NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of Indians began voting Friday in the second round of multiphase national elections as Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought to galvanize voters with his assertive brand of Hindu nationalist politics. People lined up outside polling stations as voting opened at 7 a.m. Turnout was expected to pick up as the […]
GUWAHATI, India (AP) — Voters at a handful polling places in a northeastern Indian state went back to the polls amid tight security on Monday after violence disrupted the vote last week. Indian election authorities voided the results at 11 of Manipur state’s nearly 3,000 polling stations after armed men damaged election machines during the […]
The greatest exercise of democracy in the history of mankind — by the numbers, at least — kicked off Friday as almost 1 billion people began casting votes for the next leader and government of India. In 2023, India overtook China as the world’s most populous country, with 1.4 billion citizens. Up for grabs in […]
While Amazon‘s Just Walk Out technology at its Fresh grocery stores was touted as being powered by artificial intelligence, a new report says it actually relied heavily on manual monitoring by some 1,000 people in India. Amazon announced this week that it will be bailing on the Just Walk Out checkout technology — which used […]
An attack on Christians in India has sent more than 20 to the hospital, including three who were in critical condition with severe injuries. On February 13, 2024, a mob of at least 150 Hindu extremists attacked a small Methodist church in the village of Janwada, located in Telangana state in central India. Church members […]
NEW DELHI — The French president arrived in India on Thursday, where he is expected to meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and will be the chief guest at the country’s national day celebrations. Emmanuel Macron began his visit with some sightseeing in the western city of Jaipur, a popular tourist destination, where he visited […]
The CEO of Illinois-based tech company Vistex died and the company’s president was injured when they fell from a cage lift at a company event last week in Rangareddy, India. Sanjay Shah, 56, who founded Vistex in 1999, was killed in the accident as he and company president Vishwanath Datla, 52, were being lowered onto […]
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