Restrictions on Muslim festivals in India have turned public prayer into an illegal act. People clash with police during the Eid-ul-Fitr festival in Meerut, India. (Photo courtesy of Tauseef Ahmad) This article was produced exclusively for News Decoder’s global news...
India might be the world’s largest democracy, but journalists there lack the press protections their counterparts find in smaller democracies. Fahad Shah, founder and editor of news portal The Kashmir Walla, hugs a colleague at his residence on the outskirts of...
It’s been a decade-long journey from film school to red carpet for Mumbai director Payal Kapadia. If you want to follow her path she’s got some advice. Director Payal Kapadia at 2024 Cannes Film Festival for the world premiere of the film “All We...
Almost 60,000 die from snakebite each year in India, but only one facility is producing the venom needed to make the antivenom. A herpetologist milks the venom out of a snake at Kenya Snakebite Research and Intervention Centre (KSRIC) in Nairobi, Kenya, 5 April 2024....
With temperature inversion and climate change, the joyful meaning of a festival dissipates in the air we can’t breathe. Fireworks during a Diwali celebration. (Credit: Getty Images) This article, by high school student Anoushka Arbhi was produced out of News...