Some doctors still on strike, protests spread after Indian medic’s murder
Thousands march in streets of Kolkata as authorities struggle to contain demonstrations calling for justice.
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India outperforms other major economies even as growth slows in April-June
India's economic growth slowed to 6.7% year-on-year in the April-June quarter as a decline in government spending during national elections weighed, data showed on Friday, but it remained the world's fastest-growing major economy.
Kamala Harris faces challenges in attracting Indian American support
NEW DELHI/NEW YORK -- When U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris rocketed to the top of the Democratic ticket, it energized South Asian Americans who raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for her campaign and prompted author Salman Rushdie to endorse the first Indian American and Black woman to be nominated for president by a major political party.
Hasina, floods, visas: What’s troubling India-Bangladesh relations?
Bangladesh’s opposition demands Sheikh Hasina be extradited from India and tensions sour following her overthrow.
India police fire tear gas at protest against Kolkata doctor’s rape, murder
Protesters are demanding the resignation of the top elected official in West Bengal state, where the crime took place.
Diplomatic wrangling hotting up around Ukraine
Ukraine’s three-week incursion has been countered recently by an intensifying Russian drone campaign against Ukrainian infrastructure. Russian troops have also made steady gains in the battle for the strategic logistics hub of Pokrovsk in the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine.
Indian police fire teargas and water cannons at rally against rape and killing of trainee doctor
KOLKATA, India (AP) — Police in India fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse thousands of protesters demanding the resignation of a top elected official in the country’s east, accusing her of mishandling an investigation into a rape and killing of a resident doctor earlier this month.
Uproar in India over Rahul Gandhi’s call for lower caste winners in beauty pageants
“I have checked the list of Miss India, which did not have any Dalit, Adivasi [tribal] or OBC [Other Backward Castes] women. Some will talk about cricket or Bollywood. No one will show the cobbler or plumber,” he told a conference honouring India’s Constitution on Saturday.
India's Modi government pulls key policies, bills after backlash
NEW DELHI -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is getting real taste of coalition politics in his third term, with his weakened Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) forced to reverse recent key policy moves.