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India

India is the seventh-largest country and, with more than 1.4 billion inhabitants, the most populous nation in the world after China. Following market-based reforms, it has become a "newly industrialized country."

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Indian PM Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the SCO summit in 2017

Modi to meet Putin: What to know about India-Russia ties

This is Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first visit to Moscow since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
PoliticsJuly 5, 2024
DW "Global Us" Sendungslogo Composite

Finite fossil fuels: What if we run out of oil? - Global Us

Oil is a finite resource. Could we run out of it? And: Sport offers hope of a better life.
Nature and EnvironmentJuly 5, 202426:04 min
The personal belongings of victims who died in a stampede are seen scattered at the venue in Hathras, India.

India: Police arrest 6 following deadly stampede

Six people have been arrested over a deadly stampede at a religious event. The guru's lawyer says he is not to blame.
CatastropheJuly 4, 2024
Farmers gear up for the day's sit in protest in the early hours of the morning at Shambhu border, Haryana

Can India's farmers keep up their fight against PM Modi?

Despite political obstacles and personal sacrifices, farmers in northern India are determined to continue their protest.
PoliticsJuly 3, 2024
People gather around an ambulance in India.

How to avoid stampedes and stay safe in crowds

India's crowd crush reminds behavior experts of a 2010 tragedy in Germany. Their research shows you can stay safe.
ScienceJuly 3, 2024
Indien I Tote nach Massenpanik

India: Stampede at Hindu event kills mostly women and kids

More than 100 people have died in a crush at a religious event dedicated to the Hindu God Shiva in northern India.
CatastropheJuly 3, 202401:37 min
Women mourn next to the body of a relative outside the Sikandrarao hospital in Hathras district in India, Tuesday, July 2, 2024.

India: Over 100 killed in stampede at religious gathering

Crowds had gathered to celebrate the Hindu god Shiva in the city of Hathras.
CatastropheJuly 2, 2024
Floods in Assam are engulfing houses

Fatal floods, landslides strike India's northeastern regions

Heavy rainfall has caused havoc in northeasten India, where many casualties have been reported.
CatastropheJuly 2, 2024
DW Sendung Made in Germany

Is post-election India a budding superpower?

India wants to become a leading industrial nation. So what ideas does the new government have?
BusinessJuly 1, 202405:25 min
A demonstration of the German Leopard 2 battle tank delivered to the Czech Republic, on July 24, 2020

German weapons exports on course to hit new record

The war in Ukraine and increased sales to Saudi Arabia helped exports reach €7.48 billion in the first half of the year.
ConflictsJune 30, 2024
India's Virat Kohli bats during the ICC Men's T20 World Cup final cricket match between India and South Africa at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados, Saturday, June 29, 2024.

Cricket: India wins T20 World Cup as Kohli performs in final

Star player Virat Kohli delivered when it mattered most in the final against South Africa, after a sub-par tournament.
SportsJune 29, 2024
A woman wearing a baseball cap looks upward, holding drone controls

Indian women are becoming drone pilots

In rural India, women are being trained to spray chemical pesticides with drones. Is there an alternative?
Food SecurityJune 29, 202405:01 min
A view of vehicles making their way through a flooded street in New Delhi

In India, record rainfall follows stifling heat

At least one person is dead after a roof collapse at the New Delhi airport, a result of record-breaking rainfall.
ClimateJune 28, 202401:05 min
A series of faces being scanned on a computer

Identity theft a worrying trend in India

Some 45% of Indian consumers have encountered identity theft, and fraud involving AI voices and videos is also rising.
Digital WorldJune 28, 202402:06 min
A crew inspects

India: Canopy collapse at New Delhi airport after heavy rain

Officials said the terminal's canopy and some support beams fell early morning due to heavy pre-monsoon rains.
CatastropheJune 28, 2024
DW Eco India (Sendungslogo Composite)

How can we manage our food sustainably? - Eco India

Teaching others to grow organic food, empowering the poorest to improve their nutrition levels, and cutting food waste.
Nature and EnvironmentJune 27, 202426:04 min
A father, holding an umbrella to protect against the heat, sits in the street with his baby in his arms and a little son on the stairs next to him.

