India

COVID-19 pandemic exacerbate hunger crises in India

Mar 23, 2021 06:14

India, the world’s second most populous nation and a diverse country is still struggling to feed millions as hunger continues to be a challenging task for successive governments.
HRW urges India to provide refuge to Rohingya Muslims adrift at Indian Ocean

Mar 01, 2021 11:16

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the Indian government to provide refuge to dozens of Rohingya Muslim asylum seekers who have been adrift in the Andaman Sea for more than two weeks.
India-Pakistan statement important step toward peace in South Asia: Iran

Feb 28, 2021 09:53

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has welcomed an agreement between Pakistan and India on a decision to strictly observe a ceasefire along the de facto border in disputed Kashmir.
China, India vow to improve ties after deadly border clash

Feb 26, 2021 08:21

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar discuss border control and other bilateral issues during a lengthy phone call.
Indian government policies systematically discriminatory against Muslims: HRW

Feb 23, 2021 13:52

"Everyone together," "development for all," and "everyone’s trust," these were the slogans of Indian Prime Minister Modi in almost all election campaigns since 2014, when his party fought a historic and a fierce campaign with a landslide victory.
Rohingya refugees facing new onslaught in India

Feb 20, 2021 05:06

Fearful of possible arrest and expulsion, scores of refugees have gone into hiding across the Indian subcontinent while others have entered Bangladesh amid a mounting hate campaign against the community in India.
HRW: Indian government policies, actions discriminatory against Muslims

Feb 19, 2021 15:39

Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the Indian government has adopted laws and policies that are discriminatory against the country's Muslim minority population.
Dense fog reduces visibility in northern India

Feb 19, 2021 13:44

A thick blanket of fog shrouded parts of northern India on Friday (February 19), reducing visibility for people commuting early in the day.
India's farmers block train tracks to protest new laws

Feb 18, 2021 13:27

Groups of farmers sat on railway tracks across India on Thursday as part of a continuing protest against new laws on how farmers can sell their produce.
India joins Iran-Russia naval drill

Feb 18, 2021 02:54

North of the Indian Ocean has for the second day been hosting a massive joint drill by the Iranian and Russian navies, with the aim of establishing security for international maritime trade. And now a select group of vessels from the Indian navy unexpectedly arrived in the area, requesting to join the exercise.