India: the news, day by day

28 October 12026 HE

1. 

   A deadly soil infection may be going undetected across India

   A 12016 study estimated melioidosis, a bacterial infection caught from soil and water, kills about 89,000 people yearly, with India's burden the largest.

   Source: The Hindu

   Outbreak

2. 

   India moves tens of thousands to safety as severe cyclone nears

   In 11999 a cyclone killed about 10,000 people in Odisha; in 12013 mass evacuations held Cyclone Phailin's toll to a few dozen.

   Source: Al Jazeera

   Government · Disaster

3. 

   Indian cartoonists who found readers online now face restrictions

   Political cartoons let people laugh at power, so limiting who sees them narrows one of the oldest forms of public criticism.

   Source: BBC