India
- Energy industry, India, Japan, Philippines, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, US-Israel war on Iran
How the Iran war has sent shocks rippling across the globe
From restaurant closures in the Philippines and petrol rationing in Sri Lanka, to Asian food production crises…
- Environment, Extreme weather, Flooding, India, Pakistan, South and Central Asia, US news, World news
Weather tracker: Unseasonal storms hit parts of Pakistan and India
Karachi particularly badly affected with 18 people killed, more than 50mm of rain and winds gusting up to 60mp…
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Indian film board blocks release of Oscar-nominated Gaza drama The Voice of Hind Rajab
Distributor says authorities warned screening Tunisian film-maker Kaouther Ben Hania’s docudrama could harm In…
- British empire, Colonialism, Global development, India, Photography, South and Central Asia, World news
Manure dryers and devil dancers: the British empire’s attempt to use photography to control India
In a new exhibition, the featured images reflect Britain’s attempts to classify and curb the subcontinent’s po…
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‘Waiting for days’: India feels impact of gas supply chain disruption amid Iran conflict
People struggle to cook and businesses bear brunt as closure of strait of Hormuz slows imports of liquefied pe…
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‘Almost human’: life-size replicas of the dead help mend broken hearts in India
The silicon figures are a touching version of what the Hindi language calls ‘smaran’, or remembranceIn the nor…
- India, Iran, Middle East and North Africa, Oil, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, US-Israel war on Iran, World news
Sri Lanka brings in four-day week to eke out stocks of oil and gas hit by Iran war
Effective closure of strait of Hormuz also affecting Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, which have brought in cri…
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India’s scattered workforce: the chatbot keeping families in touch during emergencies
Covid exposed the lack of data on the country’s 140 million mobile migrant workers, but a new project in Odish…
- Donald Trump, India, Iran, Narendra Modi, Pete Hegseth, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, US military, US-Israel war on Iran, World news
‘Bit of treachery’: US attack on IRIS Dena undermines Indian security ties
Defence analyst says torpedo strike is a ‘humiliation’ for Modi’s government that disregarded a US defence par…
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Iran war briefing: US lets India buy Russian oil after energy prices jump
US claims temporary waiver won’t provide ‘significant financial benefit’ to Moscow; IDF strikes Lebanon after …
- Business, Commodities, India, Iran, Middle East and North Africa, Oil, Russia, South and Central Asia, US foreign policy, US news, World news
US grants waiver to allow India to buy Russian oil amid Iran war
‘Stopgap measure’ designed to keep oil flowing into global market as Middle East crisis disrupts crude shipmen…
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Redlight to Limelight review – the powerful tale of 500 sex workers who formed a film collective
This documentary can’t help but be moving as it follows the Cam On group in Kolkata, who are creating a drama …
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Pressure on Carney to address Indian interference allegations after Modi meeting
Canadian prime minister and Indian prime minister mostly discussed trade during Carney’s visit to India Mark C…
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Canada’s Carney to meet Modi in India amid trade uncertainty with US
Canada’s prime minister and Indian prime minister will meet Monday in visit that marks diplomatic shiftIt’s no…
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Canadian Sikh activist faces fresh death threats on eve of Carney visit to India
Police warn Moninder Singh, head of the Sikh Federation of Canada, his family are also at riskPolice in Canada…