Divers near the banks of India’s Yamuna River brave polluted waters to find money and other items thrown in as offerings for the river goddess. 56 per cent of people living near the waterway face health issues and skin diseases, according to a University of Chicago study in 2022.
A politician says the new citizenship amendment bill is a clear attempt to disenfranchise Muslims, and what happened in Nazi Germany will not be allowed in India.
Constant surveillance, long a mainstay of New Delhi’s approach to managing the restive state, has whipped residents into near paranoia as drones fly over Friday prayers in mosques and police inspect journalists’ cameras.