“Dozens” of people have been killed over days of ethnic clashes between Christian tribes and a Hindu community in the northeastern state of Manipur, Indian officials said Monday, with mobs attacking homes, churches and temples, according to the BBC. Indian officials deployed army troops and enforced...
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Indian wrestlers continued their protests in the capital this week over the government’s inaction against the head of the country’s wrestling federation whom they accuse of sexual harassment, Al Jazeera reported Thursday. For 10 days, the protesting athletes – including Olympic medalists – have been camping...
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The world’s largest democracy, India, is now the world’s most populous country. The distinction is important because it represents a shift in the world order that has developed in recent decades as China, which has had the largest population, has grown more powerful. According to the...
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An Indian court acquitted 69 Hindus, including a former minister of the country’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), of the murder of 11 Muslims during the deadly 2002 riots in the western state of Gujarat, the Guardian reported. The victims died after their homes were set...
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India will overtake China as the world’s most populous country by the middle of 2023, according to a recent United Nations report, a development that will likely present opportunities and challenges for the South Asian nation, the Wall Street Journal reported. The UN estimates that India...
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India plans to promote the use of its currency for international trade as part of a push to bolster its exports in countries that are dealing with shortages of US dollars or have been hit with Western sanctions, the Voice of America reported. Recently, New Delhi...
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India’s parliament expelled opposition leader Rahul Gandhi from the legislature over the weekend, after a court convicted and sentenced him to two years in prison in a case linked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s last name, the Wall Street Journal reported. The case against Gandhi stems...
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Indian officials shut down the Internet across the state of Punjab for a second day this week, cutting off access to around 27 million people as authorities search for a prominent Sikh separatist, the Washington Post reported. The state government said the ban came as security...
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The Indian government expressed its formal opposition to same-sex marriage in a key Supreme Court case this week, in what observers have described as the clearest statement by the country’s ruling Hindu nationalist party on an issue that has been increasingly debated in Indian society, the...
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Indian billionaire Gautam Adani used to claim that the success of his energy and port facilities conglomerate, the Adani Group, reflected the rising power of his massive country’s economy. Then, in January, the New York-based Hindenburg Research investment firm accused Adani of fraud and stock manipulation, and...
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Indian tax officials raided the BBC’s offices in Delhi and Mumbai this week, soon after the British broadcaster aired a documentary critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, NPR reported. Dozens of tax officials entered the broadcaster’s newsrooms, seizing laptops, financial documents and phones of employees as...
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Indian authorities in the capital this week arrested dozens of students, who were planning to screen a banned BBC documentary about the 2002 riots in Gujarat state and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s role in the violence, Bloomberg reported. Police arrested around 70 students of the Jamia...
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India’s Supreme Court judges backed the appointment of a gay lawyer to Delhi’s High Court, despite the government’s fierce objections over his candidacy and his activism in LGBTQ causes, Reuters reported. Saurabh Kirpal had initially been recommended for a judicial appointment in 2017 and the country’s...
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India’s Supreme Court put a temporary hold on an order calling for the mass demolition of more than 4,000 homes in the state of Uttarakhand, which would have forced thousands of people to become homeless, the Independent reported Thursday. The case concerns the thousands of buildings,...
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A prominent Indian publication is investigating its own reporting after publishing a series of dubious articles alleging that Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, was colluding with the government and involved in political censorship in India, the Washington Post reported. The issue began when...
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The Indian state of Kerala hosted a “Girls Night Out” initiative this week, a campaign aimed at allowing women to experience a safe nightlife and raise awareness about the growing issue of safety in a country that was once identified as the world’s most dangerous...
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The Indian government banned a prominent local Islamic organization Wednesday, accusing it of being a threat to the country’s security, a move that comes amid rising communal tensions in the world’s second most populous nation, Voice of America reported. The ban targets the Popular Front...
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Thousands of Indian farmers marched in the streets of the capital this week to protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, less than a year after they occupied New Delhi to pressure his government in repealing a slew of controversial farm laws, Reuters reported. More than 5,000...
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India and Pakistan had the rare experience of separating from one another at the same time they achieved independence from Britain, 75 years ago this month, on Aug. 15, 1947. Both countries appear to still be in search of themselves since then. Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
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India unexpectedly withdrew a proposed data protection bill this month, which had raised fears among tech giants and privacy rights advocates about government overreach, the New York Times wrote. The government said it is now working on new legislation, two years after unveiling the previous bill,...
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