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Hundreds of police, some carrying batons and shields, are deployed around the rally site.

India’s opposition parties have renewed calls for the resignation of the country’s elections chief, staging fresh protests in the latest display of public dissent against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government

Indian law enforcement officials armed with batons and shields on Sunday surrounded the site of a planned opposition rally in New Delhi. India's main opposition parties and the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party ‌are demanding the resignation of the country's election chief over voter list revisions that critics say favour Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party.

Thousands are expected to take part in the Indian opposition's planned mega march in New Delhi over a controversial revision of electoral rolls. DW has more.

Vast 'snow yard' in otherwise arid Rajasthan attracts hundreds of tourists daily, but residents face major health risks.

Organizers are calling for one of the biggest demonstrations yet, in a string of rallies that has racked India since the summer.

Indigenous people of Arunachal Pradesh are protesting a mega dam planned to counter China's upstream hydropower project.

It comes amid growing protests over a voter roll revision exercise feared to leave 130 million voters off rolls.

Jio makes India’s largest-ever stock market debut, raising $3.2bn in IPO.

The opposition is fighting voter exclusion without confronting the discrimination Muslims warned about in 2019.

A tanker with a crew of 27 Indians caught fire after being struck by limpet mines near Oman. The attack marks the first known successful use of the explosives in the waterway since the US-Iran war began. DW has more.

Home Minister Amit Shah has challenged Rahul Gandhi to debate electoral irregularity allegations in Parliament, ahead of a major opposition rally against the election chief in Delhi. DW has more.

Two vessels carrying Indian crew members have been attacked in the Strait of Hormuz over the past two days as Iran steps up attacks on shipping. DW has more.

A wave of shootings and extortion threats has rattled India's film industry. This time, those claiming responsibility are very different from the Mumbai underworld that had Bollywood in its grip back in the 1990s.

Turkey has been hit by powerful thunderstorms and a fatal tornado this week with more heavy rain expected Heavy rain and strong winds will continue to affect parts of south-eastern Europe and Turkey over the next few days, as an area of low pressure in the region has allowed for the formation of powerful thunderstorms. During a particularly intense thunderstorm in Antalya, a coastal city in the south-west of Turkey, the formation of a tornado resulted in the deaths of four construction workers on Tuesday. Authorities in Greece and Turkey have released severe rainfall and flooding warnings, as a further 100-150mm (nearly 4-6in) of rain is expected this week in central Greece and western parts of Turkey, with locally higher totals possible. Travelling eastwards towards south Asia, strong winds and heavy rainfall have swept across the Indian regions of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh as Cyclone Arnab made landfall. With wind gusts in excess of 85mph (140km/h) and rainfall totals in some regions exceeding 200mm, the severe storm has prompted mass evacuations of more than 180,000 people, as well as widespread disruption to energy and transport infrastructure. The cyclone will weaken as it continues to traverse northwards over the coming days, though will continue to deliver heavy rain to parts of northern and central India as it does so. Continue reading...

The Indian national space agency's mission aims to strengthen its indigenous navigation system and reduce reliance on the US-owned GPS. Meanwhile, Rahul Gandhi renewed his call for more election protests. DW has more.

Changing family structures in India are driving demand for start-ups offering services for eldercare.

News organizations owned by two billionaires close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi say the legislation could make investigative reporting nearly impossible.

India's Ministry of Finance has increased its growth forecasts for the current fiscal year. But it also warned about inflation, particularly for fuel and energy, amid continued instability in the Middle East.

Officials say Cyclone Arnab crossed India’s Andhra Pradesh coast early Wednesday, a day after tens of thousands of people were forced to evacuate from vulnerable coastal areas in the eastern state

Rubio’s decision not to meet Narendra Modi last week was seen by some as a snub – but by focusing on business leaders and oil, the secretary of state made American priorities clear. Plus: the artist bringing a female perspective to men’s clothing • Don’t get This is India delivered to your inbox? Sign up here When the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, visited India for the second time this year, headlines concentrated on who he met and where he went. The fact that Rubio bypassed New Delhi and did not meet the prime minister, Narendra Modi, during his trip last week, and instead traveled to the financial capital, Mumbai, where he met India’s foreign minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (pictured top with Rubio), and business leaders, did not go unnoticed. Nor did his decision to travel to Jamnagar, the small Gujarati town that is home to Reliance Industries’ colossal oil refinery complex. Continue reading...

Case filed in 2022 by patient unable to afford medicine leads to cap on drug prices for millions who face ruin if diagnosed The Indian government has moved to reduce the price of cancer drugs after a retired bank clerk took her case to the supreme court. From next month, 137 cancer drugs in India will be cheaper as the government tries to tackle the tragedy of poorer patients either forgoing treatment, selling land or falling into debt to meet the high cost of some medicines, which are making large profits for hospitals and pharmacists. Continue reading...

Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka spent a week in jail after defying restrictions on protests in Delhi amid government crackdown An Indian court has ordered the release of two leaders of India’s Cockroach movement who were jailed last week amid a mounting state crackdown on youth-led protests. The two leaders of the Cockroach Janta party (CJP) movement, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, had spent a week in Delhi’s Tihar jail after being arrested by Delhi police last week. Continue reading...

Narendra Modi’s government has a reputation for being heavy-handed toward dissent, but its tactics in recent days have been met with a mix of wit and defiance by young protesters.

The anger over the voting lists has melded with grievances from young Indians struggling to find work.

About 130 million people have been deleted from final or preliminary voter rolls in a process that some government critics have described as opaque.

As President Trump blows hot and cold, a summit in New Delhi presents an opportunity for two giant neighbors to smooth over their differences.