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More than 2m Indian students resit medical entrance exam after alleged leak
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Movies
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The strictures of family and class stand between two young men and their humble dreams of happiness in an assured directorial debut from Rohan Kanawade
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Opinion
The Guardian view on the global baby bust: people are having fewer children – even where they say they want more | Editorial
Editorial: Indian fertility has fallen below the rate required for population stability, in further evidence of the unexpectedly rapid decline in births internationally
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World
Indian outrage over US killing of sailors mounts as leaders attend G7 summit
Relations at lowest ebb in years after Washington refuses to apologise for deaths in strait of Hormuz
Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi
World
‘I only want justice’: bereaved families seek closure one year on from Air India crash
Relatives of those killed on flight AI171 are still struggling to obtain answers about what happened
Aamna Mohdin Community affairs correspondent
The Filter US
‘It’s cheesy umami’: the woman behind some of the best US spices shares her 19 kitchen essentials
Sana Javeri Kadri, co-author of the new Diaspora Spice Co Cookbook, told us about cooking for her two toddlers and hauling 30lbs of rice on flights from India
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World
Delhi issues ‘strong protest’ after US strikes kill three Indian seafarers in Gulf
Washington claims vessel was violating its blockade of Iranian ports and failed to comply with instructions
Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi
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Sole survivor of Air India crash demands ‘honesty and answers’ one year on
Vishwash Kumar Ramesh was the only passenger to survive the incident in June 2025, which killed 260 people
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Environment
Weather tracker: Monsoon season brings vital rainfall to parts of Asia
India declares onset as up to 280mm of rain falls in 72 hours in Kerala, while downpours hit south-west Thailand
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World
‘What if all cockroaches came together?’ The youth movement threatening to shake up India’s politics
Cockroach Janta party began as online joke but is growing into one of the most unexpected challenges to country’s rightwing government
Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi
Business
Aviation industry looks skywards as leaders fly in for Rio summit
Oil tankers may be stuck behind strait of Hormuz, but holding the Iata AGM in Brazil defies warnings of impending shortages
Gwyn Topham in Rio de Janeiro
UK news
Lady Pamela Hicks obituary
Witness of the partition of India as the daughter of Lord Mountbatten and bridesmaid to the future Queen Elizabeth II
Stephen Bates
Environment
‘Unpredictable and extreme’: Asia braces for El Niño
Weather models project a potentially strong El Niño this year, which could spell disaster for heatwave-hit India, drench China and hurt agriculture across south-east Asia
Natasha May, Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi and Amy Hawkins in Beijing
Sport
Cricket Canada suspended over allegations of gang-linked corruption
ICC’s decision comes amid growing concerns the team is being influenced by members of a notorious gang in India
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Global development
Life under a Delhi flyover: how one homeless family endures the city’s extreme heat
Soaring summer temperatures bring many challenges to the Indian capital, but for the city’s homeless, particularly women, they can be a threat to life
Anuj Behal in Delhi. Photographs by Elke Scholiers
World
Exam fail: Indian students complain en masse about marking errors in key final exams
New digital marking system is aimed at reducing human errors but many students say it has resulted in wrong grades
Penelope MacRae in Delhi
World
One of India’s most exclusive private clubs is facing eviction. What’s behind the fight that has upset Delhi’s elite?
The Delhi Gymkhana Club has attracted the attention of Narendra Modi’s government. Now it is under threat
Penelope MacRae in Delhi
Environment
Indians protest over ‘forever chemicals’ after relocation of scandal-hit Italian factory
Lack of Pfas regulations raised in parliament after Guardian revealed former Miteni plant bought by Indian company
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‘My head spins with the heat’: India’s gig workers battle exhaustion amid soaring temperatures
Cities across south and south-east Asia are becoming places where informal workers can no longer recover from the heat
Aakash Hassan in Delhi
World
Starmer urged to intervene in ‘rigged’ Indian prosecution of British human rights activist
Senior lawyers call on prime minister to request Indian prosecutors drop charges that would breach double jeopardy rule
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
Australia news
Angus Taylor’s claim support is a ‘privilege of citizenship’ leaves Deepa and others with an impossible choice
Opposition leader’s view that only Australians should get access to welfare leaves some facing the prospect of giving up their homeland citizenship
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Environment
Weather tracker: Heavy rain triggers flooding and landslides in parts of China
Twelve dead as southern and central areas also suffer travel disruption, electricity outages and evacuations
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Opinion
The Guardian view on India’s Iran shock: Asia’s neoliberal era starts to fracture | Editorial
Editorial: Narendra Modi’s austerity appeals reveal how war, energy insecurity and dollar pressures expose the fragility of globalisation
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