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Ukraine foreign minister arrives in New Delhi to boost ties with India, a historical ally of Russia

Mar. 28, 2024 00:59 AM EDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — Ukraine's foreign minister arrived in New Delhi on Thursday for a two-day visit to boost bilateral ties and cooperation with India, which considers Russia a time-tested ally from the Cold War-era. Dmytro Kuleba will meet with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam...

AP PHOTOS: India celebrates Holi, the Hindu festival of color that marks the reawakening of spring

Mar. 25, 2024 21:45 PM EDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of Indians celebrated Monday the Hindu Holi festival, dancing to festive music, exchanging food and drink and smearing each other with red, green, blue and pink powder, turning the air into a joyful kaleidoscope of color. Widely known as the Hindu festival...

Editorial Roundup: United States

Mar. 25, 2024 17:05 PM EDT

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: March 23 The Washington Post on SCOTUS and abortion The Supreme Court declared nearly two years ago, when it overruled Roe v. Wade, that the rules on abortion were now up to the states —...

Protests in remote Ladakh enter 3rd week. Locals demand protection of fragile ecology, land autonomy

Mar. 24, 2024 05:22 AM EDT

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Thousands of people in the remote region of Ladakh have been protesting for over two weeks in freezing temperatures, demanding constitutional provisions from the Indian government to protect their territory's fragile ecology and to have autonomy over land and agriculture...

India has millions of dairy farmers. It's creating a methane problem that's tricky to solve

Mar. 23, 2024 03:49 AM EDT

BENGALURU, India (AP) — Abinaya Tamilarasu said her four cows are part of the family. She has a degree in commerce from a local college, but prefers being home milking cows and tending to her family's land. “Our family cannot let farming go, it's a way of life for us,” said the...

What is Holi, the Hindu festival of colors and how is it celebrated?

Mar. 22, 2024 09:23 AM EDT

Holi, widely known as the Hindu festival of colors, is a joyful annual celebration at the advent of spring with cultural and religious significance. Typically observed in March in India, Nepal, other South Asian countries and across the diaspora, the festival celebrates love and...

As India's election nears, some Bollywood films promote Modi politics by embracing Hindu nationalism

Mar. 22, 2024 01:05 AM EDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — The movie trailer begins with an outline of the iconic glasses worn by Mohandas Gandhi, the leader who helped India win independence from the British colonialists in 1947. In the backdrop of a devotional song that Gandhi loved, the outline slowly morphs into what appears like his...

Highlights from the AP's reporting on the shrimp industry in India

Mar. 21, 2024 17:40 PM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — India is the top supplier of shrimp to the U.S., with Indian shrimp stocked in freezers at most of the nation’s biggest grocery store and restaurant chains. One reason for that is the low cost for consumers of shrimp from India. But that low cost comes at a...

AP finds grueling conditions in Indian shrimp industry that report calls 'dangerous and abusive'

Mar. 21, 2024 17:20 PM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Noriko Kuwabara was excited to try a new recipe she’d seen on social media for crispy shrimp spring rolls, so she and her husband headed to Costco’s frozen foods aisle. But when she grabbed a bag of farm-raised shrimp from the freezer and saw “Product of India,” she...

India’s main opposition party accuses the government of freezing its bank accounts ahead of election

Mar. 21, 2024 06:55 AM EDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — The Congress party, India’s main opposition political group, accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government on Thursday of stifling democracy and crippling the party by freezing its bank accounts in a tax dispute ahead of national elections. India has...