投稿者: Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi
The failure by state governments to do anything about pollution means it has often been met with apathy. But at a rare protest anger and frustration were rifeAs a familiar smoky evening haze gathered over Delhi, the crowd began to assemble in their hun…
Several fire engines rushed to the scene after blast reported near the historic Red Fort, fire services saidA car explosion outside the historic Red Fort monument in Delhi has killed at least eight people and started a fire in the surrounding area, acc…
Sacrifices made to reach final – defying social stigma, lack of resources and juggling jobs between training – makes victory still more extraordinaryGrowing up in rural India, Shafali Verma always knew she had a hunger to play cricket. But in her small…
Bharatiya Janata party launches first test flight as brown haze blankets city after Diwali – but experts decry ‘gimmick’The Delhi regional government is trialling a cloud-seeding experiment to induce artificial rain, in an effort to clean the air in th…
Air breathed by people in the city categorised as ‘severe’ in quality after fireworks contribute to thick smogDelhi awoke to a thick haze on Tuesday, a day after millions of people celebrated the Hindu festival of Diwali with fireworks, marking the beg…
The US president claimed Modi had assured him of deal, but Indian officials insist no such conversation took placeIndia has cast doubt on claims by Donald Trump that its prime minister, Narendra Modi, had agreed to stop buying Russian oil.On Wednesday,…
Indian-American Ashley Tellis allegedly obtained US military data and passed envelopes to Chinese officialsA prominent Indian-American academic and former US government adviser has been arrested and charged with the unlawful detention of national secur…
Keir Starmer is considering Aadhaar as model for UK, but detractors warn of ‘digital coercion’ and security breachesIt is often difficult for people in India to remember life before Aadhaar. The digital biometric ID, allegedly available for every India…
Keir Starmer is considering Aadhaar as model for UK, but detractors warn of ‘digital coercion’ and security breachesIt is often difficult for people in India to remember life before Aadhaar. The digital biometric ID, allegedly available for every India…
Sonam Wangchuk, who has been agitating against the government, was on his way to speak at a press briefingA renowned environmentalist at the forefront of a protest movement in the Indian region of Ladakh has been arrested amid a wider crackdown on diss…
Held since 2020, India’s most prominent political prisoner has become a symbol of repression under the Modi regime“There is indeed something about captivity that makes one feel like a state of somewhere between life and death,” wrote Umar Khalid in Jun…
China seizes on opportunity for geopolitical realignment after India was hit with one of US’s harshest trade penaltiesThey stood together like old friends, heads thrown back in jovial laughter, clutching one another’s hands affectionately. Except this …
Foreign ministry calls 50% levy ‘unjustified and unreasonable’ and accuses US of double standardsThe Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, has said he is ready to “pay a very heavy price” for resisting US attempts to dictate the country’s trade policie…
Censorship order accuses books of promoting ‘false narrative and secessionism’ in disputed territoryThe government in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir has banned 25 books, including works by the Booker-prize winning author Arundhati Roy, accusing …