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India refuses to criminalise marital rape. This new series shines a light on it
Chiraiya, which has drawn an audience of millions, has prompted conversations on social media around consent and misogyny.
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India proposes new digital rules to regulate news and political posts on social media
“Keen to preserve market access in India, platforms comply. Citizens whose speech is restricted receive no notice, no hearings, no…
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Air India chief resigns 10 months after devastating Ahmedabad crash and amid mounting financial troubles
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Nine policemen sentenced to death in India over Covid custody killings
The father and son died in jail after being arrested on suspicion of breaching Covid lockdown rules in 2020.
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India begins counting a billion-plus people in mega exercise
The exercise will span 36 states and federally-administered territories, more than 7,000 sub-districts, over 9,700 towns and nearly 640,000 villages,…
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India is restoring a centuries-old royal kitchen that never stopped serving food
According to historians, in 1839, Muhammad Ali Shah gave 3.6m rupees – considered a vast sum in those days –…
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New India bill to amend transgender rights sparks protests
The bill seeks to change how transgender people are legally recognised and their right to self-identify.
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Technology
Mercor competitor Deccan AI raises $25M, sources experts from India
As demand grows for training and refining AI models, Deccan AI — a startup supplying post-training data and evaluation work…
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Accel, Prosus pick six ‘off-the-map’ startups for inaugural India cohort
Accel and Prosus have selected six startups for their first joint cohort in India, backing what they describe as “off-the-map”…
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London-bound Air India flight diverted to Saudi Arabia over ‘technical issue’
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