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Why India's Modi Defied The WTO
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View ArticleIn India, Hindu Nationalists Feel Their Moment Has Arrived
There are signs of rising tensions between India's Hindu and Muslim communities since Narendra Modi, a self-avowed Hindu nationalist, took power as prime minister in May.
View ArticleWill Al-Qaida Find Followers In India?
After a year of silence, al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has exhorted his "Muslim brothers" to join a newly established South Asia faction that would "defend the vulnerable in the Indian...
View ArticleIndia's Modi Calls Al-Qaida's Plans For His Country 'Delusional'
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said al-Qaida will fail to attract recruits among his country's Muslims.Earlier this month, al-Qaida said it had created a new branch to bring Islamic rule to...
View ArticleIndia's Orbiter To Join NASA's Maven Around Mars — On A Shoestring
Anticipation is building in India over its rendezvous with Mars.NASA erupted into cheers after confirmation Sunday night that its space probe MAVEN injected into the Martian orbit. NASA's success came...
View ArticleAt U.N., India's Modi Discusses Pakistan, Terrorism, And Peace
Saying his country is prepared to resume peace talks with Pakistan, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the U.N. General Assembly Saturday that the discussion must take place "without the shadow...
View ArticlePopular Indian Politician's Corruption Conviction Spurs Nervousness
In India, the law has caught up with one of the country's most powerful political figures. A court has sentenced the popular J.
View ArticleIndia's Philanthropist-Surgeon Delivers Cardiac Care Henry Ford-Style
Heart surgery is a spectacle to behold. Even more so to see it on a mass scale, which is what happens at the Narayana Health, a state-of-the-art medical center in the southern Indian city of...
View ArticlePope Francis Canonizes First Sri Lankan Saint
Pope Francis gave majority Buddhist Sri Lanka its first Catholic saint today during a seaside ceremony before thousands of people who packed the oceanfront of the capital, Colombo.Francis is in Asia on...
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Obama Makes Guest Appearance On Modi's Radio Show
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken to moonlighting as a radio host. He hosts his own show once a...
View ArticleIn India, Obama Speeches Spark Debate On Religious Tolerance
The subject of religious intolerance is emerging as an irritant in U.S.-India relations.Senior Indian government officials pounced on remarks by President Barack Obama at the National Prayer Breakfast...
View ArticleIndia's Ruling Party Routed By Upstart In Delhi Elections
Not even the most starry-eyed optimists of India's upstart Aam Aadmi [Common Man] Party dared predict they would pierce the armor of Prime Minister Narendra's Modi political invincibility as...
View ArticleModi's Fancy Pinstripe Suit Lands $694,000 At Auction
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is noted for making bold statements — both in policy and fashion.
View ArticleHead Of UN Climate Change Panel Resigns Amid Harassment Allegations
The chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Rajendra K. Pachauri, stepped down Tuesday amid allegations of sexual misconduct that have engulfed the celebrated Indian economist and...
View ArticleFor India's Widows, A Riot Of Color, An Act Of Liberation
"I have no one. I've lost everything. My children are gone, my parents are gone. My husband's family doesn't ask about me. They don't even look for me, they don't even know if I eat," says Manu Ghosh,...
View ArticleIndian Farmer's Apparent Suicide Sparks Political Backlash
The apparent suicide of a farmer at a rally in central Delhi has turned into a political mud-slinging contest.Gajendra Singh, reportedly in his 40s, was found hanging from a tree during a rally in New...
View ArticleHe Carried His Mom On His Back For 5 Hours En Route To Medical Care
He carried his 70-year-old mother on his back for five hours.Then he traveled with her by bus for 12 more.She suffered a severe head injury when the earthquake rumbled through her village of Thumi. He...
View ArticleTo Restore Its Shattered Treasures, Nepal Has A Secret Weapon
Blue-uniformed police do the heavy lifting in Dubar square in the city of Patan, one of Nepal's oldest. Moving wooden beams and stacking broken bricks, they sift through ruined monuments, some of which...
View ArticleNestlé India In Hot Water Over Reports Of Excess Lead In Noodle Soup
The Swiss giant Nestlé is facing a commercial disaster in India over allegations that its best-selling brand of instant noodle soup contains unsafe amounts of lead as well as the taste enhancer...
View ArticlePraise For Indian PM's Diplomacy, Then A Backlash For His Undiplomatic Remark
It's India's latest social media battle cry: #DespiteBeingAWomen erupted on Twitter today after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi used the phrase while talking about the female prime minister of...
View ArticleDouble Rape, Lynching In India Exposes Caste Fault Lines
A mother and grandmother's wailing rises in the garden of their cement-and-thatched home in the impoverished village of Katra Sahadatganj in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. They mourn two...
View ArticleAttack On Mother In India Underscores U.N. Call For Action
As U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon took notice of the global assault against women and girls, another brutal attack in India has highlighted once more the prevalence of gender-based crime in the...
View ArticleHow A Lack Of Toilets Puts India's Women At Risk Of Assault
A young girl sweeps fallen debris from a tempest that blew through her village of Katra Sahadatganj one recent evening. This remote spot in Uttar Pradesh — India's largest state — has become the center...
View ArticleIndia's Transgender Community Turns Seat Belt Safety Into Video Hit
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View ArticleIndians Caught In Middle Of Iraq's Worsening Crisis
The kidnapping of 40 Indian construction workers in Iraq by suspected militants has rapidly become the first foreign policy test for India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, barely a month after he...
View ArticleIraqi Crisis Brings Focus On Indian Migrants Who Seek Profit Amid Peril
Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: It's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Audie Cornish. When ISIS militants took control of wide swaths of northern Iraq, foreign workers in those areas ended up...
View ArticleIn Blogs And Tweets, India's New Leader Bemoans Lack Of 'Honeymoon'
India's new prime minister, Narendra Modi, says he has been denied the "honeymoon" period that new governments traditionally enjoy. Just one month after taking office, he has also asserted that he has...
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Brutal Attacks On Nuns Put India's Christians On Edge
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View Article35,000 Bend It With Modi As India Launches World Yoga Day
You don't expect to see world leaders getting down on all fours to perform yoga in public, let alone in a mass yoga class that draws observers from Guinness World Records.But India's Narendra Modi did...
View ArticleSri Lanka's War Is Long Over, But Reconciliation Remains Elusive
Sri Lanka, a palm-fringed island in the Indian Ocean, is in the sixth year of peace. But as the country prepares for elections in August, the legacy of its long civil war still casts a shadow.The...
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