India is repatriating the first batch of hundreds of its nationals who last month fled to Thailand from Myanmar, where most had been working at a notorious center for online scams.

Indians have lit up social media to celebrate Zohran Mamdani’s election victory as New York City mayor.

India faces a major challenge as steep U.S. tariffs on Indian products take effect.

Indian author Kiran Desai is up for the award again with her new novel “The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny.”.

Tesla has opened its first showroom in India, marking the electric vehicle maker’s long-anticipated debut in the world’s third-biggest automotive market.

Thousands of people across India stretched themselves in public parks and on sandy beaches to mark the 11th International Day of Yoga by practising the ancient physical, mental and spiritual discipline.

Air India says all but one of the 242 people aboard a flight bound for London have died in a crash in Ahmedabad.

Police in southern India have arrested two men in connection with allegations of gang rape of an Israeli and a local woman.

The recently announced U.S. tariffs on steel imports mean that countries like China, which export to the U.S., will need to find new markets — and that could lead to steel dumping in places like India.

President Donald Trump greeted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House with a bear hug and called him a “a great friend of mine,” but nonetheless warned that India won’t be spared from higher tariffs he’s begun imposing on U.S. trade partners around the world.

India’s Parliament was disrupted as opposition lawmakers protested alleged mistreatment of 104 Indian citizens deported by the United States.

As we inch closer to the high school basketball playoffs, district rivals are clashing are vying for playoff position.

A new novel from Kiran Desai, her first fiction since the Booker Prize-winning “The Inheritance of Loss” came out nearly 20 years ago, will be published next fall.

Indians are celebrating the Hindu festival of lights, Diwali, by symbolically lighting a record 2.51 million clay oil lamps at dusk on the banks of the river Saryu in a city they believe to be the birthplace of the deity Lord Ram.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s coalition has won a majority in parliament in the country's staggered, six-week election.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s National Democratic Alliance coalition has won a majority in parliament, according to official results from India’s Election Commission.

Millions of Indians are voting in the next-to-last round of a grueling national election in the searing summer heat.

The Associated Press rode one of the longest trains in India — 1,800 miles from New Delhi to Kanyakumari — to interview voters about an election that will be decided in June.

Millions of Indians voted in a moderate turnout in the second round of multi-phase national elections, with some big names in the contest.

Millions of Indians are voting in a six-week election that’s a referendum on Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

India’s main opposition party vowed to boost social spending and reverse what it views as a slide into autocracy as it laid out its campaign promises on Friday, two weeks before the start of a weeks-long, multi-phase general election.

Election misinformation will pose a formidable challenge this year as billions of people in dozens of countries head to the polls.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has announced rules to implement a 2019 citizenship law that excludes Muslims, weeks before the Hindu nationalist leader seeks a third term in office.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in the United Arab Emirates on his seventh trip to the nation.

India’s Foreign Ministry says Qatar has freed eight retired Indian navy officers whose death sentences for alleged spying were commuted last year.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has urged more than a thousand Indian computer code developers to use the company’s artificial intelligence tools being deployed across its products.

The Maldives government says it has asked for clarification of why the Indian coast guard boarded three Maldivian fishing vessels within its economic zone earlier this week without consultation.

Millions of Indians are celebrating Diwali, the Hindu festival of light, with a Guinness World Record number of bright earthen oil lamps as concerns about air pollution soared in the South Asian country.

Relations between Canada and India have sunk to their lowest point in years as the two countries swap accusations and expel each other’s diplomats over the killing of a Sikh separatist leader.

India, the host nation of this year’s Group of 20 summit, has two official names.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has replaced the name India with a Sanskrit word in dinner invitations sent to guests attending this week’s Group of 20 summit, in a move that reflects his Hindu nationalist party’s efforts to eliminate what it sees as colonial-era names.

India became the first country to land a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole on Wednesday.

The Harlandale volleyball program put forth a strong defensive effort in front of its home crowd against the Providence Provets with a 3-0 victory on Friday night.

India’s top opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has been reinstated as a lawmaker in Parliament three days after the country’s top court halted his criminal defamation conviction for mocking the prime minister’s surname.

India’s top court has temporarily halted the criminal defamation conviction of opposition leader Rahul Gandhi for mocking the prime minister's surname.

India is close to buying new French warplanes and submarines and played a starring role in France’s Bastille Day celebrations Friday.

President Joe Biden has pronounced the U.S.-India relationship never stronger and rolled out a series of new business deals in welcoming Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a state visit.

Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi pressed criticism of his country’s leadership during a speech in New York on Sunday.

Apple Inc. has opened its first flagship store in India.

