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AP PHOTOS: Holy Week celebrations around the world

Christians are celebrating Holy Week with processions and reenactments in places like Jerusalem, Brazil, Nigeria, India, Mexico and Philippines.

The Independent UK · Apr 19, 2025

Hafta 533: Murshidabad violence, National Herald case, Trump targets Harvard

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Jayashree Arunachalam, and Shardool Katyayan are joined by senior journalist Nirmalya Mukherjee and NewsX editorial director Priya Sahgal. 

Newslaundry · Apr 19, 2025

TV Newsance 295: Startups or suck-ups? Piyush Goyal and the (unease) of doing business in India

While the global economy grapples with real crises, India is booming… with ministers dishing out unsolicited gyaan. In this week’s Newsance, Abhinandan Sekhri looks at how India’s startup ecosystem is being smothered – not by a lack of ideas, but by a surplus of sycophancy.

Newslaundry · Apr 19, 2025

Titillating visuals, ‘witchcraft’ claims: TV news can’t get enough of ‘saas-daamaad love story’

Economies are crumbling, the world order is shifting, and unemployment is on its way up, but TV news in India has more urgent matters to attend to – dissecting the specifics of a relationship between a man and his would-be mother-in-law.

Newslaundry · Apr 18, 2025

Bangladesh demands genocide apology for 1971 atrocities as talks with Pakistan resume after 15 years

Foreign secretary says he raised historically ‘unsettled issues’ with Pakistan

The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2025

How endurance sports are taking India by storm: ‘It’s the feeling of being alive’

IN FOCUS: From obstacle races to ultramarathons, a growing number of Indians are embracing amateur endurance sports and finding a new community along the way, as Maroosha Muzaffar reports

The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2025

India's Elephant Warning System Tackles Deadly Conflict

In central India's dry forests, community trackers hunt for signs of elephants to feed into an alert system that is helping prevent some of the hundreds of fatal tramplings each year.

International Business Times · Apr 18, 2025

Sugar Prices Post Moderate Gains on Reduced Sugar Output in India

May NY world sugar #11 (SBK25 ) on Thursday closed up +0.07 (+0.39%), and August London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ25 ) closed up +1.60 (+0.32%). On Thursday's news of reduced sugar output in India, sugar prices posted moderate gains. The Indian Sugar and Bio-Energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA) reported today...

Barchart · Apr 17, 2025

Sugar Prices Climb on Reduced Sugar Output in India

May NY world sugar #11 (SBK25 ) today is up +0.08 (+0.45%), and August London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ25 ) is up +2.20 (+0.44%). Sugar prices today are moderately higher on news of reduced sugar output in India. The Indian Sugar and Bio-Energy Manufacturers Association reported today that India's...

Barchart · Apr 17, 2025

Bangladesh, Pakistan officials resume bilateral talks after 15 years' gap

Foreign ministry officials from Bangladesh’s interim government and Pakistan have resumed talks after a 15-year gap, as the two South Asian Muslim-majority nations attempted to ease strained relations

The Independent UK · Apr 17, 2025