The Vikram Moon lander recently hopped across the lunar surface, using its thrusters to float up almost 16 inches above the surface, and then moving another 16 inches laterally. It was the latest inspiring turn in India’s new participation in the global race to explore...
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The Miss World beauty pageant will be held in the Indian-administered part of Kashmir, part of New Delhi’s efforts to promote tourism in the disputed Muslim-majority territory, Agence France-Presse reported. Organizers said India will host a month-long series of events for the international contest from November...
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India made history by becoming the fourth country in the world to land on the Moon and the first one to successfully reach its south pole, NBC News reported. The uncrewed Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft was launched last month and touched down on the Moon’s south polar region...
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The Indian government introduced three bills this week aimed at overhauling certain colonial-era criminal laws, including a sedition act that has been used by officials to crack down on dissent, Al Jazeera reported. Interior Minister Amit Shah said the draft laws will replace provisions in the...
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India’s Supreme Court stayed Rahul Gandhi’s conviction in a high-profile defamation case over the weekend, a ruling that could allow the opposition leader to return to parliament as a lawmaker and run in next year’s general election, Bloomberg reported. The case began in March when a...
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will face a vote of no-confidence in parliament after a lawmaker from Congress, India’s main opposition party, introduced a motion this week over the ongoing violence in the northeastern state of Manipur, Al Jazeera reported. On Wednesday, Om Birla, the speaker of the Lok Sabha,...
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A video showing two tribal women being paraded by a mob in the northeastern state of Manipur sparked outrage across India this week, amid criticism that authorities have been slow at quelling the ongoing ethnic violence in the region, the BBC reported Thursday. The footage showed...
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An Indian court dismissed a lawsuit by Twitter challenging the government’s censorship orders, a ruling that underscores a victory for authorities as they seek to bring the social media giant and other foreign tech firms to heel, the Washington Post reported. The case centered over a...
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Indian authorities filed charges this week against the country’s wrestling chief, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, following months-long protests by female wrestlers over claims of sexual harassment, CNN reported. Police in the capital New Delhi said Singh has been accused of assault, stalking, and sexual harassment. He...
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Indian rescuers ended their search for survivors over the weekend following a deadly train crash that killed almost 290 people and injured around 900 others on Friday, one of the worst railway accidents in the country’s history, NBC News reported. The incident occurred when three trains...
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The Indian government fined a food inspector this week after the official ordered the draining of a dam to retrieve his smartphone, an incident that prompted anger over the abuse of power and wasting resources, the BBC reported Wednesday. Last week, the official, Rajesh Vishwas, dropped...
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India’s main opposition Congress party secured a significant win in the Karnataka state elections over the weekend, dealing a major blow to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of next year’s national polls, Reuters reported Saturday. Results showed the Congress party won 135 of 224...
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“Dozens” of people have been killed over days of ethnic clashes between Christian tribes and a Hindu community in the northeastern state of Manipur, Indian officials said Monday, with mobs attacking homes, churches and temples, according to the BBC. Indian officials deployed army troops and enforced...
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Indian wrestlers continued their protests in the capital this week over the government’s inaction against the head of the country’s wrestling federation whom they accuse of sexual harassment, Al Jazeera reported Thursday. For 10 days, the protesting athletes – including Olympic medalists – have been camping...
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The world’s largest democracy, India, is now the world’s most populous country. The distinction is important because it represents a shift in the world order that has developed in recent decades as China, which has had the largest population, has grown more powerful. According to the...
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An Indian court acquitted 69 Hindus, including a former minister of the country’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), of the murder of 11 Muslims during the deadly 2002 riots in the western state of Gujarat, the Guardian reported. The victims died after their homes were set...
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India will overtake China as the world’s most populous country by the middle of 2023, according to a recent United Nations report, a development that will likely present opportunities and challenges for the South Asian nation, the Wall Street Journal reported. The UN estimates that India...
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India plans to promote the use of its currency for international trade as part of a push to bolster its exports in countries that are dealing with shortages of US dollars or have been hit with Western sanctions, the Voice of America reported. Recently, New Delhi...
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India’s parliament expelled opposition leader Rahul Gandhi from the legislature over the weekend, after a court convicted and sentenced him to two years in prison in a case linked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s last name, the Wall Street Journal reported. The case against Gandhi stems...
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Indian officials shut down the Internet across the state of Punjab for a second day this week, cutting off access to around 27 million people as authorities search for a prominent Sikh separatist, the Washington Post reported. The state government said the ban came as security...
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