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December 19, 2022 at 9:53 pm

Facial recognition wielded in India to enforce COVID policy

India's city of Hyderabad has become a hotbed of surveillance technology, with a reach that only expanded during the pandemic.

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March 29, 2022 at 2:03 am

Protest in India’s capital on 2nd day of nationwide strike VIEW

Hundreds of workers are holding a demonstration in India’s capital against the government’s economic policies.

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In this aerial photo released by the Chin Human Rights Organization, fires destroy numerous buildings in the town of Thantlang in Chin State in northwest Myanmar, on Dec. 4, 2021. More than 580 buildings have been burned since September, according to satellite image analysis by Maxar Technologies. (Chin Human Rights Organization via AP) MMR318 MMR318

December 29, 2021 at 9:07 pm

Myanmar military reverts to strategy of massacres, burnings VIEW

An AP investigation reveals signs Myanmar’s military is reverting to a strategy of massacres as a weapon of war.

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December 29, 2021 at 9:07 pm

Myanmar military reverts to strategy of massacres, burnings VIEW

An AP investigation reveals signs Myanmar’s military is reverting to a strategy of massacres as a weapon of war.

Nation & World

October 14, 2021 at 8:07 pm

Made in India virus kits boost testing, and local industry VIEW

Soon after the pandemic began, India’s government, with funding from The Rockefeller Foundation, tasked the country’s most advanced bioscience innovation hub — the publicly funded...

October 10, 2021 at 2:04 pm

UN, Bangladesh sign deal to aid Rohingya relocated to island

The United Nations and Bangladesh's government have agreed to work together to help Rohingya refugees who live on an island in the Bay of Bengal

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August 31, 2021 at 9:05 pm

Vaccinations in rural India increase amid supply concerns VIEW

India has dramatically increased COVID-19 vaccination rates in its vast rural hinterland, where around 65% of its nearly 1.4 billion people live in villages served...

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August 26, 2021 at 9:11 am

Indian police rescue 17 children employed illegally

Indian police accompanied by activists from a children’s rights group have raided automobile repair shops on the edge of New Delhi and removed 17 children...

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August 23, 2021 at 5:21 am

Afghans in India call for refugee status after Taliban blitz VIEW

Hundreds of Afghans living in India are taking to the streets to ramp up demands for refugee status

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February 8, 2021 at 10:35 pm

India glacier disaster: Families join search for survivors VIEW

JOSHIMATH, India (AP) — As hundreds of rescue workers scoured muck-filled ravines and valleys on Tuesday looking for survivors after the sudden collapse of a...

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