For 40 years, journalists chronicled the eccentric royal family of Oudh, deposed aristocrats who lived in a ruined palace in the Indian capital. It was a tragic, astonishing story. But was it true?
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New Delhi, Choking on Toxic Air, Declares Health Emergency
Schools were closed after pollution in India’s capital soared, reaching levels many times the global safe limit.
Waiting for the Monsoon, Discovering a Brain Tumor Instead
As a reporter was covering India’s climatic extremes, a medical emergency intervened, and the story became not only about monsoons, but also about Indian society, the human mind and a glioblastoma.
Inside India’s Messy Electric Vehicle Revolution
A million electric rickshaws sprang up out of nowhere and are now being used by 60 million people a day. The government and vehicle makers are struggling to catch up.
That Virus Alert on Your Computer? Scammers in India May Be Behind It
Police outside New Delhi raided fake tech-support centers that sent false warnings to Americans and Canadians and then charged to “fix” the nonexistent infection.