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Sardaar Ji 3 is breaking box office records despite not being released to its most famous actor’s home audience
Viren Naidu
Air India cautions investigation into Boeing 787 Dreamliner crash is in early stages as speculation about cause grows
Oliver Holmes
Viewers complain that board allows violence and misogyny in Indian films but not a smooch in a Hollywood release
Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi
Editorial: The expanding group of emerging powers is building new rules, new tools and a shared industrial future – with or without Donald Trump
Editorial
Relatives call for ‘honesty, transparency and an unwavering commitment to uncovering the full truth’
Jamie Grierson
Main points from the preliminary report on the 12 June crash in which 260 people died
Jane Clinton and Gwyn Topham
The International Space Station has been flying over the country this week and excited children tracking Shubhanshu Shukla’s every move will be hoping for a glimpse of his temporary home on Saturday night
Kiran Mehta
Early investigation into accident in Ahmedabad in June also contains details of pilots discussing the switches
Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi, Nadeem Badshah and agencies
Thousands of people are killed each year by floods – and climate breakdown is making them more likely
Ajit Niranjan
Hundreds of homes, bridges and roads washed away in north Indian state after unusually heavy rainfall
Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi
The spiritual leader has said his inner circle of monks will find an heir, but China believes the choice is in its hands
Hannah Ellis-Petersen South Asia correspondent
Rapid expansion of Brics has diluted its coherence as a body offering an ideological alternative to western capitalism
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
Modi to be honored on historic two-day visit but Muslims express concern over human rights record
Natricia Duncan and Kejan Haynes in Port of Spain
Segregation does not make going outside any safer or more comfortable for women – it only reinforces the idea that the public sphere belongs to men
Nilanjana Bhowmick
A deeply researched history that examines colonial and post-colonial faultlines, from Aden to Myanmar
Nishad Sanzagiri
In one of the world’s ‘hottest hotspots’ of biodiversity, an all-female team have turned a patch of forest into a haven for orchids, ferns, succulents and carnivorous plants
Neelima Vallangi in Kerala
Fashion house acknowledges work of traditional artisans after accusations of cultural appropriation
Penelope MacRae in Delhi
Extreme air pollution from farming fires meets high population density, causing substantial harm to health
Gary Fuller
The long read: A growing number of scholars and lawyers are losing faith in the current system. Others say the law is not to blame, but the states that are supposed to uphold it
Linda Kinstler
In this deeply moving and cathartic film, the presenter confronts his father’s death by going on a holy pilgrimage … and ends up releasing his soul in the sacred river. Beautiful
Chitra Ramaswamy
In 2024, more than 2 million visitors went to the small towns of Landour and Mussoorie in the Himalayan foothills, prompting authorities to introduce daily limits
Sapna Gopal in Landour and Mussoorie, Uttarakhand
Army chief’s effusive welcome in Washington hints at strategic recalibration amid Middle East turmoil
Penelope MacRae in Delhi
There are fears the crackdown against ‘outsiders’ is driving widespread persecution as expelled Indians are returned by Bangladesh border guards
Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi and Shaikh Azizur Rahman in Kolkata
Mark Warner, committee vice-chair, says officials backed up Tulsi Gabbard testimony that Iran not trying to make nuclear weapons
Robert Mackey, Lucy Campbell, Marina Dunbar, Tom Ambrose and Amy Sedghi