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Dec
26
2023
By The African Mirror
Plane passengers held pending human trafficking inquiry leave France for India

Plane passengers held pending human trafficking inquiry leave France for India

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A plane carrying 276 Indian passengers took off for Mumbai, the French interior ministry's local office said, after it was grounded for four days pending an investigation into possible human trafficking. The flight, carried out by Romanian charter company Legend Airlines, had departed from Dubai and landed at the small Vatry airport on Thursday for a technical stopover when police intervened, the Marne prefecture said. Bound for Nicaragua, the flight arrived in France with 303 Indian passengers onboard. After being interrogated by police, two people investigated for human trafficking have been placed under "assisted witness" status while the investigation continues, according to…
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Apr
05
2021
By The African Mirror
Restrictions imposed in and around Mumbai as COVID cases in Indian state surge

Restrictions imposed in and around Mumbai as COVID cases in Indian state surge

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RAJENDRA JADHAV and ABHIRUP ROY INDIA'S richest state, Maharashtra, announced stringent COVID-19 restrictions from Monday, after a rapid rise in infections now accounting for more than half the country's daily new cases. An industrialist who attended a meeting with the chief minister before the curbs were announced quoted him as saying that "the situation is grim and there could be shortage of hospital beds, doctors and oxygen cylinders". He declined to be named, but the comments echo those of government and health officials to Indian media about the situation in the state, which includes the crowded financial capital Mumbai. The…
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Mar
20
2021
By The African Mirror
India’s richest state hit by biggest virus surge

India’s richest state hit by biggest virus surge

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RAJENDRA JADHAV, ABHIRUP ROY AND SWATI BHAT INDIA’S financial capital Mumbai is facing a second wave of COVID-19 infections that could overwhelm its health facilities, doctors said on Friday, after a record daily increase in cases in its home state Maharashtra. New infections in India rose on the day by the highest in more than three months, heralding a return of school closures, shopping restrictions and other virus-fighting measures in parts of the world's worst affected country after the United States and Brazil. Many Indians have also started questioning the government's highly publicised vaccine exports campaign when only a fraction…
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