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More than 200 people are dead and 900 hurt after 2 trains derail in India

11:35pm June 02, 2023

by The Associated Press

Two passenger trains derailed Friday in India, killing more than 200 people and trapping hundreds of others inside more than a dozen damaged rail cars, officials said.

Supporters of the opposition Congress party celebrate early leads in the Karnataka state elections in Bengaluru, India, on Saturday.

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Modi's Hindu nationalist party loses India's Karnataka state ahead of national vote

10:49am May 13, 2023

by The Associated Press

India's main opposition Congress party wrested control of the crucial southern state from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party, according to a near complete vote count.

Members of the LGBTQ+ community and their supporters carry a rainbow flag as they march demanding equal marriage rights in New Delhi, India, in January. The Supreme Court in 2018 struck down a colonial-era law that made gay sex punishable by up to 10 years in prison, and is now hearing arguments in a case to legalize same-sex marriage.

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LGBTQ+ couples in India await the Supreme Court's decision on same-sex marriage

1:19pm May 09, 2023

by Joe Wallen

In a landmark case, a group of 18 Indian couples has petitioned the country's Supreme Court to legalize same-sex marriage. Arguments are wrapping up this week and a decision is expected this summer.

Thangamma, about 80 years old, dives in to gather seaweed.

'It's not for the faint-hearted' — the story of India's intrepid women seaweed divers

5:00am May 07, 2023

by Kamala Thiagarajan

In goggles and flipflops, they dive to harvest seaweed. It's risky work. They'll earn $3 to $6 a day. Now climate change and environmental rules make it harder to pursue the traditional profession.

The Koh-i-noor diamond, set in the Maltese Cross at the front of the crown made for Britain's late Queen Mother Elizabeth, is seen on her coffin at London's Westminster Hall. Camilla, the queen consort, will not use the Koh-i-noor diamond in her coronation crown, but will modify Queen Mary's crown, using diamonds from Queen Elizabeth II's personal collection.

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Why the Koh-i-noor diamond won't make an appearance at King Charles III's coronation

3:13pm May 04, 2023

by Lauren Frayer

The royal family has decided to leave the 105-carat gem out of this weekend's coronation ceremony. The Koh-i-noor has become a focus of anti-colonial anger. India wants it back.

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Traditional fishing boats rot in stagnant pools of water beside the Ravi River bank in the Pakistani city of Lahore.

Is a 1960 treaty between Pakistan and India killing the mighty Ravi River?

2:51pm April 27, 2023

A water treaty has survived three wars between India and Pakistan. Now the agreement is in trouble, but some say a new is treaty needed for both political and environmental reasons.

A health worker administers a measles vaccine during a vaccination drive, prompted by a measles outbreak, in Navi Mumbai, India, in December 2022. A new UNICEF report finds that India has the world's largest number of children with zero doses of childhood vaccines: 2.7 million

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Why millions of kids aren't getting their routine vaccinations

8:01pm April 19, 2023

by Rhitu Chatterjee

COVID-19 disrupted health care across the globe. causing the biggest drop in childhood vaccination rates in decades. UNICEF's latest estimates find that nearly 50 million children entirely missed out.

India's Supreme Court is hearing and livestreaming arguments in a case about same-sex marriage this week.

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Will India legalize same-sex marriage? Its top court hears arguments this week

10:14am April 18, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

India's Supreme Court is hearing arguments in the historic case this week, years after it decriminalized gay sex. India could become the second place in Asia to allow marriage equality, after Taiwan.

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A young fan came to the Mumbai home of rapper Saniya Mistri Qayammuddin – aka Saniya MQ — to pay her respects and pose for a selfie.

The improbable fame of a hijab-wearing teen rapper from a poor neighborhood in Mumbai

11:41am April 16, 2023

by Raksha Kumar

First Saniya wrote poems. Then she began rapping. Now she appears on TV and YouTube and before big crowds, spreading her message about justice. Her father the rickshaw driver is her chauffeur.

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Police and media surround the area where Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf were shot in front of the Motilal Nehru medical college in, Prayagraj, India, Saturday, April 15, 2023.

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A former Indian politician and his brother were shot dead live on TV

10:14am April 16, 2023

by The Associated Press

A former Indian lawmaker convicted of kidnapping and facing murder and assault charges was shot dead along with his brother in a dramatic attack that was caught live on TV in northern India.