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Indian oil refiners start payments for Russian oil imports in Chinese yuan as an alternative to the US dollar due to the sanctions against Russia.
2023-07-3

Indian airline Go First files for bankruptcy with the National Company Law Tribunal, blaming "faulty" Pratt & Whitney-manufactured engines for the grounding of about half of its fleet, costing the airline 108 billion rupees ($1.32 billion) in lost revenues.
2023-05-2

Sixteen people are killed when a bus plunges into a deep gorge in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, India.
2022-07-4

El Salvador reports its first case of the Lineage B.1.617 Delta variant, which was originally detected in India.
2021-07-31

India releases information on a second, deadlier form of "white fungus" infection that has begun spreading among patients initially placed at risk because of COVID-19. The newly identified white fungus is known as candidiasis. Steroid treatment can cause white fungal infection in COVID patients while unsterile use of oxygen cylinders can also be a cause. White fungus infection is more dangerous because it rapidly affects vital organs and genitals along with the mouth, stomach and skin. The antifungal drugs fluconazole, itraconazole, caspofungin, and micafungin are being prescribed to treat patients.
2021-05-22

Heavy rains in Rajkot, Gujarat, India, lead to damage valued at over 100 million rupees.
2013-09-29

The Indian rupee hits new record low against the US dollar. The rupee fell to 62.03 rupees against the dollar.
2013-08-16

The Indian Rupee falls to a new record low against the US dollar.
2013-06-18

According to a parliamentary answer by the ministry of health, the value of a life lost during a clinical trial is 2.2 lakh rupees ($ 4,000) in India in 2011. This number is the average compensation paid for deaths during clinical trials. No rules governing compensations for clinical trial-related injury or death have been approved by the Parliament of India yet. [http:--old.irna.ir-News-General-Value-of-life-only-rs-2-2-lakh-in-India,-report-80316807 (IRNA)]date=August 2019
2012-09-10

Eleven people are sentenced to death and twenty to life sentences for their roles in the Godhra train burning in New Delhi, India.
2011-03-1