War in Iran has disrupted global supply chains. For workers in one city in India, this means the collapse of the diamond industry they depend on. A trader inspects diamonds on a market street in Surat, India, 14 April 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki) This article was...
In South Asia, decades-long animosities divide nations and the people within them. Cricket operates on a different plane and that’s something all can agree on. Sri Lanka’s Pavan Rathnayake plays a shot during the T20 World Cup cricket match between...
In North India, people are learning to co-exist with an animal that has long terrified them. A Himalayan brown bear at Deosai National Park, Skardu, Pakistan. (Photo by Nadeem Khawar.) This article was produced exclusively for News Decoder’s global news service. It is...
Frustrated with their government and inflamed by the death of an activist, mobs turn their anger on the press. The burnt exterior of Prothom Alo’s office on 20 December 2025. (Photo by Sakib Howlader courtesy of Wikimedia) This article was produced exclusively...
Tourists flock to India’s World Heritage Sites. But without a conservation plan that addresses pollution, will these historic places survive another century? Hazy, foggy, polluted view of the Red Fort (Lal Qila), a World Heritage Site made of red sandstone, in...
To conduct new research, scholars need access to past studies. But often that costs money that many can’t afford. India is trying to fix that problem. A library has an aisle closed for subscribers. (Illustration by News Decoder) This article was produced...
Nothing is more divisive in India than religion, even though its constitution gives all citizens the right to choose and practice their faith. Muslim women voters queue up to cast their vote in the sixth round of polling in India’s national election in New...
Muslim Indians near Bangladesh find themselves seized and sent over the border, even when they can prove their citizenship. Muslims protest against being declared foreigners in Assam. (Photo courtesy of Sajid Raina and Tauseef Ahmad) This article was produced...
In India, a private ambulance service is filling a need in a country with a dire shortage of emergency medical services. But should there be profit in that? An ambulance in Old Goa, India 8 July 2023. Credit: Radosław Botev for Wikimedia Commons Quick-commerce service...
Some 90 million students across the globe lose their access to education, not from snow or hurricanes, but from the political storms that rage around them. Sarah Qanan studies inside her family’s tent in the Gaza city of Khan Younis 28 June 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel...