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India’s government-run animal welfare department has appealed to citizens to mark Valentine’s Day this year not as a celebration of romance but as “Cow Hug Day” to better promote Hindu values.

Indian police have arrested more than 2,000 men in a crackdown on illegal child marriages involving girls under the age of 18 in a northeastern state, officials said Saturday.

India has begun randomly testing international passengers arriving at its airports for COVID-19 after an increase in cases in neighboring China.

Welcome to the new Lone Star State, where cricket matches, a Hindu temple and Indian grocery stores sit in close proximity to Christian churches, cattle ranches and Jerry Jones’ Dallas Cowboys empire.

Indian artist M Dileef aims to capture the world record for the largest football boot. 2022 World Cup fans can visit it at Katara Cultural Village

The United Nations says the world’s population is reaching the 8 billion mark on Tuesday. The projection came in a U.N. report released in July that said much of the growth expected between now and 2050 is coming from just eight countries.

Police in western India have arrested nine people as they investigate the collapse of a newly repaired 143-year-old suspension bridge.

Video released by the Morbi District Administration shows the moment a bridge collapsed in India on Sunday.

Rescue operations are underway, with three National Disaster Response Force Teams rushed to the site, local media reported

Military teams are searching for people missing after a century-old pedestrian bridge collapsed into a river in the western Indian state of Gujarat on Sunday evening, killing at least 132 people. More than 100 people fell into the Machchu river when the pedestrian bridge collapsed. Live video reports showed hundreds of others clinging to the broken structure and trying to...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed to press his attack against Ukraine despite its latest counteroffensive.

August 15 is Indian Independence Day. 4.6 million Indian Americans living in the U.S. will celebrate India’s 75th year of independence from Great Britain. A new study by the Indian American CEO Council highlights the impact of Indian Americans in North Texas. Vince Sims has more in today’s Conversations: A Call for Change.

Deadly road accidents are common in India due to reckless driving, poorly maintained roads and aging vehicles.

President Joe Biden has warned fellow leaders of the informal Indo-Pacific security coalition known as the Quad that they are “navigating through a dark hour in our shared history.” His warning comes as Russia continues a brutal war on Ukraine. Biden called for greater Indo-Pacific leadership in the effort to stop Russian aggression at the start of a summit Tuesday...

India has banned exports of wheat effective immediately, citing a risk to its food security, partly due to the war in Ukraine.

“The main issue is that at this age we need a grandchild, but these people (my son and daughter-in-law) have an attitude that they don’t think about us,’’ the would-be grandfather said.

Meeting by video call, Biden told the Indian president that the U.S. could help India diversify its sources of energy.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to the biggest clash in decades between Moscow and the West. Both are competing to persuade China and India to take a side.

India is expected to announce a payment arrangement that would allow trade with Russia to continue, the president of an Indian exporters’ association told CNBC.

IQAir, which sells air purifiers and quality monitors, analyzed PM2.5 air pollution from more than 6,000 monitors around the world. Here are its results.