Sources: Reuters
Landslides caused by heavy monsoon rains in Bangladesh and India kill at least 15 people, injure several others, and displace millions of people. 2024-06-19
More than 100 Sikh separatists are arrested during a three-day hunt by police in Punjab, India. The group's leader Amritpal Singh is still wanted. 2023-03-20
A Precision Air airliner with 43 persons aboard crashes into Lake Victoria, Tanzania. Nineteen occupants are killed; the others are rescued. 2022-11-6
Emirates Airline will resume flights to India and return to pre-COVID-19 levels beginning on April 1. 2022-03-25
The Taj Mahal reopens to tourists after a two-month closure due to the second wave of the pandemic in India. 2021-06-16
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits the Indian states of West Bengal and Assam, part of Meghalaya, and part of Bangladesh, causing damage to houses and buildings. Two people die from heart attacks, while ten others are wounded by the earthquake itself. 2021-04-28
India reports 314,835 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is a world record for daily cases, thereby bringing the total of confirmed cases to 15.9 million. The country also reports a record 2,104 deaths, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 184,657. 2021-04-22
A quarry accident in Arusha, Tanzania, leaves at least 13 people dead. 2013-04-2
Somali pirates seize a Panamanian-flagged ship with 15 Indian crewmen on board, off the coast of Tanzania. 2010-09-30
A fire tears through a combined residential and office building in Calcutta, India, killing 24 people, including two who leapt to their deaths. 2010-03-23