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India’s Ludhiana city hit by deadly gas leak

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2023 0

BENJAMIN OMOIKE WITH AGENCY REPORTS At least 11 people have died and 11 have been admitted to hospital after a gas leak in Ludhiana in the northern Indian state of Punjab, according to a top city official, who added that the entire area was being evacuated. A team from the National Disaster

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India records over 3780 Covid -19 related death in a single day

Ihesiulo Grace 5 May 2021 0

India on Wednesday recorded its highest single-day death toll caused by the coronavirus since the pandemic began, as hospitals in the country continue to struggle with the massive patient load. The confirmed new infections have reached 382,000 in India. READ ALSO: Gunmen kidnapped female journalist, left six-month-old baby behind in Adamawa Experts believe that the […]

World

India to propose cryptocurrency ban, penalizing miners, traders – source

Ihesiulo Grace 15 March 2021 0

India will propose a law banning cryptocurrencies, fining anyone trading in the country, or even holding such digital assets, a senior government official told Reuters in a potential blow to millions of investors piling into the red-hot asset class. The bill, one of the world’s strictest policies against cryptocurrencies, would criminalise possession, issuance, mining,

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EDITORIAL: China, India, and fake drugs in Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 7 January 2021 0

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has accused China and India of being responsible for the fake drugs in Nigeria. The DirectorGeneral of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, disclosed this recently and announced the agency’s readiness to eliminate substandard and falsified medicines through partnerships with pre-shipment agents in China

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Columnist: India’s beef politics and Nigeria’s water politics

Ihesiulo Grace 12 December 2020 0

India and Nigeria our country are two intriguing countries although they are dissimilarly intriguing, I must say. No country in the world can be compared with these respective Asian and African countries in terms of their multiethnic, multi-lingual, multi-cultural and even multi-religious diversities. A conservative calculation would put the linguistic groups in each of

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Editorial: China, India, and fake drugs in Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 2 December 2020 0

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has accused China and India of being responsible for the fake drugs in Nigeria. Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, disclosed this recently and announced the agency’s readiness to eliminate substandard and falsified medicines through partnerships with pre-shipment agents in China and

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Columnist: India’s beef politics and Nigeria’s water politics

Ihesiulo Grace 27 November 2020 0

India and Nigeria – our country – are two intriguing countries – although they are dissimilarly intriguing, I must say. No country in the world can be compared with these respective Asian and African countries in terms of their multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-cultural and even multi-religious diversities. A conservative calculation would put the linguistic groups in

Opinion

Opinion: Ali Garh: The Nursery for Journalists

Ihesiulo Grace 18 November 2020 0

Mehdi Hassan had ennobled Sir Syed as a mammoth stone in the stagnant water of India. Jawaharlal Nehru had once opined that Sir Syed’s decision to turn all his concentration on Muslim education was correct with education. The Times of London had also christened him as “the prophet of education”. On the flip side, some […]

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Columnist: India’s beef politics and Nigeria’s water politics

Ihesiulo Grace 6 November 2020 0

By Tony Afejuku India and Nigeria our country are two intriguing countries – although they are dissimilarly intriguing, I must say. No country in the world can be compared with these respective Asian and African countries in terms of their multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multicultural and even multi-religious diversities. A conservative calculation would put the linguistic

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Columnist: Father Swamy: Indian Jesuit Priest-Activist in India’s Gulag

Ihesiulo Grace 30 October 2020 0

By Tony Afejuku India is an interesting country, a very interesting country. Ever before I physically visited this country of mysteries, I had known and visited it in my imagination rightly in my childhood and boyhood years. I first knew and visited this wonderful country of wonders through its actors and songs and dances in […]

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Nigeria @ 60: India says recent exchanges signifies strengthened relations

Ihesiulo Grace 1 October 2020 0

The government of India has congratulated Nigeria on its 60th Independence Anniversary, extolling the recent exchanges between both countries which indicates strengthened bilateral relations. READ ALSO: Nigeria@60: Key points of Buhari’s Independence address Daily Times gathered that the Indian High Commission in Abuja disclosed this in a felicitation message via its

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Nigeria overtakes India as world capital for under-five deaths

Ihesiulo Grace 9 September 2020 0

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has ranked Nigeria above India as the world capital for under-five deaths, according to the 2020 mortality estimates. The development comes two years earlier than the World Bank projected. Daily Times reports that the World bank had said in 2018 that Nigeria will take over India as the world […]

Technology World

India bans more than 100 apps linked to China

Ihesiulo Grace 3 September 2020 0

A further 118 Chinese mobile apps have been banned by India, as tensions between the two countries continue to rise. Those on the list include several of Tencent’s products including the hit video game PUBG Mobile and WeChat Work. Previously the government had banned 59 of the most popular apps including TikTok over national security […]

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COVID-19: India takes center stage as global cases surpass 25 million

Ihesiulo Grace 30 August 2020 0

Global coronavirus cases gush past 25 million on Sunday, as India marked a worldwide record for daily new cases in the COVID-19 pandemic. READ ALSO: Coronavirus: WHO Chief, Ghebreyesus gives virus end date According to a Reuters tally, data showed steady global growth as the disease’s epicentre shifts again, with India taking centre stage from […]

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COVID-19: India set to mass-produce vaccine — Modi

Ihesiulo Grace 15 August 2020 0

India prime minister Narendra Modi, on Saturday, in his Independence Day speech, said India is ready to mass-produce the COVID-19 vaccine when scientists give the go-ahead. Modi made the revelation while also launching a national project to roll out health identities for each citizen. READ ALSO: Coronavirus: 10 die drinking sanitiser after Indian state shuts […]

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Nigerian allegedly arrested for claiming Biafran nationality in India

Ihesiulo Grace 14 August 2020 0

A Nigerian has been allegedly arrested in India for claiming Biafran nationality. He was arrested by police in Goa, in India’s southwestern coast, the same day another Nigerian in the city was arrested for drugs. According to the Times Of India, the police found no drug on the ‘Biafran’. But since he had no valid […]

Technology World

Amazon launches online pharmacy in India

Ihesiulo Grace 14 August 2020 0

Online retail giant Amazon has launched an internet pharmacy in India, marking its entry into the country’s online medicine market. Amazon Pharmacy will make its debut in Bangalore and it may be trialled in other Indian cities. The move comes as the online drugs business has been given a major boost during the coronavirus pandemic. […]

World

Lightning kills 33 persons in India

Ihesiulo Grace 25 June 2020 0

At least 33 people were killed on Thursday by lightning strikes as heavy monsoon storms swept India’s North-Eastern states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, officials said. According to Umesh Singh, an official at the Disaster Management Control Room in state capital Patna, 28 people were killed across various districts in Bihar. Ekiti Assembly mourns ex-lawmaker, […]

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Covid-19: Patients share beds, oxygen tanks as cases increase

Ihesiulo Grace 29 May 2020 0

A hospital in Mumbai, India, Sion hospital has recorded high number of coronavirus patients recently and its emergency ward allocates two people to a bed. Patients, many with coronavirus symptoms and strapped two to a single oxygen tank, were captured lying almost on top of each other, top-to-toe on shared stretchers or just lying on […]

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[Video] Nigerian man beaten to death in India, FG reacts

Ihesiulo Grace 29 May 2020 0

A Nigerian businessman, popularly called Sunny Mike, was beaten to death on Wednesday, May 27, at Palam, New Delhi, India. It was gathered that the businessman was accused of theft by an Indian lady which prompted passers-by to beat him till he passed out. By the time police arrived at the scene, he had died. His body was immediately