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In rural Rajasthan, villagers have taken action against climate damage by constructing water-saving walls, trenches and dams to revive their farmlandThe villagers of Surajpura have built a wall: a 15ft (4.5 metre) mud bulwark that snakes through barren…
Read MoreLeader of India’s Common Man party has spent his career rooting out everyday corruption and is now in jail weeks before general election beginsIndia summons envoy after US criticises Delhi chief minister’s arrestWhen Arvind Kejriwal emerged on to India…
Read MoreCalls for fair legal process for opposition figure Arvind Kejriwal amid claims rivals to Modi are being targeted before elections Arvind Kejriwal: the Delhi chief minister jailed by Modi’s governmentThe chief minister of Delhi has been remanded in cust…
Read MoreHoli is the Hindu festival of colours and is celebrated to mark the start of spring in India, Nepal, other South Asian countries and across the diaspora. Celebrants rejoice by throwing coloured powders at one another on the street.Festivities also invo…
Read MorePolitically-inspired biopic of Indian politician who opposed Gandhi’s non-violence is hamstrung by its own lack of action Of all the hot takes you expect to see when you go to the cinema, the suggestion that Mahatma Gandhi was overrated is perhaps low …
Read MoreJudge says Arvind Kejriwal can be held until next Thursday, as his party’s leaders condemn accusations as politically motivated An Indian court has ruled that Delhi’s chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal, will be kept in custody for six days after his drama…
Read MoreSome releases promote the PM and his policies while others are accused of being divisive and IslamophobicThey are films that claim to tell the “real story” of India’s history, taking aim at the evils of “leftists” and “intellectuals” and even the freed…
Read MoreAam Aadmi party leader Arvind Kejriwal is held as part of corruption case a month before electionsDelhi’s chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal, has been arrested in a corruption case, a move condemned by his party as a “conspiracy” by Narendra Modi’s govern…
Read MoreWhile the Russian election results were condemned in the west, the reaction across Asia, Africa and Latin America shows a new global dynamic is emergingAfter Vladimir Putin’s landslide presidential election victory on Sunday, western governments lined …
Read MoreThousands of young Indian and Nepali men are being killed on the frontlines of the war in Ukraine. Their families want answers. Hannah Ellis-Petersen reports from DelhiHemul Mangakia grew up in Surat, a city in the Indian state of Gujarat. At 23 he was…
Read MoreBulgarian-owned MV Ruen was hijacked in December 2023 in rare recent case of Somali piracyIndia’s navy said it recaptured a ship from Somali pirates off the Indian coast on Saturday, rescuing the crew and ending a three-month takeover of the bulk carri…
Read MoreModi favourite to win third term in largest democratic exercise in history held across six weeks India is to hold a national election in April it has been announced, in what will be the world’s largest election with nearly a billion people eligible to …
Read MoreSidharth Malhotra fights like a machine in an Indian action film cut from similar cloth as the jingoistic Rambo seriesDepending on your age and perspective, you may or may not have fond memories of the three Rambo films. Where the first one was rather …
Read MoreParty of Indian prime minister was by far biggest beneficiary of electoral bonds, which were struck down as unconstitutionalIndia’s election commission has published details of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of political donations, exposing how …
Read MoreAs an Indian judge says change must start at home, a new movie uses humour to examine family prejudice against children with darker complexionsThree months ago, a high court judge in Chhattisgarh, India, hearing a divorce petition by a husband whose wi…
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