India will soon eclipse China to become the world's most populous country, and its economy is among the fastest-growing.

A court has suspended a two-year prison sentence for Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi as he appeals his criminal conviction for mocking the prime minister’s surname.

Members of the American Indian Movement took over the town of Wounded Knee on Feb. 27, 1973, starting a 71-day occupation on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.

India’s top court says the government’s surprise decision in 2016 to demonetize high-value bills was legal and taken after consultation with India’s central bank.

Members of India’s main opposition Congress party and thousands of supporters have walked into New Delhi as part of a cross-country “unity march” seeking to challenge what they say is a “hate-filled” version of the country under the Hindu nationalist government.

Clashes in India between Hindu nationalists and minority religious groups, particularly Muslims, have sparked tensions online and in person in the Indian American diaspora.

Week 8 of the 2022 high school football season features a battle of undefeated teams, as Alamo Heights hosts Harlandale for the lead in District 14-5A Division II.

Just hours before news of Queen Elizabeth II’s death spread, Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered a fiery speech urging India to shed its colonial ties in a ceremony to rename a boulevard that once honored King George V.

Since its independence in 1947, India has transformed from a poverty-stricken nation into one of the world's fastest-growing economies.

The United Nations estimates that the world’s population will reach 8 billion on Nov. 15 and that India will replace China as the world’s most populous nation next year.

An unusually early heat wave has brought more extreme temperatures to a large swath of India’s northwest, raising concerns that such weather conditions could become typical.

Thousands of Indians studying in Ukraine have suddenly found themselves in the midst of war after Russia invaded the country last week, with many hunkered inside bunkers and fearful of what lies ahead.

India has abstained from voting on a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding that Russia cease its invasion of Ukraine.

Lata Mangeshkar, a legendary Indian singer with a prolific, groundbreaking catalog and a voice recognized by more than a billion people in South Asia, has died.

Pakistan is rejecting India’s claim that an Indian pilot shot down the Islamic nation’s F-16 fighter plane in 2019.

Indians across the country are celebrating the Diwali festival amid concerns over the coronavirus pandemic and rising air pollution.

Mets 41-year-old left-hander Rich Hill is set to face Cardinals 40-year-old righty Adam Wainwright in a showdown of veterans who still got it.

Albert Pujols is sure to get a big ovation at Busch Stadium when the Los Angeles Dodgers slugger returns to face the Cardinals.

From the Great Wall of China to the picturesque Himalayan mountains of India, Asia’s tourist destinations are looking to domestic visitors to get them through the COVID-19 pandemic.

After going undefeated in District 14-3A Division I play last season, the Jourdanton Indians head into the 2021 season with plenty of new faces ready to make an impact on both sides of the ball.

Life has been tentatively returning to normal in India as coronavirus cases have declined.

Jourdanton's Cole Andrus was one of a number of seniors who got one more opportunity to take the football field representing their high schools on Saturday, and he threw a pair of touchdowns to Indians teammates Jarel Lilly and Payton Gonzales as the West team defeated the East team 46-21 in the first ever South Texas Coaches Association All-Star Game.

Indians smeared in color participate in Holi festival celebrations in Gauhati, India, Monday, March 29, 2021. Hindus threw colored powder and sprayed water in massive Holi celebrations Monday despite many Indian states restricting gatherings to try to contain a coronavirus resurgence rippling across the country. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)NEW DELHI – Hindus threw colored powder and sprayed water in massive Holi celebrations Monday despite many Indian states restricting gatherings to try to contain a coronavirus resurgence rippling across the country. Most years, millions of people throw colored powder at each other in outdoor celebrations. Cases are also rising in the capital New Delhi and states of Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh.

But infections began to plummet in September, and now the country is reporting about 11,000 new cases a day, compared to a peak of nearly 100,000, leaving experts perplexed. India, like other countries, misses many infections, and there are questions about how it’s counting virus deaths. AdBut the survey offered other insight into why India's infections might be falling. Kerala now accounts for nearly half of India’s current COVID-19 cases. AdWith the reasons behind India's success unclear, experts are concerned that people will let down their guard.

(AP Photo/Channi Anand)NEW DELHI – India will not allow the export of the Oxford University-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine for several months, the head of Serum Institute of India, which has been contracted to make 1 billion doses of the vaccine for developing nations, said Sunday. Poonawalla said that Serum Institute was in the process of signing a larger contract with COVAX for 300 million-400 million doses of the vaccine. That is apart from two existing orders of 100 million doses each for the vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca, and another one from Novovax. Poonawalla said his company was planning to give 200 million to 300 million doses of the vaccine to COVAX by December 2021. Serum Institute is also negotiating bilateral agreements with individual countries including Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia and Morocco, Poonawalla said.

