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India's polling monitor is facing yet another crisis of credibility with fresh allegations against its chief. bbc.com/news/articles/cqkgw6…

CEC Gyanesh Kumar: Why India's Election Commission is in the eye of a storm - again

India's polling monitor is facing yet another crisis of credibility with fresh allegations against its chief.

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After a major win at Toronto, Angh, a film from northeastern India, is now on a path towards the Oscars. bbc.com/news/articles/cv2dwk…

Angh by Theja Rio at Toronto: The Indian film taking Nagaland to global cinema

After a major win at Toronto, Angh, a film from northeastern India, is now on a path towards the Oscars.

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Dopamine sites mimic shopping’s thrill without the spending, turning the ritual of consumption into a digital game. bbc.com/news/articles/cwn741…

Dopamine sites: India and the world are discovering the thrill of shopping without buying

Dopamine sites mimic shopping’s thrill without the spending, turning the ritual of consumption into a digital game.

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India has rapidly decarbonised electricity generation, but its gains are tempered by transmission shortages. bbc.com/news/articles/c8xkvz…

Renewables: Grid shortages are forcing India to produce and waste green energy

India has rapidly decarbonised electricity generation, but its gains are tempered by transmission shortages.

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A China-Pakistan border pact challenges India's territorial claims and deepens strategic concerns over disputed Kashmir. bbc.com/news/articles/cqe9e4…

Why India is irked by a new Pakistan-China border pact

A China-Pakistan border pact challenges India's territorial claims and deepens strategic concerns over disputed Kashmir.

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As the FIR names some of the state's top politicians, police officers and Bollywood actors, the case has dominated headlines in India amid allegations of misuse of political power, denials and claims of political vendetta. bbc.com/news/articles/cpwl1e…

Disha Salian: Why a Bollywood celebrity manager's six-year-old death case has been reopened

Disha Salian's father insists her death was not suicide or an accident, but that she was gang-raped and murdered.

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Three minors were arrested after videos capturing the assault went viral, sparking anger. bbc.com/news/articles/cmz6z2…

Bihar molestation case: India outrage after assault of teen girl and her friend in Jamui

Three minors were arrested after videos capturing the assault went viral in India, sparking anger.

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Indian hospitals have attracted billions in funding, but the gap between public and private care is widening. bbc.com/news/articles/c62mg9…

India's hospital boom is improving access but pricing millions out of critical care

Indian hospitals have attracted billions in funding, but the gap between public and private care is widening.

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The team's fifth-place finish at the World Cup has raised hopes of a medal at the upcoming Asian Games. bbc.com/news/articles/c5yj9p…

Asian Games: Why gold is within reach for India's women hockey team

The team's fifth-place finish at the World Cup has raised hopes of a medal at the upcoming Asian Games

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Digital payments are booming, yet cash remains deeply embedded in the economy in India, central bank data shows. bbc.com/news/articles/c23x0z…

Why cash continues to thrive even as India's digital payments grow

Digital payments are booming, yet cash remains deeply embedded in the economy in India, central bank data shows.

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"Two-three months ago, nobody knew me," says Dipke. "Now I'm here surrounded by hundreds of people, by cameras. It's a bit overwhelming." bbc.com/news/articles/cly749…

Abhijeet Dipke, CJP: The student behind 'cockroach' protests that forced an Indian minister to quit

It has been a rollercoaster ride for 'cockroach' party founder Abhijeet Dipke who gained celebrity status overnight.

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Brics members agree they need a new global order but it's harder to answer what should replace it and how to get there. bbc.com/news/articles/ce8767…

Brics summit 2026 Delhi: Iran war reshapes ties but exposes divides

Brics members agree they need a new global order but it's harder to answer what should replace it and how to get there.

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Wembley Stadium billed Diljit Dosanjh as the first Punjabi singer to headline the iconic music venue. bbc.com/news/articles/c780zv…

Diljit Dosanjh: Punjabi singer makes history under the famous Wembley arch

Wembley Stadium billed Diljit Dosanjh as the first Punjabi singer to headline the iconic music venue.

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Meena Geltink and Minal Tijssen were adopted from orphanages in Mumbai in the 1980s and grew up in the Netherlands. bbc.com/news/articles/c5y6z7…

Meena and Minal: Best friends for decades - until a DNA test revealed they were sisters

Meena Geltink and Minal Tijssen were adopted from orphanages in Mumbai in the 1980s and grew up in the Netherlands.

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A new report warns Himalayan glaciers are melting faster, threatening India’s water, economy and communities. bbc.com/news/articles/crm9ez…

Nepal floods: The Himalayas are melting faster - and India's economy is 'at risk'

A new report warns Himalayan glaciers are melting faster, threatening India’s water, economy and communities.

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Oxford's Pitt Rivers Museum will return more than three dozen sets of human remains to the Naga people. bbc.com/news/articles/cx2z38…

Oxford museum agrees to return remains to Naga ancestral homeland

Oxford's Pitt Rivers Museum will return more than three dozen sets of human remains to the Naga people.

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Prajval Haldia has has not heard from his parents, Pavan and Kavita, since the devastating floods in the Himalayas two weeks ago. bbc.com/news/articles/cge4rx…

Nepal disaster: 'It's harder to be positive with each passing day'

Prajval Haldia's parents have been missing since since the floods in Tibet and Nepal of 26 August.

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A renowned Manipuri guitarist's killing has sparked anger - and an outpouring of memories about his life and music. bbc.com/news/articles/ced751…

Manipur's Chongtham Vikram Singh: The rock guitarist whose killing shocked India's north-east

A renowned Manipuri guitarist's killing has sparked anger - and an outpouring of memories about his life and music.

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The critically endangered apes were found far from their natural habitat in Odisha. bbc.com/news/articles/cvgynv…

Odisha: Five baby orangutans found in India forest spark trafficking investigation

The critically endangered apes were found far from their natural habitat in the eastern Indian state of Odisha.

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The report follows a BBC Eye investigation that found Instagram running paid ads promoting such material in India. bbc.com/news/articles/cqxv2v…

Meta continues to run ads promoting child sexual abuse material in India: report

The report follows a BBC Eye investigation that found Instagram running paid ads promoting such material in India.

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