panthaky, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 31 01:55 PM

At least 132 people died in India when a colonial-era pedestrian bridge overloaded with religious revelers collapsed into the river below, police said Monday. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: October 26, 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 26 11:00 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Taj Mahal during the solar eclipse

Pawan Sharma, AFP
Posted at Oct 26 10:28 AM

The partial solar eclipse began at 0858 GMT and ended off the coast of India at 1302 GMT, crossing parts of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East on its way, according to the Institute of Celestial Mechanics and Ephemeris Calculation of France's Paris Observatory. Read more »

India takes on China's smartphone makers

Jose Qian, Deutsche Welle
Posted at Oct 23 10:24 AM

Chinese smartphone makers are facing an increasingly difficult business environment in one of their major markets amid political tensions between New Delhi and Beijing. Read more »

Indonesia child deaths blamed on syrups rise to 133

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 21 11:19 PM

The number of child deaths from acute kidney injuries in Indonesia has risen to 133, the health minister said Friday, attributing the fatalities to harmful substances found in medicinal syrups. Read more »

Google fined $162-M by Indian watchdog over market dominance

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 21 06:29 PM

Google has been fined some $160 million an Indian watchdog for abusing its commanding position in the local smartphone market. Read more »

India successfully tests ballistic missile from submarine

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 15 09:35 AM

India on Friday successfully tested a ballistic missile fired from its first indigenous nuclear-powered submarine, the defense ministry said. Read more »

G20 to meet under Ukraine war, inflation cloud

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 13 03:43 PM

A divided G20 holds talks on Thursday under the shadow of multiple crises, from Russia's war in Ukraine to a global economic slowdown, on top of soaring inflation and climate change. Read more »

'Vegetarian' temple crocodile mourned in India

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 12 10:22 AM

Hundreds of people attended the tearful funeral Monday of a crocodile believed to have been divine and survived for decades on a vegetarian diet at a Hindu temple in India. Read more »

The Gambia demands justice for cough syrup-related deaths

Deutsche Welle
Posted at Oct 11 08:33 AM

Gambians are calling for justice for the 66 children who died from acute kidney injuries linked to India-made cough syrups. New Delhi says it suspended the drug manufacturers licenses and is investigating the tragedy. Read more »

'Man-eater' tiger that killed nine shot dead in India

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 10 07:56 AM

Indian police have shot dead a tiger dubbed the "Man-eater of Champaran" that killed at least nine people, in a major operation involving 200 people, Read more »

India: Menstruation taboos are forcing girls out of school

Deutsche Welle
Posted at Oct 06 11:22 AM

Millions of girls in India are missing out on school due to stigma over periods and a lack of sanitary facilities. Read more »

25 dead after wedding bus falls into Indian gorge

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 05 04:45 PM

At least 25 people were killed after a bus carrying wedding guests veered off the road and fell into a deep gorge in northern India, police said. Read more »