India

Macron and Modi vow to ‘act jointly’ after subs dispute

PARIS, France (AFP) -- President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday vowed to "act jointly" in…

Climate crisis triggers spike in lightning strike deaths in India

by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA JAIPUR, India (AFP) -- Faizuddin is still traumatized from the lightning strike that killed his three friends…

Floods threaten hundreds of thousands in northeast India

GUWAHATI, India (AFP) -- Flood waters rose Monday across northeastern India, where hundreds of thousands of people are stranded on…

Japanese giant wants soy sauce to be the ‘ketchup of India’

Every dish tastes better with a dash of soy sauce, even dessert: that's the ambitious pitch of Japanese food giant…

Crematorium priest, three others charged with rape, murder of nine-year-old Indian girl

  NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- A priest and three other men have been charged with the gang rape and…

India vaccinates 10 million in one day

NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- India has given more than 10 million Covid-19 jabs in a single day for the…

Escorted by Taliban: India’s midnight evacuation from Afghanistan

by Jay DESHMUKH KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) -- Outside the main iron gate of the Indian embassy in Kabul, a group…

2,000 evacuated after landslide in northern India

SHIMLA, India (AFP) -- At least 2,000 people were evacuated on Friday after a massive landslide in India's ecologically fragile…

25-30 people feared trapped in India landslide: officials

SHIMLA, India (AFP) -- At least one person was killed Wednesday and 25-30 people were feared trapped after a landslide…

India approves J&J’s single-shot Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use

NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- India gave emergency approval to Johnson and Johnson's single-shot coronavirus vaccine Saturday to ramp up…

‘Lost generation’ fears as Covid locks out India’s poor students

by Nivrita GANGULY MUMBAI, India (AFP) -- C.S. Satheesha spells out "A-P-P-L-E" into his phone as he teaches remotely from…

Sixteen more killed, dozens rescued in India’s monsoon deluge

KOLKATA, India (AFP) -- At least 16 people have been killed and a quarter of a million people displaced from…

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