India

The Indian Supreme Court has handed down an interim order mandating that cinemas across the country play the national anthem — and the audience must stand for it — before every feature film.

They're opposed to a government decision to void the country's largest-denomination bank notes. The government says the move is designed to combat corruption and target the black market.

When the issue is absent from textbooks, says one researcher, it's also absent from classroom discussion.

In a small church in New York, a sect of Catholics from south India struggle to hold on to a piece of ancient culture that is intertwined with an evolving faith community.

Now in her 40s, Sharbat Gula suffers from hepatitis C and is poised to travel to Bangalore to receive treatment, Afghan officials say.

Invented by a street vendor in the 1960s, vada pav is Mumbai's most loved street food. But now, there are vada pav chains selling frozen and fried versions of this iconic dish.

It's called a diya. It's part of the upcoming Hindu festival of Diwali. And this year, the lamp is linked to politics in the U.S. — and in India as well.

It sounds good on paper: People in rural India come to a clinic and speak to a doctor via computer. The project got millions in seed money, won prizes. But a new study reveals a major problem.