India
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World
What Happened When India Pulled the Plug on TikTok
The United States is agonizing over the possibility of a ban, but India did it at a stroke. Indians adjusted…
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News
Elephants and Rihanna and Billionaires, Oh My!
Rihanna, Mark Zuckerberg, bejeweled elephants and 5,500 drones. Those were some of the highlights of what is likely the most…
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World
India’s 2024 General Election: What to Know
Why does this election matter? How does India vote? Who is running and who is likely to win? When will…
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World
Data Dump Exposes the Fuzzy Lines Between Money and Politics in India
Lists of donors and beneficiaries cast government contracts and police investigations in an unflattering new light.
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World
India Law That Sparked Deadly Riots Is Enacted After a 4-Year Delay
The announcement about a citizenship law criticized as anti-Muslim is timed for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s re-election campaign.
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World
The Maldives Is a Tiny Paradise. Why Are China and India Fighting Over It?
Between a few flecks of coral in the Indian Ocean, a ribbon of highway more than a mile long swoops…
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World
In a Land of Lavish Weddings, This Prenuptial Party Takes the Cake
A three-day pre-wedding ceremony for the son of one of India’s richest men raises the bar for extravagant festivity.
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Finance
Disney and Reliance Industries Announce Media Mega Deal in India
Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries will control what is left of Disney’s grasp at India’s burgeoning media market.
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World
Pankaj Udhas, Bollywood Singer and Maestro of the Ghazal, Dies at 72
His soulful renditions of ghazals, or traditional love poems, were featured on the soundtracks of hit Bollywood movies and moved…
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World
‘A Lifelong Nightmare’: Seeking Justice in India’s Overwhelmed Courts
With 50 million criminal and civil cases pending, it would take 300 years to clear the country’s judicial backlog.