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A decades long Hindu nationalist dream is about to be achieved. What does this mean?

Rhea Mogul, CNN — Sat, 20 Jan 2024 23:27:47 +0000

(CNN) — Ornate gifts have started arriving in the Indian city of Ayodhya as the country’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepares to inaugurate a vast Hindu temple that he hopes will firm his chances for a rare third election win in just a few months’ time. Though still not complete, the sprawling Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir

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More than a billion people will head to the polls across South Asia in 2024

Rhea Mogul, CNN — Sun, 31 Dec 2023 16:42:32 +0000

(CNN) — An election boycotted by the main opposition as the world’s longest serving female prime minister looks set to extend her rule. A cricket legend and former prime minister languishing in prison versus a one-time fugitive looking to make a comeback as a powerful military keeps watch. A populist leader hoping to enter his

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Australia swelters under extreme heat as rare early cyclone barrels toward northern coast

Rhea Mogul, CNN — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:37:23 +0000

(CNN) — A tropical cyclone has rapidly intensified off the northern coast of Australia as millions across the country endure heat wave conditions that are forecast to stretch into the weekend. Severe tropical cyclone Jasper strengthened to the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane Friday, with maximum winds of 220 kilometers per hour (138 mph),

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Australia swelters under extreme heat as rare early cyclone barrels toward northern coast

Rhea Mogul, CNN — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 15:36:20 +0000

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New video shows trapped laborers alive in Himalayan tunnel but rescue still no closer

Rhea Mogul, CNN — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 18:51:21 +0000

(CNN) — The first images of dozens of men trapped inside a collapsed Himalayan tunnel have emerged, as a complex and frustrating operation to free them enters its tenth day. Video captured by a camera fed through a pipe by rescuers on the surface shows the men wearing helmets and standing in a large cavern

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This megacity is the latest to shut down as pollution chokes swathes of South Asia

Rhea Mogul, CNN — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 15:30:52 +0000

(CNN) — Lahore has become the latest megacity to shut down as pollution chokes swathes of South Asia, where nearly 50 million people have been breathing toxic air for nearly a week. Pakistan’s second most populous city – of more than 13 million people – has shut schools and closed public parks, malls and offices

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Choking New Delhi smog shutters schools and shrouds Cricket World Cup

Rhea Mogul, CNN — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 14:13:35 +0000

(CNN) — A throat-searing blanket of smog has enveloped New Delhi, forcing schools to shut and disrupting the Cricket World Cup as officials rush to contain a pollution crisis that has become an annual occurrence in the Indian capital. “Sadly, every year when November rolls around there a sense of dread as the air turns

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India agrees to reserve a third of parliament seats for women. But the change could still take years

Rhea Mogul, CNN — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 15:25:26 +0000

(CNN) — India’s parliament passed a landmark bill Thursday that will reserve a third of its seats in the lower house and state assemblies for women, in a major win for rights groups that have for decades campaigned for better gender representation in politics. The bill received cross-party support and was celebrated by politicians across

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Indian authorities rush to contain a deadly Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala

Rhea Mogul, CNN — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 14:12:20 +0000

(CNN) — A state in southern India is taking measures to contain an outbreak of the Nipah virus after two people died from the rare and often deadly disease, shutting schools and testing hundreds to prevent its spread. Kerala’s chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the virus has been detected in the state’s Kozhikode district, urging

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Four million children in Pakistan have no safe water, a year after deadly floods

Rhea Mogul, CNN — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 14:26:32 +0000

(CNN) — One year after catastrophic floods devastated swathes of Pakistan, some 4 million children in the South Asian nation remain without access to safe water, the United Nations children’s agency has warned. In a news release Friday, UNICEF said it estimates that there are 8 million people in the country, around half of whom

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