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India to send world's last telegram.
Once a staple of authoritative communication across the Indian subcontinent, the telegram has lost too much ground to smartphones. One devotee is threatening a Gandhi-style fast.
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Bollywood star in baby sex selection controversy
A Bollywood star is facing a storm of controversy over the sex of his unborn child. India's Health Ministry has launched an investigation into media reports that the actor Shah Rukh Khan and his wife are expecting a boy through a surrogate mother. Sex determination tests are banned in India, and elsewhere in Asia, due to a traditional preference for sons.
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India: Flood Deaths As Homes Fall Into River
People are washed away as buildings topple into the water - around 50 are missing in India's Uttarakhand state.
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India floods death toll soars to 6,500
Army suspends rescue helicopter flights in Uttarakhand state due to dense fog as death toll rises.
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India floods: Scandal video reporter sacked
An Indian television journalist who reported on deadly floods while sitting on the shoulders of a survivor has been sacked, says the channel he worked for.
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2 women on clay stairs
Chand Baori is a famous stepwell situated in the village of Abhaneri near Jaipur in the Indian state of Rajasthan.
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A pilgrim taking care of his mother in India
Much respect to this fellow.
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Study reveals Delhi air is full of cancer-causing particles leading to respiratory ailments
Residents of Delhi, who were breathing easy after the introduction of CNG and green vehicles in the past few years, have reason to worry about the air they inhale. A recent study by Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has revealed that the air in Delhi is full of carcinogenic (cancer causing) particles.
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India bans captive dolphin shows, says dolphins should be seen as ‘non-human persons’
In a bold move to protect the well-being of dolphins, India has moved to ban dolphin shows -- a push that helps elevate their status from creatures of mere curiosity to one that borders more closely to the personhood we seem to share.
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School meal kills 21 in India
At least 22 children have died and dozens more have fallen sick after eating a tainted school meal in India's eastern state of Bihar. The poisoning occurred at a government school in the village of Masrakh in Saran district.
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Indian principal on the run after 22 students die from school lunches
At least 22 children have died after eating eating free school lunches in Bihar state in northeastern India
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Taliban to Malala: Stop smearing us
The Taliban has written to Malala Yousafzai, the teen activist shot by militants, accusing her of "smearing" them and urging her to return home.
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India: 62-year-old father rapes five daughters
New Delhi: A 62-year-old retired Rajasthan state government employee was arrested Wednesday after his five daughters, all married now, levelled several serious charges of sexual exploitation, molestation and rape against him.
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India's top court curbs acid sales
India's Supreme Court has ordered federal and state governments to regulate the sale of acid in an attempt to reduce attacks on women. The court said that acid should be sold only to people who show a valid identity card.
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Indian cooks who served deadly school lunch say principal approved ingredients
Soon after they served the daily free lunch they had prepared for dozens of children at a rural Indian school, the two cooks realized something was very wrong.
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Female vigilantes in India join forces to fight rape
Eight young women dressed in red tunics and black scarves make their way along a narrow lane in Lucknow's Madiyav slum in northern India as young men move quickly out of their way, avoiding their eyes.
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Why people live in Mumbai's dangerous buildings
More than 100 people have died after the buildings they were living in collapsed in India's financial capital, Mumbai, between April and June this year. The BBC's Kinjal Pandya investigates why hundreds of people are forced to live in these dangerous buildings.
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Heart Surgery in India for $1,583 Costs $106,385 in U.S.
Devi Shetty is obsessed with making heart surgery affordable for millions of Indians. On his office desk are photographs of two of his heroes: Mother Teresa and Mahatma Gandhi.
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Insight: The poison pill in India's search for cheap food
Nearly a decade ago, the Indian government ruled out a ban on the production and use of monocrotophos, the highly toxic pesticide that killed 23 children this month in a village school providing free lunches under a government-sponsored program.
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Lunchtime
An Indian parrot hatchling is fed by hand in Dimapur, India, on July 24. The bird is one of hundreds taken from the wild by local hunters and smuggled for profit, despite a ban on trade of all bird species in India. Wildlife of all types is frequently hunted either for consumption or for sale to residents. The bulk of the trade is in three- to four-week-old chicks.
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