Lauren Frayer

Scientists, public health experts and opposition politicians have raised questions about one of the two vaccines the country of 1.4 billion people has authorized for emergency use against COVID-19.

India, the world's biggest vaccine-maker, plans to vaccinate 300 million people in the first half of 2021. People in India are expected to start getting their shots as early as next week.

Tens of thousands of Indian farmers are protesting for a ninth straight day. They accuse the government of using the coronavirus crisis to push through market-based changes without consulting them.

How tall is Mount Everest? It varies with seismic activity and climate change. China and Nepal have remeasured the world's tallest mountain, and will announce their findings.

Facebook is accused of failing to censor illegal hate speech by Hindu nationalist politicians in order to preserve relations with India's ruling party and government.

From his home in New York, celebrity chef Vikas Khanna has launched a food drive during COVID-19, feeding millions in his native India.

India has reported the second most coronavirus cases in the world, behind the U.S. And its economy shrank 24% last spring. Yet the country's prime minister is as popular as ever.

The race to develop COVID-19 vaccines is moving swiftly, both nationally and internationally. But challenges remain when it comes to distributing vaccines around the world.

Only one other country — the United States — has surpassed the milestone of 9 million total cases, since the pandemic began.

Harris will not only be the first Black, and first female, vice president. She's also the first Indian American and the first Asian American elected to the office.

Firecrackers erupted Sunday in a tiny village surrounded by lush green rice paddies in southern India, where Kamala Harris' maternal grandfather was born.

Local sources say there's been a spike in child marriage during the pandemic. A key reason: By marrying off girls early, poor families have one less mouth to feed in desperate times.

Sen. Harris is the first person of South Asian descent on a U.S. presidential ticket. Her mother's side of the family is from southern India. Hindu faithful offer prayers for a Biden-Harris victory.

It's the latest in a series of U.S.-India military agreements designed to counter China's growing power in the Indo-Pacific region.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mark Esper are in India's capital to sign military agreements, and continue to push the Trump administration's anti-China message.

President Trump has forged a friendship with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. NPR discusses what might happen to U.S.-India ties if there's a change in the White House.

As the parts of the U.S. experience a surge in new COVID-19 cases, other countries are also seeing a spike in infections.

Part of racial justice is understanding who has privilege and who doesn't. We follow one Indian American, inspired by Black Lives Matter, and his journey to check his own privilege.

Demonstrations erupted across India over the attack on a woman from the country's most marginalized caste. The woman died in a hospital, and four men from a dominant caste are under arrest.

The human rights group says its work in India has come to "a grinding halt" after it learned earlier this month that the Indian government froze its bank accounts.