Steve Jones obituary
India | The Guardianby Wendy Dickinson15h ago
My friend Steve Jones, who has died aged 77, had a working life devoted to humanitarian causes, with a particular focus on Bangladesh and India.
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top 84%Backlash as Indian oil heir made professor of sustainability by Newcastle University
India | The Guardianby Rachel Hall and Patrick Greenfield17d ago
Newcastle University is facing a backlash from conservationists over the appointment of the heir to an Indian oil and gas fortune who runs a controversial mega-zoo as a professor of sustainability.
Democrats demand answers after DoJ drops bribery case against Indian billionaire
India | The Guardianby Ariana Baio17d ago
The Trump administration is facing growing questions over its decision to abandon a fraud and bribery case against the Indian billionaire Gautam Adani after he promised to invest $10bn in the US.
Darkling review – Stranger Things’ Linnea Berthelsen confronts a gruesome Indian disaster
India | The Guardianby Ammar Kalia24d ago
Ominousness permeates Darkling. In Titas Halder’s dramatic monologue, we witness a young girl’s coming of age set against the backdrop of the 1984 toxic gas leak in the Indian city of Bhopal, an...
What we know about the link between Nepal’s flash floods and our climate crisis
India | The Guardianby Donna Lu4 Sept 2026
At 8.37am local time last Wednesday, a huge mass of rock and ice sheared free from a mountain, sliding 1,200 metres to the valley floor in Nepal’s Langtang national park, about 60km north of the...
Nepal-Tibet disaster: death toll exceeds 800 amid warnings of new flash floods – as it happened
India | The Guardianby Harry Cockburn (now); Marina Dunbar, Mabel Banfield-Nwachi and Yohannes Lowe (earlier)30 Aug 2026
We’re pausing our live coverage of the disaster. Here are the key developments from the last few hours: The death toll in Nepal has risen to 788, taking the overall toll to 804.
Which countries have citizens killed or missing after Nepal-Tibet flash flood?
India | The Guardianby Associated Press28 Aug 2026
Flash floods at the Nepal-Tibet border have killed at least 543 people and more than 1,500 are missing. Hundreds were foreigners in the area to work, take guided treks or make pilgrimages.
Ukraine war briefing: Russia running on imported gasoline, government confirms
India | The Guardianby Warren Murray with Guardian writers and agencies20 Aug 2026
- Russia has begun importing fuel, its government has confirmed, as a shipload of gasoline arrived from India.
‘We are impatient’: meet the women protesting for change in India
India | The Guardianby Niha Masih18 Aug 2026
There is much to be said for the extraordinary women living ordinary lives, who nonetheless shaped India.
Coping with 54C heat: Delhi slum diaries detail living in extreme temperatures
India | The Guardianby Suchitra in Delhi17 Aug 2026
Every summer evening, Gulshan follows the same routine. She washes the floor of her one-room home several times so it cools a little for her four children to sleep on.
AI cheating, leaked papers and marking errors: how exam protests went global
India | The Guardianby Deborah Solomon and Oliver Holmes16 Aug 2026
Families with teenagers in education know the private, hidden pain of exam season. But this year, what might have been a summer of quiet family anxiety has erupted in several countries into public...
Little rain on the horizon as England and Wales experience driest July on record
India | The Guardianby Megan Davies for MetDesk14 Aug 2026
England has experienced its driest July since records began in 1836, receiving only 6.5mm of rainfall – 10% of the country’s long-term meteorological average for the month.
‘We feared we’d all be drowned’: the Indian floods that killed more than 100 and left thousands homeless
India | The Guardianby Maitreyee Boruah in Guwahati, Assam14 Aug 2026
It was a normal July morning in the Indian state of Assam. After finishing her chores and eating breakfast, Gitali Phukon, a resident of the town of Gaurisagar, left her home to buy groceries.
India fuels worldwide jump in planned coal production
India | The Guardianby Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent13 Aug 2026
Enough new coalmining projects were proposed last year to increase global supplies by 2.5bn tonnes a year, an increase of 11% from the year before, even as demand for coal plateaus, according to a...
As conflict in the Middle East intensifies, India’s relationship with Israel deepens
India | The Guardianby Niha Masih11 Aug 2026
Hello, and welcome back to This Is India. For this week’s newsletter, I’m looking at India’s evolving relationship with Israel, and how it has deepened as conflict swept across the Middle East.
‘The payment is small and the paths are steep’: the women saving India’s remotest people from polio
India | The Guardianby Kamran Yousuf in Pulwama, Kashmir11 Aug 2026
Before sunrise, Shameema slips on her worn rubber sandals and checks the insulated box – the ice packs inside must maintain the crucial cold chain at between 2C and 8C (35.6-46.4F).
US judge drops criminal charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani
India | The Guardianby Reuters10 Aug 2026
A US judge on Monday dismissed criminal charges against the Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, after the justice department said it had decided to abandon the fraud and bribery case.
Police use teargas on young Indians as government jobs protest escalates
India | The Guardianby Penelope MacRae in Delhi10 Aug 2026
Thousands of angry young job-seekers clashed with police in Jharkhand, one of India’s poorest states, on Monday as a weeks-long protest over alleged irregularities in recruitment drives for coveted...
The Guardian view on India’s green growth gamble: it will need more than private finance | Editorial
India | The Guardianby Editorial9 Aug 2026
India is attempting to do something the world has never seen before. So claimed Niti Aayog, the government of India’s policy thinktank, earlier this year.
Cockroach protests: parents of Indian students who took their own lives reveal pressure of leaked exam papers and resits
India | The Guardianby Cheena Kapoor9 Aug 2026
When the Indian government announced the resignation of its education minister in late July after weeks of protest, there were widespread celebrations.