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  • Friday, 16 February, 2024
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    ‘Modi is supposed to represent all of us’: human rights lawyer Indira Jaising

    The activist on the threat to India’s constitution from the coming elections — and why at 83 she’s still fighting her corner

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  • Monday, 29 January, 2024
    India tells tech giants to police deepfakes under ‘explicit’ rules

    Minister says New Delhi has ‘woken up’ early to the dangers of AI-generated content due to the size of its online population

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    Receipts rose to a record in 2023, in a turnaround after a series of pandemic-era flops

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  • Monday, 22 January, 2024
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    Modi rides Hindu nationalism wave in Ayodhya temple opening

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    Narendra Modi walking up a staircase to officially consecrate the Ram temple
  • Wednesday, 17 January, 2024
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    The Hindu temple central to Modi’s vision for India

    Prime minister bets on religious nationalism as he attends consecration at site of mosque torn down by zealots

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  • Tuesday, 9 January, 2024
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    In charts: how India has changed under Narendra Modi

    The prime minister’s election campaign will focus on his economic record but what do the figures show?

    Montage of Narendra Modi, a smartphone, Indian rupees, a train and passengers
  • Saturday, 30 December, 2023
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    The partnership between CSMVS and leading western galleries gives India unprecedented access to Egyptian, Greek and Roman artefacts

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  • Sunday, 19 November, 2023
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    The Australian team celebrates victory in the Cricket World Cup
  • Friday, 17 November, 2023
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    Delhi turns to artificial rain to ease air pollution crisis

    Indian scientists hope cloud-seeding scheme will help clean the skies over world’s most polluted city

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  • Saturday, 11 November, 2023
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    As the World Cup enters its concluding stages, historian Ramachandra Guha explores how the prime minister is shaping a sport in his image

  • Friday, 13 October, 2023
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    The Delhi Gymkhana is a who’s who of the country’s old money elite — and they’re not happy  

  • Thursday, 12 October, 2023
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    India and Pakistan face off in rare clash at Cricket World Cup

    Top-ranked foes bicker ahead of historic match as elections loom in each country

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  • Thursday, 5 October, 2023
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    His work transformed a chronically hungry nation into one of the world’s largest food producers

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  • Saturday, 23 September, 2023
    ObituaryGita Mehta
    Gita Mehta, writer and journalist, 1943-2023

    Her colourful books and intrepid reporting sidestepped stereotypes of India in favour of a more nuanced portrait

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  • Monday, 11 September, 2023
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    Sins of omission and distortion from politicians are complicating the real point of the discipline

    Illustration of Narendra Modi from behind using a roller to paint the Indian flag over the Union Jack
  • Monday, 4 September, 2023
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    The country should apply its expansive theme for the event — ‘One World, One Family, One Future’ — to itself

    Narendra Modi address a huge crowd in New Delhi last month
  • Sunday, 13 August, 2023
    Ruchir Sharma
    What India needs is more cricket and less Bollywood

    As the Indian Premier League adapts to the digital age, Hindi films lose fans thanks to stale scripts and ageing stars

    Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone in Pathaan
  • Wednesday, 2 August, 2023
    India cracks down on sectarian violence in New Delhi’s business hub

    Clashes near offices of global corporates raise fears of wider unrest ahead of elections next year

    Police stand guard outside a mosque after violent communal clashes in Gurugram on Tuesday
  • Tuesday, 25 July, 2023
    Martin Wolf
    Modi’s India is moving in an illiberal direction

    His government has taken huge risks in riding the tiger of politicised religion

    James Ferguson illustration of a roaring tiger guarding a ballot box
  • Friday, 23 June, 2023
    FT Magazine
    Meet the Indian wrestlers taking on Modi’s establishment 

    A group of athletes has launched their own #MeToo movement

    Wrestlers Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia along with supporters lead the protest march from Jantar Mantar towards New Parliament
  • Thursday, 15 June, 2023
    News in-depthIndian politics & policy
    India’s Manipur state riven by ethnic violence

    Clashes over land rights and tribal privileges kill more than 100 in north-eastern border region

    Meitei refugees prepare to board a paramilitary truck in Churachandpur, near Imphal, last month
  • Tuesday, 6 June, 2023
    India drops evolution and periodic table from some school textbooks

    Educators condemn move by Narendra Modi’s government as threat to science teaching and IT sector

    Indian students demonstrate a display during a science fair
  • Wednesday, 17 May, 2023
    ReviewFT Books Essay
    Triumph or tragedy? — India’s demographic dilemmas

    Three new books consider the country’s economic potential and pitfalls from different perspectives

  • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
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    Gauging India’s middle-class opportunity

    With the country now ranked as the world’s most populous nation, the size of its consuming classes is being reassessed

    A shopper drags a basket through an aisle of personal care goods at a hypermarket in Mumbai
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