India's deadly heat takes toll on people living on streets

The longest reported heat wave in Delhi in 74 years has resulted in hundreds of deaths and many people falling ill.
ClimateJune 26, 202403:02 min
DW Sendung Made in Germany

When technology meets reality — MADE

Technology meets reality: EVs, spy chips, drones and computer games.
BusinessJune 25, 202426:04 min
A woman walks down a path between two agricultural fields

Can India's carbon credits help green farming?

A carbon credit scheme run by agri-tech company Grow Indigo is promoting sustainable farming in India.
Food SecurityJune 25, 202403:49 min
Silhouette of a person drinking from a bottle, seen against the sun

Climate change: Indians suffer scorching heat

Delhi has been sweltering in an intense heat wave. What does it feel like to live in such heat?
ClimateJune 24, 202405:08 min
Tourists ride ponies up to Thajiwas glacier, India-administered Kashmir

Kashmir tour guides risk their lives to earn a living

Tourists coming to Kashmir love its glorious snow-capped mountains. But the journey up to glaciers can be dangerous.
SocietyJune 24, 202402:05 min
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C) addresses the media before the opening of the first parliamentary session at the Parliament in New Delhi on June 24, 2024

India's parliament: How diverse and gender-balanced is it?

There are fewer female and Muslim lawmakers in the newly elected parliament than the last time around.
PoliticsJune 24, 2024
A small boat carrying two people moves on the river Ganges near Kolkata.

Would another earthquake reroute the Ganges River?

An earthquake 2,500 years ago rerouted the River Ganges and changed the landscape of Bangladesh. Could it happen again?
ScienceJune 24, 2024
India's new cabinet ministers line up at an inauguration ceremony

India's new parliament: What does it look like?

DW's Shalu Yadav analyzes India's new parliament, in which nearly half of the lawmakers face criminal charges.
PoliticsJune 24, 202401:45 min
DW Sendung | Planet A

India: Reviving repair culture to fight e-waste

India is reviving its tradition of repairing things to combat the growing mountain of e-waste.
TechnologyJune 24, 202408:55 min
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Mauritania's iron ore train and repair revival: Global Us

India plans to stop e-waste, China's Gen Z search for jobs and Mauritania's desert express train crosses the Sahara.
Nature and EnvironmentJune 24, 202426:04 min
Ajay Hinduja outside court in Geneva

UK's richest family get jail terms for exploiting staff

The Hinduja family forced vulnerable domestic workers from India to work long hours for a pittance in Switzerland.
Law and JusticeJune 21, 2024
DW Eco India (Sendungslogo Composite)

Feeling the heat - Eco India

India's heat wave has been one of the longest ever recorded. What can be done to address the root of the problem?
Nature and EnvironmentJune 21, 202426:04 min
Diver under water

Child scuba diver spearheads plastic clean-up in India

A 9-year old girl and her scuba instructor father have sparked a movement, collecting garbage off the coast of India.
Nature and EnvironmentJune 21, 202402:46 min
Arvind Kejriwal sat in the back of a car

India: Opposition figure Kejriwal granted bail

Arvind Kejriwal has been granted bail in his ongoing corruption probe.
CrimeJune 20, 2024
Archive picture of Indian men driningk so-called country-made liquor in Calcutta, Eastern India

India: Dozens dead after drinking tainted liquor

Authorities in Tamil Nadu said at least 34 people died after consuming the illicit alcohol.
CrimeJune 20, 2024
A vending machine is seen filled with brightly colored drinks

Germany mulls sugar tax: What are the benefits?

