India
India Sends More Troops to Disputed Chinese Border After Recent Clash
The Indian military’s response came after its worst flare-up with its Chinese counterpart in a year.
Pakistan Diplomat Says There’s a Bounty on His Head For Calling India’s Modi a ‘Butcher’
A heated war of words between top Pakistani and Indian envoys highlights diplomatic tensions between the decades-old rivals.
Poop Analysis Shows Endangered Bears Are Surviving Exclusively on Garbage
A team of wildlife experts found that most Himalayan brown bears – of which only up to 700 exist – don’t remember what they originally ate anymore.
Man Leads Violent Mob to Abduct Woman After She Rejected His Marriage Proposal
The man is still at large. Police say violent crimes by men against women who reject them are increasing in India.
How a Curious Cop Led to the Arrest of Man Decades After He Killed a Woman
Indian police identified Sitaram Bhatane, who was in hiding for years, through the world’s largest biometric system.
Asia’s Richest Man Is Giving the Slum From ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ a Makeover
Dharavi, a slum that houses over a million in Mumbai city, is the symbol of India’s vast wealth inequalities. Will Gautam Adani change that?
Why Aren't People Letting This Billionaire Build His $900M Port?
A strategic and lucrative port being built by Gautam Adani sits unfinished in India after a fishing community started an indefinite protest.
Why This Iconic Bollywood Actor Went to Court to Ban Anyone Impersonating Him
For dozens of Indian men who make a living from impersonating Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan, things just got tricky.
We’re Now 8 Billion Humans on Planet Earth. So, What Happened to India’s ‘Billionth Baby?’
Aastha Arora, whose birth in 2000 marked a milestone in India’s population, on what the “billionth baby” tag has meant since.
This Country Has 70 New Millionaires Every Day. Why Is it Among the World’s Hungriest?
Nearly 800 million Indians depend on the government’s chronically underfunded food security programme.
Guilt, Anxiety and Hope: The Lives of Young Climate Activists in India
“It’s an instant turnoff when I [meet] someone who’s apolitical, denies my fears of the climate crisis, and boasts about their flight and cab journeys.”
‘My Whole Family Is Gone’: Bridge Collapse Kills At Least 140 in India
The century-old bridge was renovated just four days before cables supporting it snapped.