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India asks the United States to release $26m belonging to at least two Indian diamond firms that has been frozen due to alleged trade links with sanctioned Russian diamond mining company Alrosa.
2023-08-30

Following high-level talks in Delhi, India and the United States sign a military agreement on sharing sensitive satellite data. The "Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement on Geospatial Cooperation" (BECA) gives the Indian Armed Forces access to a range of sensitive geospatial and aeronautical data for military use. Agreements on nuclear energy, earth sciences and alternative medicine are also signed.
2020-10-27

India surpasses 100,000 COVID-19 deaths, becoming the third country to reach that milestone behind the United States and Brazil.
2020-10-3

India reports the highest single-day record of more than 62,000 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the country's total to 2,025,409. This total makes India the third country to pass two million cases, after the United States and Brazil.
2020-08-7

Tablighi Jamaat leader Muhammad Saad Kandhlawi is charged with manslaughter after a gathering the organization held in Delhi on March 3 was linked to 1,023 coronavirus cases across 17 Indian states. Police say he ignored two notices to end the religious event at a mosque in Delhi, though he denies any wrongdoing.
2020-04-16

Interpol's Operation Blackwrist arrests nine people in Australia, Thailand and the United States, and rescues 50 children in connection with a 63,000-member online pedophilia ring. More arrests are expected. Investigators from nearly 60 countries participated in this operation.
2019-05-23

A blanket of thick grey smog covers the Indian capital, Delhi, with some areas 30 times more polluted than the World Health Organization's recommended limit, one year after a similar smog.
2017-11-7

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lifts the 32-year-old, lifetime ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men. Men can donate if they haven't had sex with another man in the previous year. The FDA stance is in line with other countries, such as Australia, Brazil, Canada, New Zealand, and the U.K., and is consistent with rules on recent blood transfusion or accidental exposure to another individual's blood.
2015-12-21

Newly released cables reveal Australia and the United States formed an alliance in February 2008 to share secret intelligence from spy satellite.
2011-02-7

2 Taiwanese tourists are shot while in a bus outside the Jama Masjid mosque in Delhi, India.
2010-09-19