About 490,000 high school seniors and graduates across the country are expected to take the College Scholastic Ability Test. Vice Education Minister Park Baeg-beom says the 490,000 applicants include 35 virus carriers who will take the exams Thursday at hospitals or treatment shelters. A recent spike in coronavirus infections has made this year’s exams more complicated and there are concerns that they could accelerate the spread of the virus. In other developments in the Asia-Pacific region:— Japan’s parliament has approved legislation to aid the distribution and administration of coronavirus vaccines to all citizens. — India has maintained a declining trend in coronavirus infections with 36,604 new cases reported in the past 24 hours.

India's confirmed coronavirus toll crossed 7 million on Sunday with a number of new cases dipping in recent weeks, even as health experts warn of mask and distancing fatigue setting in. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)NEW DELHI – India’s confirmed coronavirus toll crossed 7 million on Sunday with a number of new cases dipping in recent weeks, even as health experts warn of mask and distancing fatigue setting in. He said that the government was planning to receive 450 million to 500 million vaccine doses and would ensure “equitable access”. India saw a steep rise in cases in July and added more than 2 million in August and another 3 million in September. India has a high recovery rate of 85% with active cases below 1 million, according to the Health Ministry.

Indias total coronavirus positive cases near 7 million with another 73,272 infections reported in the past 24 hours. The Health Ministry on Saturday put the total positive caseload at 6.97 million, second to 7.66 million infections registered in the worst-hit United States. (AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)NEW DELHI – India’s confirmed coronavirus cases are nearing 7 million with another 73,272 reported in the past 24 hours. India is seeing a slower pace of coronavirus spread since mid-September, when the daily infections touched a record of 97,894 cases. “We have to work aggressively to make sure that during winter months and during the festive season coronavirus cases don’t rise dramatically,” said Dr. Randeep Guleria, a government health expert.

(AP Photo/Channi Anand)COLOMBO – Sri Lankan health authorities worked Friday to contain a growing cluster of new coronavirus infections, ordering the closure of bars, restaurants, casinos, nightclubs and spas. Since the pandemic began, Sri Lanka has reported 4,459 infections and 13 deaths. — Nepal’s confirmed coronavirus cases have surpassed 100,000. — India reported another 70,496 new infections in the past 24 hours, taking the country's total since the pandemic began to more than 6.9 million. India is seeing infections spread at a slower pace than last month, when daily infections touched a record high of 97,894 cases.

There is almost no work, said Ratan, 46, who was working in a printing company before he returned to his home village in April. Before the pandemic lockdown, Ansari had a steady job at a garment factory in the industrial town of Manesar near New Delhi, earning $200 a month, he said. The economy still contracted an unprecedented 24% in the April-June quarter, with another downturn forecast for July-September. Before the pandemic lockdown, Ansari had a steady job at a garment factory in the industrial town of Manesar near New Delhi, earning $200 a month, he said. For India's nearly 70 million traders, who employ about 400 million people, an upturn could not come fast enough.

The nation of 1.3 billion people is expected to become the pandemic's worst-hit country within weeks, surpassing the United States. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)NEW DELHI – India reported more than 83,000 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, showing some decline after reaching a record a week earlier. India is expected to become the world's worst-hit country within weeks, surpassing the United States, where nearly 6.9 million people have been infected by the virus. But the past week has seen some improvement in India, with the numbers dropping after a record 97,894 new cases were reported on Sept. 16. The country has reported 3,315 cases, including 13 deaths.

By early May, 6.4 million people in India were likely infected by the coronavirus, said a study released Thursday, Sept. 10, by Indian scientists from the Indian Council of Medical Research, Indias apex medical research body and published in their in-house medical journal. At the time, India had detected around 35,000 cases and over a thousand deaths. And the virus had already spread to India’s villages, straining fragile health systems. The peer-reviewed study was conducted by scientists from the Indian Council of Medical Research, India’s apex medical research body, and published in their in-house medical journal. India’s lockdown of 1.3 billion people was necessitated by its initial sluggish response to the virus.

(AP Photo/Channi Anand)NEW DELHI India reported another record spike of 95,735 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours as the virus spreads beyond its major cities. According to the Health Ministry, the number of people known to be infected in India reached 4,465,863 on Thursday. The Health Ministry also reported 1,172 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking total fatalities up to 75,062. The Indian capital saw a record surge of 4,618 new cases in the past 24 hours with 19 deaths. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday it has reported 155 additional cases over the past 24 hours, taking the national tally to 21,743 with 346 deaths.

