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2024 is the biggest global election year in history

By Bryan Walsh

What India’s parliamentary gender quota can — and can’t — do for women

By Ellen Ioanes

The wild allegations about India killing a Canadian citizen, explained

By Zack Beauchamp

Why so many countries want to join BRICS

By Jonathan Guyer

How Manipur violence is challenging India’s politics

By Ellen Ioanes

Why the US is selling India so many weapons

By Jonathan Guyer

The world’s largest democracy is collapsing before our eyes

By Zack Beauchamp

The deadly train collision in India, explained

By Ellen Ioanes

The US’s multiple Indo-Pacific strategies, explained

By Ellen Ioanes

Will having the world’s biggest population make this the “Indian Century”?

By Bryan Walsh

Breaking down Pathaan, the most popular movie in the world

By Swati Sharma

How this billionaire lost half his net worth in a matter of weeks

By Emily Stewart

How India runs on WhatsApp

By Shirin Ghaffary and Alex Heath

Was Russia’s decision to cut off natural gas exports a mistake?

By Natasha Ishak

The economic crisis in Sri Lanka, explained

By Natasha Ishak

Why Lata Mangeshkar was an Indian music icon

By Lavanya Ramanathan

India’s farmers confronted Modi and won. What happens now?

By Ellen Ioanes

A crypto billionaire donated $1 billion to India. Make sure you include an asterisk.

By Theodore Schleifer

Why India needs oxygen more urgently than vaccines 

By Lisa J. Hardy, Lawrence Weru, and 3 more

India’s ruling party lost a key election. It’s worrying that it even stood a chance.

By Zack Beauchamp

How the Indian government is silencing its critics

By Shirin Ghaffary

A coronavirus surge is overwhelming India’s health care system

By Cameron Peters

India jails climate activist for supporting farmers’ protests

By Jariel Arvin

What the crackdown on farmers’ protests says about the future of democracy in India

By Jariel Arvin

Why the Indian government is mad at Rihanna

By Jariel Arvin

India’s farmers are still protesting — and things are turning violent

By Jariel Arvin
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India’s huge farmer protests, explained

By Christina Thornell

Why tens of thousands of farmers are blocking roads into India’s capital city

By Jariel Arvin

China and India are in a dangerous standoff over a hotly contested border

By Alex Ward
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Watch: Delhi’s deadly riots, explained by an expert

By Christina Thornell and Danush Parvaneh

India just redefined its citizenship criteria to exclude Muslims

By Sigal Samuel

The latest crisis between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, explained in under 600 words

By Alex Ward

Pakistan cuts off diplomatic and economic ties to India over Kashmir power grab

By Alex Ward

India’s risky Kashmir power grab, explained

By Alex Ward

Indian PM Narendra Modi and his party just swept India’s elections

By Kalpana Jain

Canada is becoming a tech hub. Thanks, Donald Trump!

By Rani Molla

Spotify and Warner Music are fighting, so Spotify users in India can’t listen to Cardi B or Ed Sheeran

By Peter Kafka

WhatsApp is at risk in India. So are free speech and encryption.

By Kurt Wagner

Amazon’s invincibility is showing some cracks — and a big one is in India

By Jason Del Rey

Here’s why Amazon rival Flipkart still wants to IPO even though Walmart bought it for $16 billion

By Johana Bhuiyan

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