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17 June – 2024 West Bengal train collision: A goods train collides with the Kanchenjunga Express near New Jalpaiguri station in Darjeeling District, West Bengal, killing 15 people and injuring 60 others. [87] 19 June – 2024 Northeast India floods: Six people are killed in flooding and landslides in Assam.
On 3 May 2023, ethnic violence erupted in India 's north-eastern state of Manipur between the Meitei people, a majority that lives in the Imphal Valley, and the Kuki-Zo tribal community from the surrounding hills. [48] According to government figures, as of 3 May 2024, 221 people have been killed in the violence and 60,000 people have been ...
The G20 New Delhi Summit is chaired by the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. India's presidency began on 1 December 2022, leading up to the summit in the third quarter of 2023. The presidency handover ceremony was held, in which the G20 Presidency gavel was transferred from Indonesian President Joko Widodo to Indian Prime Minister Modi at the close o
Children from Dhakuakhana Private School protesting for justice for the victim. On 9 August 2024, Moumita Debnath, [4][5] a trainee doctor at R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, was raped and murdered in a college building. Her body was found in a seminar room on campus.
1 January – India begins its two-year tenure (2021–22) as a non-permanent member of the UNSC. [1] 2 January – India approves two coronavirus vaccines, Bharat Biotech's "Covaxin" and the Oxford/AstraZeneca "Covishield", for emergency use. [2] [3] Experts raised questions over the efficacy of Covaxin and a lack of transparency in trials.
List of ongoing armed conflicts. Map of ongoing armed conflicts (number of combat-related deaths in current or previous year): Major wars (10,000 or more) Wars (1,000–9,999) Minor conflicts (100–999) Skirmishes and clashes (1–99) The following is a list of ongoing armed conflicts that are taking place around the world.
On the evening of 24 March 2020, the Government of India ordered a nationwide lockdown for 21 days, limiting the movement of the entire 1.38 billion (138 crores) population of India as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 pandemic in India. [1] It was ordered after a 14-hour voluntary public curfew on 22 March, followed by enforcement of a ...
2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest. The 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest was a protest against three farm acts that were passed by the Parliament of India in September 2020. The acts, often called the Farm Bills, [25] had been described as "anti-farmer laws" by many farmer unions, [26][27] and politicians from the opposition who said that ...