Why BJP’s election upset failed to halt the persecution of Muslims in India
Rather than engaging in introspect, authorities in BJP-governed states responded to the electoral setback by inventing novel methods to harass, humiliate and attack Muslims.
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India and U.K. eye early FTA under new Starmer government
NEW DELHI -- India and the U.K. are working toward concluding a free trade agreement soon with the new British Foreign Secretary David Lammy describing ongoing negotiations as "the floor not the ceiling" of shared ambitions to unlock their bilateral potential and deliver growth.
India-China warming pops US pipe dream
India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on July 25 endorsed her economic advisor’s proposal to open the country to direct investment from China, effectively frozen since the Sino-Indian border clashes of 2020.
India and UK launch tech initiative as new British foreign minister makes his first official visit
NEW DELHI (AP) — India and the United Kingdom launched a new technology security initiative expected to boost economic growth and deepen collaboration, the two countries announced during the first official visit to India by the new British foreign secretary.
Harris’s Indian Heritage Is Deeply Felt if Little Advertised
To most who saw the quotation being circulated this week as a meme, it was just something funny that Kamala Harris said in a speech in 2023: “You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?”
Targeting of Indian Muslims alleged in row over naming eateries by religion
Anger over police orders to display business owners’ names during a Hindu festival in BJP-governed Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand states.
India’s Modi sets aside billions for jobs, allies in post-election budget
The budget lays out funds for rural programmes, to create jobs and for two states ruled by coalition members.
The Gold Medalist Starring in India’s Olympic Dreams
The boy grew heavy on the milk, cream and butter of his grandmother’s doting. By age 13, Neeraj Chopra weighed nearly 190 pounds, making him one of the biggest boys in his tiny farming village. His father and uncles urged him to join a gym to lose weight. By chance, he saw a javelin being thrown and noticed that, in flight, it seemed to shimmy like a fish through water. He was smitten.