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India names new ambassador to Qatar ARABIA

India names new ambassador to Qatar

P Kumaran has been appointed as the next Indian ambassador to Qatar, it was announced on Friday by India's Ministry of External Affairs.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Outrage after Indian workers carry woman's body on pole INTERNATIONAL

Outrage after Indian workers carry woman's body on pole

A video of Indian hospital workers crushing the dead body of an elderly woman and hoisting it from a pole because of a shortage of ambulances has become the second incident in a week to spark outrage in India.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Indian court allows women to enter key Muslim shrine INTERNATIONAL

Indian court allows women to enter key Muslim shrine

An Indian court on Friday overturned a ban on women entering the inner sanctum of Mumbai's Haji Ali mosque, marking another victory for women fighting gender discrimination at places of worship in India.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Indian IVF doctors slam move to ban commercial surrogacy INTERNATIONAL

Indian IVF doctors slam move to ban commercial surrogacy

Leading Indian fertility doctors and surrogate mothers criticised a move to ban commercial surrogacy, saying it will severely limit options for childless couples and women who carry others' babies as a way out of poverty.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
India govt panel clears GM mustard but hurdles remain INTERNATIONAL

India govt panel clears GM mustard but hurdles remain

A government panel has cleared commercial use of what would be India's first genetically modified (GM) food crop, but the political establishment will still have to give final approvals ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Powerful quake hits Myanmar, damaging famed Bagan temples INTERNATIONAL

Powerful quake hits Myanmar, damaging famed Bagan temples

A powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar on Wednesday, killing at least one person and damaging pagodas in the ancient city of Bagan, officials said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
India moves to ban booming commercial surrogacy business INTERNATIONAL

India moves to ban booming commercial surrogacy business

India's government on Wednesday approved plans to ban the booming commercial surrogacy industry, a move that would block thousands of foreign couples who flock to centres to have a baby.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
India to receive normal rains, not surplus, as La Nina chances fade INTERNATIONAL

India to receive normal rains, not surplus, as La Nina chances fade

India will receive normal rainfall over the 2016 monsoon season, not surplus as previously expected, with the chances of a La Nina weather pattern emerging over the period seen as unlikely ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Nepal PM to visit India to mend fractured ties INTERNATIONAL

Nepal PM to visit India to mend fractured ties

Nepal's new prime minister will visit India next month on his first foreign visit, seeking to repair the strained relationship between the neighbours, an official said Wednesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
India probes damage caused by French submarine data leak INTERNATIONAL

India probes damage caused by French submarine data leak

India is investigating damage caused to French Scorpene submarines that are being built in the country, the defence ministry said on Wednesday, after the leak of documents ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Kashmiri women offer bangles to UN chief over inaction INTERNATIONAL

Kashmiri women offer bangles to UN chief over inaction

Women in Pakistan-administered Kashmir offered their bangles to Ban Ki-moon Tuesday, an insult in patriarchal South Asia aimed at the UN head's perceived inaction over violence on the Indian side of the disputed region.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Indian man blames 'spiritual powers' for swallowing 40 knives INTERNATIONAL

Indian man blames 'spiritual powers' for swallowing 40 knives

An Indian policeman who spent two months swallowing knives and had 40 of them surgically removed said Tuesday that ‘spiritual powers’ made him do it.

4:45 AM November 25 2016