投稿者: Hannah Ellis-Petersen, south Asia correspondent
Two countries locked in standoff along southern bank of Pangong Lake in LadakhIndia has accused China of “provocative military movements” along their disputed border in Ladakh, escalating tensions between the two sides who have been locked in a months-…
Virus reached Great Andamanese tribe despite testing of all island visitorsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageTen members of a dwindling tribe who live on a secluded island in the Andaman Islands archipelago have tested positiv…
Niine’s sponsorship of Rajasthan Royals aims to help remove stigma around periodsWhen the Rajasthan Royals walk on to the pitch this September, it will mark more than a long awaited return of Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket.Emblazoned on the back o…
Delhi Riots 2020 claims violence was result of Muslim jihadist conspiracy but critics accuse publisher of censorshipBloomsbury India has pulled a controversial book claiming to tell the untold story of February’s Delhi riots, after the publisher was ac…
Pride in US VP candidate particularly strong in Tamil Nadu village where her grandfather was bornAs a child wandering between the legs of the aunts, uncles and family friends who filled her grandparents’ apartment in Chennai, in the southern Indian sta…
Narendra Modi’s dream of a ‘self-reliant India’ comes at a terrible price for its indigenous populationOver the past decade, Umeshwar Singh Amra has witnessed his homeland descend into a battleground. The war being waged in Hasdeo Arand, a rich and bio…
Series following contestants hoping to be chosen for arranged marriage has divided opinion in India“Richa has beauty, she has smile, she’s tall, slim, trim, educated, from a good family. I can give her, I think, 95 marks out of 100.”The comments, made …
Random sample of 20,000 residents finds 23.4% have antibodies, equating to more than 6.5m peopleCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAlmost a quarter of Delhi’s 28 million residents may have developed coronavirus antibodies, maki…
Hurried evacuation of millions of residents will increase coronavirus cases, officials say Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage Severe flooding in India’s tea-growing state of Assam and neighbouring Nepal has killed at least 200…
Country has third highest number of cases in world after 25,000 new infections recorded a dayCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIndia has overtaken Russia to claim the third highest number of coronavirus cases in the world afte…
Netflix and Amazon Prime series such as Rasbhari highlight sexual violence, caste inequalities and Hindu nationalism There was little fanfare when Rasbhari landed on Amazon Prime on 25 June. The Indian TV series, about a seductive teacher arriving in t…
Government blacklists more than 50 Chinese-made apps, citing ‘threat to sovereignty’The Indian government has banned TikTok, the hugely popular social media app, as part of sweeping anti-China measures after a violent confrontation between Indian and C…
Democracy campaigners say officers ignored violence by Hindus during clashes with MuslimsDelhi police have been accused of filing false and politically motivated charges against pro-democracy activists to blame them for the Delhi riots – while not arre…
Indian officials plan to raise import duties on around 300 Chinese products as protests break out around the countryIndians have called for a boycott on Chinese goods and the Indian government has pledged to block investment and increase tariffs for Ch…
Exclusive: men claim they are victims of religious persecution in case targeting 2,500 foreign MuslimsEight British Muslims detained in India for more than two months face criminal charges after getting caught up in a court case in which thousands of f…