Guinness World Records has confirmed India, with an estimated population of over 1.425 billion people, has become the most populated country in the world. According to new figures from the United Nations’ Population Division and quoted by Guinness World Records, India’s number of residents is estimated to be 1,425,775,850....
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India will soon replace China as the world’s most populous country, according to estimates by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). By the middle of 2023, India will have almost 3 million more people than China, according to data from the organisation’s World Population Report published on Wednesday. According...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday, received 191 stranded Nigerians from India. The returnees, who were evacuated by NEMA on behalf of the Federal Government, arrived in an Ethiopian Airlines chartered flight, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at 4:40 p.m. They were received by a...
At least 22 people have died and several others have been hospitalised in India after drinking toxic alcohol, authorities said Thursday. The deaths happened mainly in two villages in the eastern state of Bihar, where the sale and consumption of liquor are prohibited. Such bans are in force in...
U.S. online retailer Amazon on Monday said that it would shut down its wholesale distribution business in India as it moved to focus more on its core retail business. Amazon Distribution, its wholesale e-commerce website available to small neighbourhood stores in Bengaluru, Mysore and Hubli, was designed to help...
No fewer than 53 people were drowned in India’s eastern state of Bihar during the four-day Hindu festival, Chhath Puja, local media reported on Wednesday. The drownings have taken place in rivers and other water bodies across various districts of the state during the four-day festival. “As many as...
Nigeria’s Flamingos have qualified for the semifinal of the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in India after beating the USA this evening. The Flamingos won 4-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw in 90 minutes of regulation time. Onamuzo Edafe gave Nigeria the lead just after 25 minutes. ...
Indian authorities are investigating cough syrups made by a local pharmaceutical company after the World Health Organisation (WHO) said they could be responsible for the deaths of 66 children in The Gambia. The UN health agency issued an alert this week warning that four cough and cold remedies manufactured...
At least 21 people died in India’s eastern state of Bihar in incidents of lightning amid rains over the past 24 hours. An official at the state’s disaster management authority on Tuesday said that those who died were farmers or workers in agriculture fields who were busy sowing crops...
The Federal Ministry of Information and Culture in collaboration with the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has intensified efforts towards completion of the multi-billion Millennium Tower in the nation’s capital. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who led members of the Nigeria India Business Council on...
Chinmay Foundation, a leading international people’s enhancement organization for peace & harmony, which was established in Babalpur village of Jajpur district of Odisha state, has continued to carry out its uninterrupted awareness & relief distribution programs to combat the effect of COVID-19 epidemic around the world. During the foundation’s...
State-run broadcaster All India Radio (AIR), on Wednesday said that the death toll in the suspected toxic liquor consumption in the western Indian state of Gujarat rose to 33. It said that more than 45 people who had consumed toxic liquor are undergoing treatment in Bhavnagar and Ahmedabad hospitals...
The police say 29 people died after consuming toxic liquor in India’s western state of Gujarat. The victims were mostly villagers from the Botad district, officials at the police control room said. Preliminary laboratory tests indicated that chemicals including methanol were present in the liquor mix, regional police official...
An Indian couple are dragging their son to court seeking that he and his wife give birth to their grandchild within a year or pay the sum of $650,000. The parents, identified as Sanjeev and Sadhana Prasad said they are exhausted their savings raising and educating their pilot son...
A gang of crafty scrap metal thieves dismantled and decamped with a 500-tonne defunct iron bridge in eastern India, police said Saturday, pulling off the unlikely heist by pretending to be irrigation officials. The robbing of the bridge was reported Wednesday in the state of Bihar, one of the...
Indian bomb disposal experts cordoned off a busy flower market in the capital New Delhi Friday after finding an improvised explosive device left in an abandoned bag, police said. “The site is under a police cordon and we have recovered an IED (Improvised Explosive Device),” a police officer told...
The police authorities in India have arrested three suspects in an investigation into an online app that shared pictures of more than a hundred Muslim women for an “auction” in another case of hatred towards the minority community. In recent days, several Indian Muslim women said on social media...
A new statue of footballing superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has sparked controversy in the Indian state of Goa. Locals in Goa are objecting to a Portuguese footballer being honoured instead of a player from India. Michael Lobo, a minister in the Goa state government, tweeted that the statue had been...
Bollywood “bad boy” Salman Khan has revealed how he starred in his own real-life action drama when he was bitten by a snake and spent six hours in the hospital. Khan — who enjoys a cult-like status in star-obsessed India — said the serpent bit him twice when he...
A conjoined twins have gotten a good shot at life after landing two jobs with two salaries. The twins were abandoned by their parents when they were born. Sohna and Mohna Singh, from Punjab, India, are working for the first time having received government jobs. The 19-year-old twins will...