India
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Indian music legend Asha Bhosle dies aged 92
Two-time Grammy nominee was one of Bollywood’s most versatile and celebrated voicesThe Indian singer Asha Bhos…
- Delhi, Food security, Fuel poverty, Gas, Global development, India, Middle East and North Africa, Migration, South and Central Asia, US-Israel war on Iran, World news
‘I’ve not had proper food for days’: migrant workers leave India’s cities as Iran war fuel crisis deepens
Gas shortages and rising food prices mean many who came to the capital for work cannot afford to eat. Going ho…
- Farming, Food, Food security, India, Oil, Society, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, US-Israel war on Iran, World news
‘India is going to face a food crisis’: Farmers panic over fertiliser shortages amid Iran war
Ripple effects of oil and fertiliser shortage felt by farmers in India and Sri Lanka despite governments sayin…
- Asia Pacific, Australia news, Business, China, Commodities, Cost of living crisis, Energy industry, India, Japan, New Zealand, Oil, Oil and gas companies, Pacific islands, South and Central Asia, South Korea, South Pacific, Thailand, US-Israel war on Iran, Vanuatu, World news
A day in the life of Asia’s fuel crisis
From farms in New Zealand to factories in Delhi, the effects of the oil crisis triggered by the Iran war are r…
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Tendzin Choegyal Taklha obituary
The younger brother of the Dalai Llama who became a trusted confidant for the Tibetan spiritual leaderTendzin …
- Australia news, Business, Commodities, Energy industry, India, New South Wales, Northern Ireland, Oil, Oil and gas companies, Scotland, South and Central Asia, UK news, US-Israel war on Iran, World news
‘We consider every mile we drive’: how fuel shortages are affecting readers worldwide
From a shop owner in India to a community worker in New South Wales, rising fuel prices are forcing people to …
- 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…