India

The removal of 337 tonnes of toxic waste left in a factory in Bhopal, where the worst industrial disaster ever occurred in 1984, has been completed; the disaster had killed several thousand people and caused serious health problems for many more

Indian police requested information from Elon Musk's Starlink after discovering that drug traffickers had used its satellite internet device to navigate Indian waters and reach the country's shores

Millions of weddings will be celebrated today 12 November, day of the beginning of the auspicious season, and this year coinciding with the awakening of God Vishnu after four months of sleep; in Delhi alone, there will be over 50.000 weddings

An initial agreement to ease tensions along the 'Line of Actual Control', introduced after China invaded formally Indian territories it considered its own in 1962, was reached between India and China according to Indian Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs

Criminalising marital rape would be 'excessively harsh', the government has told the Supreme Court, thus opposing petitions to the court of India to change a British colonial-era law

In Kashmir, India's northern region, elections for the state parliament took place: they are the first since 2019, as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi revoked the region's 'special status' and thus a large part of its autonomy

The country is considering sourcing cheetahs from Somalia, Sudan and Tanzania and no longer from South Africa and Namibia, as cheetahs imported from southern Africa have struggled to adapt to the Indian climate due to differences in circadian rhythms