India

‘Who are you to stop me?’: the hip-hop group speaking up for India’s women
Rappers Wild Wild Women use their searing lyrics to highlight the treatment of their sisters in a socially conservative country
Amrit Dhillon in New Delhi
27, Jan, 2023 @6:30 AM

Pathaan review – daft Shah Rukh Khan spy caper is more fun than Bond
The Bollywood megastar plays an unfeasibly ripped agent brought out of retirement to foil the fiendish terror plots of Outfit X
Cath Clarke
26, Jan, 2023 @1:00 PM

Adani Group firms lose $9bn in value amid short-seller claims
Hindenburg Research says world’s third-richest person, Gautam Adani, is pulling ‘largest con in corporate history’
Rupert Neate Wealth correspondent
25, Jan, 2023 @4:40 PM

Indian ban on BBC Modi film puts Musk’s Twitter ‘free speech’ vow to the test
Use of emergency laws sheds light on fragile and fractious place social media such as Twitter now occupy in country
Hannah Ellis-Petersen South Asia correspondent
25, Jan, 2023 @2:14 PM

Gandhi Godse Ek Yudh (War of Ideologies) review – dangerously bland alternate history
In imagining a world where Gandhi and his killer learned to get along, Rajkumar Santoshi simplifies differences that remain perilous for India
Phuong Le
25, Jan, 2023 @12:30 PM

Old world – Inside the 27 January Guardian Weekly
A demographic timebomb for the planet. Plus: Why Jacinda Ardern quit politics
Graham Snowdon
25, Jan, 2023 @9:00 AM

Toyah Cordingley killing: Rajwinder Singh to be extradited from India to Australia
The 38-year-old appeared in court in Delhi by video link and will now face trial over the alleged murder of the 24-year-old Queenslander
Hannah Ellis-Petersen
24, Jan, 2023 @1:01 PM

Plucky idea: the feather library providing a visual A to Z of India’s birds
Finding a trapped silverbill during lockdown inspired Esha Munshi to create an invaluable record of species in an uncertain world
Kalpana Sunder
24, Jan, 2023 @7:00 AM

India invokes emergency laws to ban BBC Modi documentary
Government accused of ‘censorship’ over ban on film about PM’s role in violence during 2002 Gujarat riots
Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi
23, Jan, 2023 @7:59 AM

‘It was a set-up, we were fooled’: the coalmine that ate an Indian village – podcast
In a pristine forest in central India, the multibillion-dollar mining giant Adani has razed trees – and homes – to dig more coal. How does this kind of destruction get the go-ahead?
Written by Ankur Paliwal, read by Raj Ghatak and produced by Jessica Beck. The executive producer was Ellie Bury
23, Jan, 2023 @5:00 AM

UK will be 15 years late in hitting £1tn annual export target, figures show
Exclusive: Forecasts predict exports will fall to £707bn next year and target will not be reached until 2035
Kiran Stacey
22, Jan, 2023 @8:13 PM

Ageing planet: the new demographic timebomb
India is about to overtake China as the most populous country – but as birthrates fall, we’re facing life in a greyer world. Are we prepared for the physical, political and financial challenges ahead?
Emma Graham-Harrison and Justin McCurry in Tokyo
22, Jan, 2023 @9:00 AM
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