Guns and Roses

Police in the Indian city of Kolkata on Tuesday fired tear gas and water cannons against thousands of protesters demonstrating in the aftermath of the rape and murder of a medical student, demanding the resignation of a top regional official, CBS News reported. Crowds gathered in...

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All You May Eat

India’s Supreme Court this week suspended measures in two northern states that had forced restaurants to display their owners’ names, an obligation critics said could fuel division and discrimination against the country’s Muslim minority, the BBC reported. In Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, two states governed by...

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Not Making the Grade

Protests erupted across India this week over allegations of widespread corruption involving the country’s national medical entrance exam, a scandal that has prompted calls for accountability on the issue of youth unemployment, the South China Morning Post reported. Allegations of cheating and test leaks arose after...

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To Be Continued

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was sworn in for a rare third term this week, following a sobering election result that saw his once-dominant Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lose its majority in the lower house and raised questions about his new coalition government’s ability to...

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Fault Lines

Indian voters delivered a rebuke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the country’s massive parliamentary elections, with the leader’s Hindu-nationalist party losing its majority in parliament, the Washington Post reported. The BJP secured only 240 seats in the 543-member lower...

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The Taste of Feet

Japan and India furiously rejected statements by US President Joe Biden this week calling the two allies “xenophobic” countries for not welcoming immigrants, while also grouping them in with China and Russia, Al Jazeera reported. Biden’s comments came during a campaign fundraiser, where he remarked that...

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Kitchen-Table Politics

The upcoming parliamentary election in India is expected to go well for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Surveys show that Indians are concerned about unemployment, inflation, and other kitchen-table issues, reported Reuters. But a majority of the billion voters who...

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Murder for Hire

Indian government agents were involved in a murder plot against a Sikh-American activist in New York, according to India’s probe into claims made by the US, Bloomberg reported Thursday. At least one of the people named in the investigation is no longer employed by India’s primary...

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Slap, Slap

The Indian government will begin implementing a 2019 citizenship bill that fast-tracks passports for foreigners except when they are Muslim, a move that comes ahead of India’s general election this year when Prime Minister Narendra Modi will seek a rare third term in office, CNN...

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Me, Too

Police in eastern India on Tuesday said they arrested seven men for allegedly gang-raping a foreign tourist, an incident that set off renewed fury in the country over a “rape culture” that it has been attempting to defeat for more than a decade, CNN reported. Two...

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Round Two

Thousands of Indian farmers clashed with police in the country’s capital New Delhi this week, after protests to demand guaranteed minimum prices for their crops, debt relief and policy reforms from the government spiraled out of control, the New York Times reported. Earlier this week, farmers...

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Bedroom Politics

An Indian state led by the Hindu-nationalist party introduced a new uniform civil code on private matters including marriage, banning polygamy for Muslims, and forcing unmarried couples to register before moving in together, the Washington Post reported. India’s 1.4-billion population comprises 80 percent Hindus and 14...

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Quashing Debate

India’s parliament suspended a record number of opposition lawmakers this week, prompting criticism against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as it seeks to pass a controversial criminal reform bill, CNN reported. Earlier this week, speakers in both houses of parliament...

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