India
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Parties clash over communal issues in increasingly charged campaign amid concerns unseasonably hot weather affecting voter numbers
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Warnings of dangerous temperatures across parts of Philippines, Thailand, Bangladesh and India as hottest months of the year are made worse by El Niño
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£2.2bn-worth of oil processed in China, India and Turkey – to whom Russia supplies crude – was imported in 2023, data shows
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From 2020: For seven decades, India has been held together by its constitution, which promises equality to all. But Narendra Modi’s BJP is remaking the nation into one where some people count as more Indian than others. By Samanth SubramanianPodcast
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The Guardian would like to hear from people in India on their thoughts on the election, in particular young people who are voting for the first time
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Despite eventual visa backflip by authorities, ABC’s south-Asia correspondent Avani Dias left after being made to ‘feel so uncomfortable’
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Opposition says prime minister targeting Muslim minority with ‘hate speech’ and violating election rules
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CEO Elon Musk postpones India trip ahead of results expected to show worst performance in seven years
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Gukesh Dommaraju became the youngest player to win the men’s Candidates chess tournament after a draw against Hikaru Nakamura on a nailbiting final day
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Opposition Congress party had demanded rerun as weeks-long election in which PM Narendra Modi expected to win third term gets underway
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Voters back President Mohamed Muizzu’s tilt towards China and away from traditional ally India
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For the first time, government military spending increased in all five geographical regions, Sipri thinktank finds
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OpinionAs India goes to the polls, can democracy deliver a better life for all of its people?Kenneth MohammedBehind a veneer of progress, injustice and inequality propped up by corruption and an outdated caste system haunt the subcontinent
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Experts say Indian PM is hoping to be ‘bigger than Gandhi’ as he aims to win a third term in office
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3 out of 5 stars.
Do Aur Do Pyaar (Two Plus Two Is Love) review – refreshingly nonjudgmental infidelity romcom
3 out of 5 stars.Vidya Balan shines in this witty remake that sees a married couple, both cheating on each other, on the verge of breaking up -
First phase in world’s largest democratic exercise begins, with 969 million people eligible to vote over six-week period