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Eight people are killed and more than 115,000 people are displaced after heavy flooding in Assam, India.
2023-07-18

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Pope Francis in the Vatican. It is the first-ever meeting between the two leaders. Modi is in Rome for the G20 Heads of State and Government Summit, October 30-31, before he flies to Glasgow, Scotland, for the 26th United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP26), October 31 to November 12.
2021-10-31

India reports 352,991 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, a world record for the fifth consecutive day, and thereby bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 17.3 million. The country also reports a record 2,812 deaths in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 195,123.
2021-04-26

Four people are killed and four more are wounded after security forces open fire on protesters during election-related violence in West Bengal, India. Another person is killed when unknown gunmen fire at voters at a polling booth.
2021-04-10

Freedom House, in its annual "Freedom in the World" report, downgrades India from "free" to "partially free". The report cites the rise in mob violence against Muslims, increased government interference in the judiciary, increased intimidation against journalists and activists, and the government's heavy-handed approach to COVID-19 lockdowns that left millions of migrants stranded as the main reasons for the downgrade.
2021-03-3

A glacier breaks off in Joshimath, India, in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district resulting in flash floods along the Alaknanda River and Dhauliganga River. Eighteen people are found dead and 200 more are feared dead.
2021-02-7

A bus crashes in Dapoli, India, killing thirty people and leaving one sole survivor.
2018-07-28

The Indian state of Gujarat passes a law which makes the slaughter of a cow punishable by life imprisonment.
2017-03-31

An Indian court sentences four men to death for the 2012 Delhi gang rape case.
2013-09-13

Over 10,000 people have been displaced and ten thousand arrested as a result of an ongoing dispute in India's Muzaffarnagar district.
2013-09-11