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Exclusive: Delhi government bars Bloomberg-funded charity from tobacco control work

NEW DELHI  – A small Indian non-profit funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies will not be allowed to carry out tobacco-control work in New Delhi after it failed to disclose its funding, according to a city government official and a memo seen by Reuters. Other foreign-funded organizations will need to […]

India seen holding rates steady as inflation, growth soften

Analysts expect the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to support an economy that is losing momentum by leaving interest rates unchanged at a policy meeting on Wednesday, when just over a month ago most of them had predicted a hike.

About 4,000 migrants died or missing on way to US, AP finds

SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) — Haydee Posadas had waited eight years for her son to come home. On the last night of her long vigil, she was too agitated to sleep. Her son had fled Honduras for the U.S. in 2010 in part because of gang threats, […]

Should social media check be required to get a gun license?

ALBANY, N.Y. — Should authorities be able to deny handgun licenses for hateful tweets? A New York lawmaker is raising the question with a bill that would require police to scrutinize the social media activity and online searches of handgun license applicants, and disqualify those who have published […]

Today in History for December 3rd

First human heart transplant performed; Industrial accident kills thousands in Bhopal, India; Hundreds of students arrested at the University of California at Berkeley; “A Streetcar Named Desire” opens on Broadway; Snger Ozzy Osbourne is born. (Dec. 3) AP 03/12/2018

India nabs 4 after deadly violence over cow slaughter rumors

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Police in northern India have arrested four people for their alleged involvement in an attack on police over rumors of cow slaughter that left two people dead, including a police official. Senior police officer Pravin Kumar said Tuesday that a case was filed against […]

Bulandshahr violence due to UP govt’s irresponsible, wrong policies: Mayawati

Lucknow, Dec 4:Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Tuesday blamed the “irresponsible and wrong” policies of the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh for the mob violence in Bulandshahr district in which a police officer was among the two persons killed. “Killing of (an) inspector and one other […]

If Modi gave jobs, why 4 youths committed suicide in Alwar: Rahul in R’than

Alwar (Raj), Dec 4: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Tuesday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over employment opportunities, farm loan waiver, Rafale deal and demonetisation.  He hit out at Modi over his promise of providing employment to 2 crore youths during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. “Narendra Modi in his […]

Media: French PM to announce delay to fuel tax hikes

PARIS — French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe is to announce a suspension of fuel tax hikes, a major U-turn in an effort to appease a protest movement that has radicalized, French media reported Tuesday. Both Le Monde newspaper and France Info radio said the planned increase, which has […]

Israel launches operation to thwart Hezbollah border tunnels

JERUSALEM — The Israeli military launched an operation on Tuesday to “expose and thwart” tunnels built by the Hezbollah militant group it says stretch from Lebanon into northern Israel. The tunnels are not operational, the military said, adding that its work to find and neutralize them was taking […]

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