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18 sleeping on road dead as truck hits bus in India’s Uttar Pradesh

Shawdesh Desk: Eighteen labourers, sleeping on the road in front of a bus, were crushed to death on Wednesday morning by a speeding truck in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki district of

Outstanding sites added to UNESCO World Heritage List

Shawdesh Desk: An ancient temple in India and a “cultural landscape” in Spain have become two of the latest sites to be registered on the UN’s prestigious World Heritage List.

Maharashtra floods: Death toll climbs to 207

Shawdesh Desk: The toll in the Maharashtra flood climbed to 207 with 15 more deaths recorded on Tuesday morning. Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari will be on a day’s visit

9 tourists killed as boulders hit vehicle in Himachal landslide

Shawdesh Desk: Nine tourists were killed after heavy boulders fell on their tempo traveller in a landslide near Basteri in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday. Multiple landslides triggered

Tunisian president suspends parliament, dismisses PM

Shawdesh Desk: Tunisian President Kais Saied announced Sunday the suspension of parliament and dismissal of Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi following a day of protests against the ruling party, which condemned

East China battens down as Typhoon In-Fa approaches

Shawdesh Desk: Typhoon In-Fa lashed eastern China with high winds and heavy rain on Sunday as other parts of the country were still cleaning up following historic flooding. Sea, air

Global Covid cases near 194 million

Shawdesh Desk: The global Covid-19 caseload is inching closer to the 194-million mark, as the second wave of the pandemic continues to devastate countries across the world even amid the

India records 39,742 new Covid-19 cases, 535 more deaths

Shawdesh desk: India’s daily tally of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) climbed to 31,371,901 on Sunday as 39,742 cases were registered in the last 24 hours, according to the Union ministry