(RNS) — Monday (Oct. 20) marks Diwali, the “festival of lights” celebrated by millions of Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists across India, South Asia and the diaspora. Considered one of the most ...

Food writer Khushbu Shah's new cookbook "Amrikan" (pronounced Um-ree-kan) is an inventive, wholly original celebration of the foods and dishes of the Indian-American diaspora. Shah elaborates, noting ...

Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, is Monday. More than a billion people around the world are celebrating the five-day festival. Diwali is derived from the word “Deepavali,” which means “a row of ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin will be in New Delhi on December 4–5 for the 23rd India–Russia Annual Summit. This is his first India visit since 2021. The meeting comes at a time when the two ...

After four days of deadly fighting between India and Pakistan that seemed near the edge of catastrophe, the two sides abruptly agreed to a U.S.-brokered ceasefire on Saturday. The conflict began with ...

India's central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), is intensifying interventions to manage the depreciating rupee, which ...