India

A group of 50,000 self-employed women in India have become the first beneficiaries of an innovative insurance program that provides financial assistance when temperatures reach dangerous extremes, Reuters reported yesterday. As temperatures climbed above 40°C (104°F) from May 18-25, the…

Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal has stated that the implementation of a uniform civil code remains on the government’s agenda, Muslim Mirror reported yesterday. Meghwal, who recently assumed charge as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for the Ministry…

Manipur, India, remains on edge a year after ethnic clashes between the Meitei and Kuki-Zo communities erupted, displacing over 67,000 people and claiming over 220 lives, Al Jazeera reported in a news story yesterday. The article highlighted that a recent…

For the first time in independent India’s history, the new Union council of ministers led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not include a single Muslim member, local sources confirmed. The previous councils of ministers sworn in after every General…

The commemoration anniversary of Mirza Mohammad Athar, the great Shia preacher of India, was celebrated on Sunday night in Husseiniyyah Asif Daulah in Lucknow. The presence of the Shiites in this ceremony was unique, local sources confirmed. Marking the rarest…

At least nine Hindu pilgrims were killed and 33 injured when a bus plunged into a deep gorge after a suspected militant attack in the Indian territory of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, Reuters reported. The attack came as Prime…

Narendra Modi was sworn in for an unprecedented third term as India’s prime minister on Sunday. Modi is the first Indian leader to win three consecutive elections since founding prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Despite his BJP party losing its outright…

The 2024 Indian general elections saw a slight decline in the number of Muslim lawmakers elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of parliament. According to the final results, 24 Muslim candidates won seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha,…

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his National Democratic Alliance (NDA) secured a third straight term in office, though with a slimmer majority than expected, following the country’s recent general election. The BJP-led NDA won 293 seats in the 543-member…

In a stunning rebuke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s right-wing, Hindu-nationalist agenda, India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) failed to secure an outright majority in the country’s general election, despite pre-election predictions of a landslide victory. The results mark a…