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Severe overcrowding, lack of exits and mud contributed to a deadly stampede in India
HATHRAS, India (AP) — Severe overcrowding and a lack of exits contributed to a stampede at a religious festival in northern India, authorities said Wednesday, leaving at least 121 people dead as the faithful surged toward the preacher to touch him and chaos ensued.
What caused the deadly stampede in Hathras, India?
At least 120 people died in a crowd crush during a religious gathering with Hindu guru Bhole Baba.
‘No woman left in my family now’: India’s Hathras mourns stampede victims
Crush at religious event kills at least 121 people, most of them women, whose relatives now seek justice as they consider a future without them.
Indian opposition leader Kejriwal gets interim bail in graft case
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -- India's Supreme Court granted interim bail on Friday to opposition leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a graft case, but he will stay in jail due to his arrest in another case.
Heavy rains trigger landslides in Nepal, 11 killed, 8 missing
KATHMANDU — Heavy rains triggered landslides and flash floods killing at least 11 people in the last 36 hours in Nepal and blocking key highways and roads, officials said on Sunday (July 7).
China is the runaway leader in generative AI patent applications followed by the US, the UN says
GENEVA (AP) — China has requested far more patents than any other country when it comes to generative AI, the U.N. intellectual property agency said Wednesday, with the United States a distant second.
Dalai Lama dismisses health rumours on 89th birthday
NEW DELHI - The Dalai Lama said on July 6 he is recovering from knee surgery and feels “physically fit”, brushing aside rumours of ill health on his 89th birthday.