India’s new paper Covid-19 test could be a ‘game changer’
A team of scientists in India has developed an inexpensive paper-based test for coronavirus that could give fast results similar…
Hathras case: Are Indian state police trying to discount a woman’s story of rape?
Soutik Biswas India correspondent Days after the death of a 19-year-old Dalit woman who was allegedly gang raped and assaulted…
Tata to build new India parliament
One of India’s biggest conglomerates has won the bid to build the country’s new parliament building. Tata Projects will construct…
India and China to ‘quickly disengage’ from border standoff
China-India border dispute India and China have agreed to “quickly disengage” from a standoff that has seen gunfire at a…
Delhi 2020 religious riots: Amnesty International accuses police of rights abuses
Delhi riots Indian police “committed serious human rights violations” during deadly religious riots in Delhi earlier this year, Amnesty International…
India landslide: Dozens feared dead after flooding in Kerala
At least 22 people have been killed after monsoon-season floods triggered a landslide in the southern Indian state of Kerala.…
Coronavirus: Why won’t India admit how Covid-19 is spreading?
By Vikas Pandey BBC News, Delhi Rajesh Kumar, 45, started coughing in early June. Within days, he was running…
India coronavirus: Questions over death of man ‘turned away by 18 hospitals’
Indian officials are investigating nine hospitals in the southern city of Bangalore, amid allegations that a man died after being…
China-India border: Why tensions are rising between the neighbours
By Anbarasan Ethirajan and Vikas PandeyBBC News The armies of the world’s two most populous nations are locked in a…
India combats locust attack amid Covid-19 pandemic
India combats locust attack amid Covid-19 pandemic Soutik BiswasIndia correspondent An invasion by desert locusts has hit large swathes of…