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South Africa agrees to send twelve cheetahs to India each year for the next eight to ten years to help secure a viable wild population. The Asiatic cheetah went extinct in India in the 1940s due to overhunting and habitat destruction.
2023-01-27

India reports its lowest number of active COVID-19 case in 186 days with the daily positivity rate recorded at 1.69%.
2021-09-22

Zimbabwe becomes the first country in Africa to approve India's Covaxin vaccine manufactured by Bharat Biotech.
2021-03-4

India surpasses six million cases of COVID-19, becoming the second country after the United States to reach that milestone. Meanwhile, 82.5% or more than five million people have recovered.
2020-09-28

The upper house of Nepal's parliament approves a new map for the country which includes territories controlled by India. The map requires the approval of President Bidhya Devi Bhandari. India opposes the move, saying that the decision to include Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh and Kalapani is not based on evidence or historical facts.
2020-06-18

An Emirates Boeing 777-300, flight EK521 from Thiruvananthapuram in India, crash lands at Dubai International Airport and bursts into flames. All 282 passengers and 18 crew evacuate safely, although one firefighter is killed during the rescue.
2016-08-3

The death toll from anti-government protests in the Indian state rises to 36 with over a thousand more being treated for injuries. Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has called for calm.
2016-07-13

Africa's longest serving leader Teodoro Obiang, the President of Equatorial Guinea is declared the winner of the recent election with 93.7 per cent of the vote. His government has been heavily criticised by human rights group.
2016-04-28

A stampede at the home of Muslim religious leader Mohammed Burhanuddin in the Indian city of Mumbai results in 18 deaths.
2014-01-17

A court in India sentences Mirza Himayat Baig to death for plotting the 2010 Pune bombing of a bakery which killed 17 people in Pune.
2013-04-19