Mariama Kuyateh, 30, holds up a picture of her son Musa, whose death from acute kidney failure on Oct. 10 was linked to contaminated cough syrup imported to Gambia, where they live, from India. The World Health Organization issued an alert about the medication. Milan Berckmans/AFP via Getty Images hide
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India joins an elite club as first to land a spacecraft near the moon's south pole
Journalists film the live telecast of spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 landing on the moon at ISRO’s Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network facility in Bengaluru, India, on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. Aijaz Rahi/AP hide caption toggle caption Aijaz Rahi/AP Journalists film the live telecast of spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 landing on the moon at ISRO’s
Russia and India are landing on the moon next week. Here's what you need to know
Russia and India are landing close to the moon’s south pole. Researchers believe water ice hidden in craters could one day supply lunar colonies with vital resources. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Russia and India are landing close to the moon’s south pole.
Buddhist Art From India: Where the Natural Meets the Supernatural
At the press opening for the Metropolitan Museum’s beyond-beautiful “Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India, 200 B.C.E.-400 C.E.,” five red-robed monks chanted Pali blessings, the vocalized equivalent of oceanic silence. The ancient sculptures around them projected a different, visual music: Forest birds sang, mythical creatures roared, and semi-divine
‘While We Watched’ Review: India on the Brink
In the opening moments of Vinay Shukla’s documentary “While We Watched,” its subject, the veteran Indian news anchor Ravish Kumar, stands in a partly demolished building and wonders, “When you find yourself all alone, whom do you listen to?” For one of the few high-profile journalists in India who has
India launches a lander and rover to explore the moon's south pole
In this photo released by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-3, the word for “moon craft” in Sanskrit, stands in preparation for its launch in Sriharikota, India. AP hide caption toggle caption AP In this photo released by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-3,
Months of increasingly violent ethnic clashes have put northeast India on edge
Burned remains of cars, which were torched by an angry mob during an attack in Imphal, Manipur. Aakash Hassan hide caption toggle caption Aakash Hassan Burned remains of cars, which were torched by an angry mob during an attack in Imphal, Manipur. Aakash Hassan IMPHAL, India — In India’s northeastern
Las niñas de la India sueñan con su libertad a través de la lucha libre
Mientras el sol invernal asciende sobre una granja de mostaza, de un naranja pálido que se desvanecía en un amarillo intenso, una fila de 36 niñas, todas vestidas de la misma manera —camisetas, pantalones deportivos, cabello muy corto tipo militar—, salen a un campo abierto, frotándose los ojos, somnolientas.
At least 50 people are killed, hundreds trapped in India passenger train derailment
Rescuers work at the site of passenger trains that derailed in Balasore district, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, on Friday. Press Trust of India via AP hide caption toggle caption Press Trust of India via AP Rescuers work at the site of passenger trains that derailed in Balasore
LGBTQ+ couples in India await the Supreme Court's decision on same-sex marriage
Members of the LGBTQ+ community and their supporters carry a rainbow flag as they march demanding equal marriage rights in New Delhi, India, in January. The Supreme Court in 2018 struck down a colonial-era law that made gay sex punishable by up to 10 years in prison, and is now