In this Feb. 2, 2020 file photo, a Kansas City Chiefs fan walks outside the stadium before the NFL Super Bowl 54 football game between the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs in Miami Gardens, Fla. The Kansas City Chiefs fans who file into Arrowhead stadium Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020 for a masked and socially distanced start to the current season won't be wearing headdresses or face paint amid a nationwide push for racial justice following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) File)MISSION, Kan. Kansas City Chiefs fans who file into Arrowhead stadium Thursday for a masked and socially distanced start to the NFL season won't be wearing headdresses or face paint amid a nationwide push for racial justice following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Instead of face paint, he will stick Duct tape with Bible verses on his face. Still, he thinks the team's changes are an overreaction and said fans love to pose with people wearing headdresses.

Indians wearing face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus walk at a market in Jammu, India, Monday, Aug 10, 2020. India is the third hardest-hit country by the pandemic in the world after the United States and Brazil. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)NEW DELHI India reported 53,601 new cases of coronavirus Tuesday as its total infections neared 2.3 million. India has been posting an average of around 50,000 new cases a day since mid-June. Its total infections are third in the world, behind the United States and Brazil.

Indians pitcher Zach Plesac was sent back to Cleveland on Sunday in a rental car after violating team rules and Major League Baseball's coronavirus protocols, a club official told the Associated Press. The official said the 25-year-old Plesac went out with friends in Chicago on Saturday night following his win against the White Sox. Indians team president Chris Antonetti is expected to address Plesac's situation following the team's game in Chicago on Sunday night. The episode with Plesac, the nephew of former big league reliever Dan Plesac, is the most high-profile evidence of baseball's increasing concern about its guidelines. Definitely any time you can maintain social distancing is going to be what we have to focus on, Plesac said July 3.

CLEVELAND For their delayed home opener, the Indians elected to wear their blue road jerseys with Cleveland on the front as a unified statement of solidarity for minorities as the team contemplates a name change. Typically, the team wears white jerseys with Indians across the chest at home. That's what we're doing out there bringing the spotlight on those people, minorities that need the spotlight on them so their voices can be heard. The Indians announced earlier this month that they are considering a name change for the team, which has been called the Indians for 105 years. We have a big, big spotlight to be able to bring that awareness to the world.

BEIJING Construction activity appeared underway on both the Indian and Chinese sides of a contested border high in the Karakoram mountains a week after a deadly clash in the area left 20 Indian soldiers dead, satellite images showed. After a few skirmishes in May, Indian and Chinese commanders met June 6 to hash out an agreement that would reduce tensions. India and China have blamed each other for the melee and staked fresh claims on the area where it occurred. He said Indian soldiers foiled the attempts. Wood said that since May 22, satellite images showed convoy after convoy of heavy trucks, diggers, bulldozers and some military armored equipment rolling down the Galwan Valley toward the disputed border.

Exile Tibetans and local Indians burn a Chinese national flag during a protest in Dharmsala, India, Friday, June 19, 2020. India said Thursday it was using diplomatic channels with China to de-escalate a military standoff in a remote Himalayan border region where 20 Indian soldiers were killed this week. The confrontation in the Galwan Valley, part of the disputed Ladakh region along the Himalayan frontier, was the deadliest in 45 years. India blames China for instigating the fight by developing infrastructure in the valley, which it said was a breach of the agreement of what area remained in dispute. Indian officials have denied that any soldiers were in Chinese custody.

Indians burn products made in China during a protest against the Chinese government in Lucknow, India, Wednesday, June 17, 2020. India and China sought Wednesday to de-escalate tensions following a fatal clash along a disputed border high in the Himalayas that left 20 Indian soldiers dead. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)NEW DELHI India and China sought Wednesday to de-escalate tensions after flexing their muscles in a fatal clash along a disputed border high in the Himalayas that left 20 Indian soldiers dead. Scuffles are not uncommon, but Indian authorities say China upped the ante when its troops breached the line of control. But the bigger cause for antagonism lies in the Himalayas: a region China has always considered a strategically vital corridor between its restive Muslim Xinjiang region and Tibet.

SOUTH TEXAS – It's time to travel around South Texas for the Big Game Coverage Road Trip. Game 1: Hallettsville Sacred Heart Indians (0-1) at Nixon-Smiley Mustangs (1-1). Hallettsville had its first game of the season canceled. Game 2: Falls City Beavers (1-1) at Stockdale Brahmas (1-1). The Leopards lost to Argyle last Friday after their season opener was canceled due to damage from Hurricane Harvey.