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A court in Bangladesh orders the arrest of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 45 others for crimes against humanity. Hasina is in exile in India.
2024-10-17

Twelve people are killed by heavy rains in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, with nine of the people killed when a wall collapsed.
2022-09-16

India reports its first confirmed monkeypox related death in Kerala.
2022-08-1

India bans wheat exports with immediate effect after the heat wave causes yields to be lower than expected. Exceptions will be made if wheat is requested by governments, or for food security needs.
2022-05-14

Six districts in Karnataka, India have vaccinated 90% of their population with the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
2021-10-25

France begins implementing a seven-day quarantine and pre-departure testing for EU nationals, French residents, and anyone travelling to the United Kingdom for essential reasons in order to prevent the spread of the Lineage B.1.617 variant that originated in India as all non-essential travel to the UK is currently banned.
2021-05-31

The Indian government announces that people can choose their COVID-19 vaccination centres when the vaccination campaign expands next week. This will allow people to choose whether they want to receive the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine or the Bharat Biotech vaccine.
2021-02-26

Indian guru Asaram Bapu is sentenced to life imprisonment for the rape of a child.
2018-04-25

Prominent Indian journalist and "Lankesh Patrike" editor Gauri Lankesh is shot dead by unidentified men outside her house in the city of Bengaluru.
2017-09-5

Two express passenger trains (12 coaches of the Kamayani Express; to Varanasi from Mumbai, or Bombay) derail, after being partially swept off a bridge while crossing flooded tracks in India's Madhya Pradesh state leaving at least 31 people killed and about 100 others injured. Related to this incident are monsoon rains and the end of a cyclone which have killed more than 100 people in India.
2015-08-4