Swathes of India are battling deadly floods and landslides after heavy monsoon rains, just the latest example of how the vast country is on the frontline of climate change.
Aishwarya Kumar
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Muslim Women Offered for Sale in Fake India ‘Auction’
Police in India are investigating how dozens of Muslim women were offered for sale in fake “auctions” online without their knowledge, in a case the victims say illustrates growing Islamophobia across the country.
Pandemic Triggering Orphan Crisis in India
Three days after their father died of coronavirus, six-year-old twins Tripti and Pari were found sleeping next to their mother, unaware that she had also become a victim.
Delhi’s Female-Only Liquor Store Helps Women Buy Drinks in Good Spirits
Priya Sharma drove more than 30 kilometres to get to an exclusive boutique in a teeming New Delhi residential district — a women-only liquor store.
TikTok Gave Rural Indian Women a Fun Rise to Fame
When India banned TikTok, it closed a window to the wider world for legions of women outside the big cities that provided fun, fame and even fortune.
Pandemic May Finally Brings the End to India’s Newspapers
Indian newspapers, which just a few months ago had defied the global trend by gaining circulation, are now buckling under the weight of coronavirus losses that have killed some off and critically wounded other big names.
China and India’s Low-Tech Battle at the Border
India and China’s militaries have some of the world’s most sophisticated modern weaponry, but their deadliest scrap in over 50 years was fought using fists, rocks wrapped in barbed wire and clubs studded with nails.
India Melts as Temperature Hits 120 Degrees
India is wilting under a heatwave, with temperatures in places reaching 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) and the capital enduring its hottest May day in nearly two decades.
Pandemic Dead Give New Delhi Gravedigger Sleepless Nights
Death had not fazed gravedigger Mohammed Shamim up to now, but since the grip of the coronavirus crisis has tightened in New Delhi, a shiver runs up even his spine each time he sees a hearse pull up at the cemetery he tends.
No Fear for India’s Hangman Before First Job of Execution
Pawan Kumar feels zero sympathy for the four men he is due to hang next month for a 2012 gang rape and murder that appalled India.