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India purchases a shipment of liquefied petroleum gas from Iran for the first time since 2019 following a temporary easing of U.S. sanctions, with the cargo set to be distributed among state-run fuel companies, in response to supply disruptions caused by the Strait of Hormuz crisis.
2026-03-25

Left-wing parties in India organize protests in Vijayawada against the war and the killing of former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
2026-03-2

Five people are killed and several are injured when a malfunctioning gas cylinder explodes in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.
2025-08-7

India announces it will resume issuing tourist visas for Chinese citizens, ending a five-year suspension imposed following the 2020 border skirmishes between the two countries.
2025-07-23

Pakistan closes its land border and shared airspace with India indefinitely following the attack on tourists in Pahalgam, India-administered Kashmir, several days prior, and India's executive actions against Pakistan yesterday.
2025-04-24

Four people are suffocated to death in Pune district, India, after being given the task to clean out a septic tank.
2022-03-2

Millions of people in southeast India face water shortages due to drought and depleted groundwater.
2019-06-19

A bus plunges into the Bhairab River after falling off a bridge in Murshidabad district, West Bengal, India, killing at least 36 people. The late response by rescuers to save passengers leads to violence between local residents and police.
2018-01-29

India announces the new governor of its central bank, the Reserve Bank of India, is Urjit Patel, formerly the RBI's deputy governor for monetary policy.
2016-08-20

The patent office in India rejects Pfizer's petition for a patent on an arthritis drug, tofacitinib, re-affirming their rejection of the same drug in 2011. The drug is a chemical reformulation of the active compound in the medicine and thus the Indian Patent Office says that the company would have to establish that the compound for which it is seeking a patent is therapeutically more effective than the active compound.
2015-09-7