India

Amid an economic boom, the planet’s largest democracy faces huge social challenges and an eroding political pluralism

The flagship conservation program, Project Tiger, has received global accolades for its work protecting the endangered animal. At the same time Indigenous groups are protesting their own evictions and are asking for a say in how their ancestral lands are protected and used

Parents of adopted children may struggle to raise them with a connection to their country of origin

In the southern Kerala state, Kochi has boomed as the state’s financial capital and swallowed up once-protected green areas

The Covid pandemic, the war in Ukraine and tension between the West and China have caused a paradigm shift in which resilience has gained ground over efficiency

Combined with a cut of two million barrels per day announced in October, producers have axed about 3% of the world’s oil supply

The move comes one day after a court sentenced him to two years in prison for mocking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surname in an election speech

68 people were diagnosed with infections from the bacteria, which has now caused a total of three deaths and eight cases of people losing their vision

The winner of best original song at the Oscars – from the film ‘RRR’ – is the first Indian tune to have ever taken the prize

Garcetti secured the 52-42 confirmation Wednesday despite a break in support among his fellow Democrats

Spokesperson Wang Wenbin said the arrangement, given the acronym AUKUS arises from the ‘typical Cold War mentality which will only motivate an arms race’

People leave the US for dental procedures, plastic surgery, cancer treatments and prescription drugs, experts say

For months, the roughly 20,000 residents of Joshimath, burrowed in the Himalayas and revered by Hindu and Sikh pilgrims, have watched the earth slowly swallow their community

U.S. officials said Blinken and Lavrov chatted for roughly 10 minutes on the sidelines of the G-20 conference in New Delhi

Blinken, according to remarks released by the State Department, spent much of his time describing U.S. efforts to bolster energy and food security

Scholz stressed that developing countries were being negatively impacted by energy and food shortages resulting from the war

The first day of the meeting took place on the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

The action seeks to punish 250 people and firms and puts financial blocks on banks, arms dealers and technology companies tied to weapons production

The new agency head leads the White House’s climate agenda after Trump appointee Malpass steps down

The ordinance is a contentious issue, especially among the nation’s South Asian diaspora

The Munich Security Conference underscored how the US, EU, China, India and Russia are competing to expand their area of influence among non-aligned nations

Novelist Deepti Kapoor addresses the complex tensions in her country through three characters bound by fate in the first installment of a trilogy that will be published in 16 countries

Pricing and the mix of beverages contributed 12% to revenue growth, while concentrate sales rose 2%, the company said

Hansen’s disease is one of humanity’s oldest afflictions but remains one of the most unknown, neglected and stigmatized, despite the fact that a cure has existed for 40 years. In 2021, the WHO recorded a 10% increase in cases — another side effect of the pandemic

The company, which recently relocated its headquarters to Arlington, Virginia, said it expects to ‘significantly grow’ the overall workforce during the year

The judicial process against the former head of Mexican public security has seen several high-ranking narcos reveal the horrors and excesses of the war on drugs

Critics enthusiastically embrace the latest epic by the India-born British-American writer, who had finished the manuscript shortly before a fanatic attacked him with a knife at a public event in August