India

Student organizations demonstrate in Kolkata on Oct. 20, protesting in response to the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody in Iran.

World News

In Iran, women are protesting the hijab. In India, they're suing to wear it

8:02am October 29, 2022

by Lauren Frayer

India's Hindu conservatives are championing Iran's female Muslim protesters. But they oppose Muslim students in southern India who are fighting for the right to wear the hijab in schools.

Rishi Sunak lights a candle for Diwali in Downing Street in 2020.

World News

Rishi Sunak's ascent to British prime minister stirs celebrations across India

9:11am October 25, 2022

by Lauren Frayer

People across India are celebrating Rishi Sunak, who has embraced his Indian and Hindu heritage, becoming the newest British prime minister.

People light lamps on the banks of the river Saryu in Ayodhya, India, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022.

Religion

Residents across India celebrate Diwali with festivities and dazzling lights

3:42am October 24, 2022

by The Associated Press

Indians celebrated Diwali on Monday as bright oil lamps and colorful lights lit up homes and streets across the country to mark the Hindu festival that symbolizes the victory of light over darkness.

With 400 to 500 customers a day at his restaurant, including many Kashmiris, Bhat of Tibet says the food "has bonded us together." He's holding one of his signature momo dumplings.

Precious memories: 8 refugees share the things they brought to remind them of home

8:10am October 22, 2022

by NPR Special Report

If you had to leave your home, you'd bring essential items for survival. But if you could take one sentimental object, what would it be? We asked refugees from Ukraine, Afghanistan, Honduras and more.

Mariama Kuyateh, 30, holds up a picture of her son Musa, whose death from acute kidney failure on Oct. 10 was linked to contaminated cough syrup imported to Gambia, where they live, from India. The World Health Organization issued an alert about the medication.

Health & Safety

Contaminated cough syrup from India linked to 70 child deaths. It's happened before

1:54pm October 18, 2022

by Kamala Thiagarajan

The World Health Organization has issued an alert about the deaths in the West African nation of Gambia. For context, we speak to the authors of The Truth Pill: The Myth of Drug Regulation in India.

A relative mourns near the body of one of victims of a road accident in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Sunday, Oct.2, 2022. A farm tractor pulling a wagon loaded with people overturned and fell into a pond in Kanpur city's Ghatampur area Saturday night killing 26 people, most of them women and children.

World News

Over 25 deaths as packed tractor wagon overturns in India

7:32am October 02, 2022

by The Associated Press

A farm tractor pulling a wagon loaded with people overturned and fell into a pond in northern India, killing 26 people, most of them women and children, officials said Sunday.

People wait in line for food in Sindh province, Pakistan, on Sept. 19, 2022. The province was one of the hardest hit by recent deadly floods. A new analysis confirms that climate change likely helped cause the disaster.

Science

Climate change likely helped cause deadly Pakistan floods, scientists find

12:18pm September 19, 2022

by Rebecca Hersher

Extremely heavy rain fell in the hardest-hit provinces. About 75% more water is falling during the heaviest rainstorms in the region, according to a new scientific analysis.

Queen Elizabeth II rides on an elephant during one of her three official visits to India. This photo is from February 1961.

Health & Safety

India reacts to Queen Elizabeth II's death with grief, anger — but mainly indifference

10:57am September 19, 2022

by Lauren Frayer

Tributes were paid. But for many of the queen's former colonial subjects, her life and death are a reminder of a painful history of exploitation and racism. Others just didn't give it much thought.

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Members of the All India Muslim Students Federation protest at Delhi University against the hijab ban in educational institutions, on Feb. 8 in New Delhi, India.

As India turns 75, Muslim girls are suing to wear the hijab — and protect secularism

3:52pm August 24, 2022

by Lauren Frayer

When her high school banned the hijab, Ayesha Shifa sued. Her case went to India's Supreme Court. A verdict, expected soon, could redefine what secularism means in the world's largest democracy.

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People rush past an earthmover clearing a road of a big rock that came down with mud and plant debris following intense monsoon rains in Dharmsala, Himachal Pradesh state, India, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022.

World News

At least 40 people are dead after floods and landslides leave hit northern India

9:25am August 21, 2022

by The Associated Press

Rains inundated hundreds of villages, swept away mud houses, flooded roads and destroyed bridges in some parts of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand states.