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Taniya Dutta

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Taniya Dutta is a journalist based in New Delhi who covers Indian politics, culture, social issues and gender equality. In her decade-long journalistic career, she has covered India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh and has written for The Washington Post, TRT World, The Mirror and The Scottish Sun among other British publications.

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspecting the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sewri-Nhava Sheva Atal Setu at Navi Mumbai, in Maharashtra on January 12, 2024. Photo: Indian Press Information Bureau
India's Modi officially opens country's longest sea bridge

Mumbai's road link will cut travel times and improve traffic flow in the metropolis, officials say

AsiaJanuary 12, 2024
Bollywood star Nayanthara plays a character desperate to become India's best chef. Photo: Zee Studios
Netflix pulls film after protests over Hindu Brahmin cooking meat

Story follows a priest's daughter as she defies her family's wishes, elopes with a Muslim man and secretly pursues a career to become a chef

Film & TVJanuary 12, 2024
UAE President Sheikh Mohamed delivers a speech at the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit in Ahmedabad on January 10. UAE Presidential Court
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UAE President hails 'power of building bridges' at India summit

UAE President and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi witness signing of deals to strengthen strategic ties between two countries

AsiaJanuary 10, 2024
Minicoy island in Lakshadweep, the archipelago belonging to India that some see as a rival to the Maldives. Alamy
Maldives vs Lakshadweep: What is the controversy?

Modi's visit shines spotlight on the archipelago India wants to develop into a tourist hotspot to rival the Maldives

AsiaJanuary 09, 2024
President Sheikh Mohamed with Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India at the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit, in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Photo: Hamad Al Kaabi / UAE Presidential Court
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UAE President Sheikh Mohamed vists India for business summit

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UAE leader head parade and signed energy and food sector deals

AsiaJanuary 09, 2024
Sheikh Hasina has accused opposition groups of instigating deadly anti-government protests. AFP
Sheikh Hasina wins fifth term as prime minister of Bangladesh

Hasina, 76, will become the world’s longest-serving female head of government

AsiaJanuary 08, 2024
Bilkis Bano, pictured with her daughter and husband during a press conference in May 2017, was gang-raped by 11 men and challenged the decision to release them from jail early. Reuters
India overturns early release of 11 men convicted of sexual assault

A Muslim woman was sexually assaulted and 14 of her family members were murdered by a Hindu group in March 2002

AsiaJanuary 08, 2024
Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu, pictured during Cop28 in Dubai, ordered a review of 100 agreements with India. AP
Maldives-India row escalates as Modi praises alternative tourist destination

Relations between New Delhi and Male have strained in recent months

AsiaJanuary 08, 2024
The Indian Navy sent guided missile destroyer INS Chennai to assist a cargo ship that was boarded by pirates off Somalia. AP
Crew rescued after Indian Navy boards ship ambushed by pirates

Guided missile destroyer INS Chennai intercepted MV Lila Norfolk after an attempted hijack

AsiaJanuary 05, 2024
Two of the three cubs born to Namibian cheetah Aasha on December 26 at India's Kuno National Park. Photo: Bhupender Yadav / X
Namibian cheetah gives birth to three cubs at Indian national park

India imported cheetahs in 2022 to replace native population that became extinct in 1948

AsiaJanuary 04, 2024
Fears of a prolonged strike caused queues in several cities across India, particularly in the south. AFP
India reassures lorry drivers after strike over new hit-and-run law

Nationwide protests had triggered panic-buying amid fears of shortages of essentials

AsiaJanuary 03, 2024
This handout photo taken and released by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on January 1, 2024 shows the lifting-off the PSLV-C58 rocket carrying the X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. (ISOR/AFP)
India launches satellite to study black holes

The $30 million XPoSat study is expected to last more than five years

AsiaJanuary 01, 2024
Konark Sun Temple near the Bay of Bengal depicts a mythological chariot being pulled to heaven. Taniya Dutta / The National
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India's Sun Temple in Konark dazzles visitors

Massive 13th century chariot-shaped temple is a Unesco world heritage site

TravelDecember 31, 2023
Breast cancer awareness is alarmingly low in India due to lack of education and guidance, rigid sociocultural norms, and delayed screening that leads to late detection and higher mortality.
Blind women in India help doctors detect early stage breast cancer

Loss of one sense has heightened others that can help detect cancer, lesions and other abnormalities

HealthDecember 25, 2023
Only seven men in the state of Odisha, India, still practise the century-old puppetry art form known as sakhi kandhei
India's last glove puppeteers have a hand in keeping the century-old art alive

Only seven artists performing the once-popular sakhi kandhei remain in India

WeekendDecember 22, 2023
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