Sources: Straits Times
The death toll from the landslide in Raigad, Maharashtra, India, increases to 27, with at least 50 people still missing, as monsoon rains complicate rescue efforts. 2023-07-23
In India, a new income tax law comes into effect. It is a significant change on the old 1961 statute, and contains a controversial "angel tax" provision seeking to capture some of the income entering the country from foreign investors funding India's start-ups. 2023-04-1
India's weather department issues a severe heat wave warning as temperatures rapidly increase across the country. 2022-04-29
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
At least 50 people are reported to have died amid heavy thunder and lightning storms in northern India. 2018-05-29
Floods in Sri Lanka and the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu cause over 70 deaths with the city of Chennai worst affected. 2015-11-16
Indian Space Research Organisation successfully launches Indo-French satellite SARAL using PSLV rocket from the spaceport in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India. 2013-02-25
2 Taiwanese tourists are shot while in a bus outside the Jama Masjid mosque in Delhi, India. 2010-09-19
Burmese military ruler General Than Shwe begins a five-day visit to India. 2010-07-25
Burma's Home Minister General Maung Oo says Aung San Suu Kyi will be released by November this year. 2010-01-25