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Deadly Monsoon Flooding and Landslides Lash India

More than 20 people died over the weekend amid unusually heavy downpours that have pummeled the northern part of the…

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Up to 50 Feared Dead in Train Crash in India

Hundreds more were injured in the crash, which Indian news reports said occurred after at least 10 train cars derailed.

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Cheetah Deaths in India Mar Reintroduction Efforts

The animals had been extinct for more than 70 years in the country, which has just begun a program that…

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How to Wear a Sari? A New Exhibition Counts the Ways.

“The Offbeat Sari” explores the influence and evolution of the traditional South Asian garment.

Arts

Abraham Verghese’s Sweeping New Fable of Family and Medicine

THE COVENANT OF WATER, by Abraham Verghese Abraham Verghese occupies a curious place in the modern literary landscape. A doctor…

Food

The Essential (and at Times, Elusive) Power of Mustard Oil

South Asian cooks swear by the bite of mustard oil. But in the West, it is not as widely available.

World

Vivan Sundaram, 79, Dies; a Pivotal, and Political, Figure in Indian Art

Veering from European-inspired abstraction, he embraced multimedia forms to reflect the realities of a country torn by ethnic and religious…

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Can India Change the World?

NEW DELHI — Is India the world’s next tiger economy, poised to succeed a slowing China as a pillar of…

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Putin’s top security adviser holds talks with India’s prime minister as Moscow seeks closer ties.

A senior security adviser to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia met with India’s prime minister in Delhi on Wednesday…

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Internet Blocked in Indian State as Security Forces Pursue Separatist

The rise of Amritpal Singh, a self-styled preacher, has raised fears of violence in Punjab, where thousands died in the…

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