Hundreds of thousands of people made homeless by the floods in the northern Indian state of Bihar are now panicking over the high risk of disease in the camps where they are now sheltering.
A senior U.S. official says he sees "steady progress" in talks under way in Vienna on a deal that would let the United States sell peaceful nuclear technology to India.
The Nuclear Suppliers Group should stay firm in rejecting a U.S. bid to lift a ban on nuclear trade with India, experts said on Tuesday as an official document underscored gaps between the Americans and the Indians on key aspects of their landmark atomic deal.
There have been riots amid mounting anger at the slow response of the Indian authorities to the worst flooding in the northern state of Bihar in half a century.
GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - Heavy rains and rising floodwaters forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes in northeastern India and sent elephants and rhinos fleeing, as monsoon misery spread in South Asia.
Indian authorities are rushing doctors and medical equipment to flood-devastated northern India. Officials say they want to ward off outbreaks of disease among the hundreds of thousands of victims crowding into relief camps.
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In the two weeks since a monsoon-swollen river burst its banks, ancient prejudices have run just as deep as the floodwaters. India's "untouchables" are the last to be rescued -- if at all -- from a deluge that has killed dozens and made 1.2 million homeless.
The president of Turkey's Central Bank says he expects food prices to keep climbing for the rest of the year in response to swelling demand from China and India.
The government commandeered private boats on Sunday in a desperate effort to reach hundreds of thousands of people trapped after a monsoon-swollen river burst its banks and spilled over the vast plains of northern India.
Indian authorities, hampered by heavy rain and damaged roads, struggled to provide aid to millions of displaced villagers in the eastern Indian state of Bihar that has seen the worst flooding in 50 years.
