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Saudi Crown Prince's Visit To India Signals Pivot Eastward For Riyadh

7:59am February 21, 2019

When Mohammed bin Salman met earlier this week with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the two leaders appeared to avoid touchy subjects such as Saudi support for Pakistan.

A fan-throated lizard displays his dewlap sac in front of Asia's largest wind farm in the Western Ghats mountains of India. The construction of the windmills altered the habitat of the lizards dramatically.

Sky Islands And Starry-Eyed Frogs: Breathtaking Photos Of Remote Ecosystems

4:43pm February 16, 2019

by Jason Beaubien

Prasenjeet Yadav wants his photos to make people care about the environment — whether it's grasslands vanishing in southwest India or windmills taking over a lizard's habitat.

A mob in India set fire to vehicles on Friday, in protest of Thursday's attack on a paramilitary convoy in Kashmir.

India Vows 'Befitting Reply' After Attack On Security Forces In Kashmir

12:45pm February 15, 2019

The government says it is taking steps to isolate Pakistan, which it blames for Thursday's fatal bombing. Pakistan calls the violence a result of "brutalities of Indian occupied forces in Kashmir."

Indian security forces inspect the remains of a vehicle following an attack on a Central Reserve Police Force convoy that killed at least 44 officers and injured several others in Kashmir south of Srinagar on Thursday.

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Car Bomber Kills 44 Police Troops In Indian-Controlled Kashmir

7:12pm February 14, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

"The blast was so powerful that one cannot recognize whether the [police] vehicle was a bus or a truck. Just pieces of mangled steel," a police force spokesman said of the attack on Thursday.

A landscape with a reforestation project in Gongxian County in Sichuan, China.

You May Be Surprised To Learn Which 2 Countries Are Making The Globe A Lot Greener

8:36am February 14, 2019

by Dan Charles

Satellite images show the amount of green vegetation on Earth increasing, despite deforestation. But some of the added greenery has a downside.

Sanjay Sathe, 44, grows onions on about an acre of land on a roadside in India's Maharashtra state. His family farm prospered under his grandfather and father, but now he has to raise goats because the price of onions keeps falling.

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'I Rue The Day We Ever Became Farmers': In Rural India, A Struggle To Survive

1:37pm February 12, 2019

by Lauren Frayer

"The farmer dies feeding this country, but no one fights for the farmer," says a woman whose son, a farmer, died by suicide. He was $40,000 in debt. Her husband died of a heart attack days later.

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An outbreak of methanol poisoning is blamed for more than 100 deaths in northern India. Here, a man is admitted to Saharanpur Civil Hospital after getting sick from toxic locally made alcohol in Uttar Pradesh.

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Bootleg Liquor Kills 100 In India's Worst Outbreak In Years

2:35pm February 11, 2019

by Bill Chappell

The deaths from the homemade booze, known to many Indians as "hooch" or country liquor, have sparked protests, accusations and finger-pointing.

A leopard attacks a man in the northern Indian city of Jalandhar on Thursday.

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Leopard Runs Loose In Indian City, Terrorizing Residents Before Capture

4:33pm February 01, 2019

by Amy Held

After an hours-long chase, wildlife experts reportedly tranquilized and trapped the big cat, which had apparently wandered into the northern Indian city of Jalandhar.

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WhatsApp Tries To Curb Misinformation, And Annoying Aunts And Uncles

3:04pm January 22, 2019

by Jasmine Garsd

WhatsApp has been accused of being used to spread rumors — with serious consequences. Now the ubiquitous messaging app is moving to limit how many people users can forward messages to.

Hindu holy men sample the sacred waters, which are believed to be restorative, with the power to cleanse sin.

Religion

Welcome To The World's Largest Gathering Of Humans

8:02am January 20, 2019

It's India's Kumbh Mela festival, which is expected to draw a record 15 million pilgrims this year, all looking to take a dip in the sacred Ganges and Yamuna rivers.