A number of countries already tax sugary foods and drinks. Which model has proven most effective?
HealthJune 20, 2024
People on a hill, a small forest fire in the background

Restoring sacred forests in India

After suffering years of fires and deforestation, wildlife is returning to Tamil Nadu's Arunachala hills.
Nature and EnvironmentJune 18, 202405:01 min
MADE-Logo set above an image of two people flying in an electric plane

High flyers and flying green - MADE

Are billionaires saviors or sharks? Plus: India’s future, and commercial electric aircraft.
BusinessJune 18, 202426:04 min
DW Made in Germany | Erfolgreiche Frauen - Indien_Content Creator

Women in Asia: Little Miss Chatterbox

Sneha Desai from India is Littlemisschatterbox on Instagram. A look at her life and her work.
SocietyJune 17, 202406:11 min
DW Made in Germany | Hitze in Indien

Poor from the heat: India’s climate change challenge

Climate change is not only harmful to health, it also costs money. What is India doing about it?
Nature and EnvironmentJune 17, 202403:48 min
Onlookers watch as rescuers work after a cargo train rammed into Kanchanjunga Express, a passenger train, near New Jalpaiguri station, West Bengal state, India, Monday, June 17, 2024

India: Several killed in train collision in West Bengal

A goods train crashed into a passenger train in India's West Bengal state, killing several with more injured.
CatastropheJune 17, 2024
Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi seen in profile against a backdrop of a Chinese and other flags

China, Russia present challenges to India's Modi

The Indian prime minister faces a balancing act with an assertive China and a possibly no-longer-neutral Russia.
PoliticsJune 15, 202402:40 min
HER Women in Asia | Staffel 4

Tech Mania

Meet three women who are using technology in different ways, turning their passion into professions.
BusinessJune 14, 202418:54 min
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Guardians of Nature

They inspire others to connect with nature paving the way for next generations. HER features three guardians of nature.
BusinessJune 14, 202419:55 min
HER Women in Asia | Staffel 4

Single Mom

Being a single mom is an everyday battle for many women. Three mothers share their stories and hopes.
BusinessJune 14, 202419:01 min
DW Eco India (Sendungslogo)

Fighting for our forests

Reforestation success in Tamil Nadu. Fire teams in Spain prevent wildfires. A Great Green Wall to protect Delhi. Farmers
Nature and EnvironmentJune 14, 202426:04 min
A Kuwaiti police officer is seen in front of a burnt building following a deadly fire, in Mangaf, southern Kuwait.

Dozens of Indians among dead in Kuwait fire

According to India's embassy in Kuwait around 40 workers from India have been killed in a fire in the Gulf state.
CatastropheJune 13, 202401:40 min
Indian PM Narendra Modi signing his oath at a ceremony in New Delhi, India

Will India's new coalition government rein in Narendra Modi?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has won a third consecutive term, but coalition politics could leave him with less control.
PoliticsJune 13, 202404:56 min
Modi and Putin smile to each other during a meeting in Kazakhstan, 2017

Will India stay close to Russia during Modi's third term?

Narendra Modi is unlikely to distance India from Moscow, but Russia's ties to China could give him cause for concern.
PoliticsJune 13, 2024
A woman pours water on her head after filling her containers with drinking water from a municipal tanker on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, May 21, 2024

India: Heat waves pose greater risks for Dalits

The heat stress in India is not shared equally. Historically marginalized Dalits are at greater risk.
Nature and EnvironmentJune 12, 2024
Eco India 7.6.2024

Mumbai battles mosquitoes with sustainable traps

Rather than repelling mosquitoes, Eco BioTraps attract females and breaks their chain of breeding.
Nature and EnvironmentJune 10, 202405:57 min
India's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narendra Modi thanks cabinet ministers (left to right) Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari and Jagat Prakash Nadda

India's coalition crisis: Modi's allies pose risk

After failing to secure an outright majority, Prime Minister Modi now depends on allies to sustain his government.
PoliticsJune 10, 2024
DW "Eco Africa" Sendungslogo mit Partnerlogos (Composite)

Eco Africa — The Environment Magazine

Ghana's huge floating solar panels, the Cameroon petro-engineer turned eco hero, and Berlin's ice-age sand dunes.
Nature and EnvironmentJune 10, 202426:04 min
Indian security men inspect the bus that allegedly came under a suspected militant attack in Kashmir

India: Hindu pilgrims dead after militant attack in Kashmir

The news of the militant attack in Kashmir came as Narendra Modi took oath as prime minister for the third time.
ConflictsJune 10, 2024