Delivered in an instant: India’s quick commerce apps shake up online shopping
Halfway through cooking a Kerala mutton stew for a family celebration, Akasha Advani realised she had no coconut milk.
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India has seen a record 411 million train passengers in April, as people rush to vote, attend Hindu weddings
By comparison, that same period in April last year saw 370 million train passengers. During the peak surge from April 20-21, Indian Railways (IR) serviced 33.8 million passengers across the 14,300 trains it operates daily.
In India, more Jain practitioners give it all up at young age for solitary life of seeking alms
Their only possessions will be two white robes and a white broom, which they will use to sweep insects out of their paths.
Activists thought they’d rescued India’s last dancing bear. Sadly, they were mistaken
Since then, forest department officials have seized five more bears across villages in Bihar and neighbouring Jharkhand state.
Uproar in India as Hindu group files court case over lion named after Muslim emperor
To supporters of these Hindu groups, however, the court petition filed by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) is justified – as Indian authorities have for years placated the country’s Muslim community over incidents of alleged blasphemy.