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· Bryan Ke

Indian man invents shoes that shoot blank rounds for women’s safety kit

An Indian man has created an innovative safety kit to help women feel safer while walking around the streets in India. Shyam Chaurasia from the state of Uttar Pradesh in India has been showcasing his inventions found in several everyday accessories such as earrings and handbags…

· Ryan General

Campaign lets Indian men experience pain of menstrual cramps for the first time

Congress party lawmaker Hibi Eden and the Indian Medical Association (IMA) recently launched the “Cup of Life” campaign, which lets Indian men briefly experience period cramps through a menstruation simulator. As part of the campaign, organizers of the #Feelthepain movement are…

· Ryan General

Indian American charged with hate crime over racist attack on fellow Indian in California Taco Bell

On Aug. 21, Krishnan Jayaraman recorded 37-year-old Singh Tejinder subjecting him to a racial tirade at a Taco Bell at Grimmer Boulevard in Fremont, California. Tejinder was caught on film spitting on the victim and calling him a “dirty Hindu” and a “disgusting dog.” The Fremont…

· Ryan General

An Air India flight attendant is winning hearts for how he handled a crying baby mid-flight

Air India flight attendant Neil Malkam earned online praise for consoling a crying toddler mid-flight. The child’s father, Jeevan Venkatesh, uploaded a video on Instagram that shows Malkam carrying the young girl down the aisle of the plane. “Really appreciate the sweet gesture…

· Ryan General

India’s Supreme Court widens definition of ‘family’ to include unmarried and queer couples

India's Supreme Court has ruled that familial relationships may take the form of domestic, unmarried partnerships or queer relationships, effectively expanding the country’s definition of what constitutes a “family.” The verdict was made during the hearing of a nurse named…

· Carl Samson

Indian college dropout becomes world’s third richest man

Indian business tycoon Gautam Adani, 60, is now the world’s third richest person, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Adani, who chairs the Adani Group, overtook France’s Bernard Arnault after a surge this week. Adani’s conglomerate runs businesses in port development…

· Michelle De Pacina

Indian teen dies days after being set on fire by man she rejected

Ankita Kumari, a 19-year-old high school student, was set ablaze on Aug. 23 in Jharkhand, India, by Shahrukh Hussain, who drenched her in gasoline after she turned down his marriage proposal, according to reports. The incident occurred while Kumari was sleeping at around 4 a.m.…

· Michelle De Pacina

‘This ain’t India’: Man recorded verbally attacking, spitting on Indian man in a California Taco Bell

Krishnan Jayaraman was at a Fremont, California, Taco Bell on Grimmer Boulevard when another customer began to verbally attack him on Aug. 21. In an 8-minute video recorded by Jayaraman, the man can be heard spewing anti-Hindu speech. Jayaraman believes that the attacker is also…

· Bryan Ke

Texas woman arrested after rant toward 4 Indian American women goes viral

The Plano Texas Police Department arrested Esmeralda Upton, the woman who was filmed hurling racial slurs at four Indian American women in a parking lot, on Thursday. The incident occurred on Wednesday after Rani Banerjee went out for dinner in Plano with three of her friends.…

· Michelle De Pacina

Indian American hiker found dead days after she was swept away in a flash flood in Utah

An Indian American hiker who went missing during a flash flood at Zion National Park in Utah last week was found dead. The body of Jetal Agnihotri, a 29-year-old woman from Tucson, Arizona, was recovered in the Virgin River near the Court of the Patriarchs at the park on…

· Bryan Ke

Republican Indiana governor is latest US official to visit Taiwan

Gov. Eric Holcomb (R-IN) announced his arrival in Taiwan and thanked Taiwan’s Director General of the Department of North American Affairs, Douglas Hsu, in a tweet on Sunday. Holcomb led a delegation in Taiwan as part of an “economic development trip" to the self-governing…

· Michelle De Pacina

Indian women protest release of Hindu men who sexually assaulted pregnant Muslim woman

Dozens of women protested in New Delhi, India, on Thursday after a court ordered the release of 11 Hindu men who gang-raped a pregnant Muslim woman and killed seven of her family members in 2002. Activists at the protest held signs that read “Protecting rapists and penalizing…

· Bryan Ke

Indian mother chops off boyfriend’s penis after catching him trying to sexually assault her daughter

A 36-year-old mother from Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district in India allegedly chopped off her boyfriend’s penis after she caught him attempting to rape her daughter in their home. The woman, whose name was not revealed, had purportedly just come home from work when she…

· Michelle De Pacina

India frees 11 Hindu men who sexually assaulted pregnant Muslim woman, killed 7 of her family members in 2002

The 11 Hindu men who gang-raped a pregnant Muslim woman in 2002 and killed seven of her family members were freed on remission on Monday from Gujarat’s Godhra town jail. The men were previously convicted in early 2008 and given life sentences for the rape of Bilkis Bano, a…

· Daniel Anderson

Teacher in India apologizes after video of him threatening to beat student over her BTS fandom goes viral

A video of a teacher in India has gone viral for showing his aggressive verbal tirade toward a BTS fan. Siddhartha Mishra, a teacher from the online education platform “Physicswallah,” ridiculed a student after she asked in the live chat if any of her peers like BTS. In the…

· Rebecca Moon

TikTok user shares ‘POV’ of Indians receiving ‘backhanded’ racial compliments

A TikTok user uploaded a viral video on Tuesday where he shows a comedic “POV” (point of view) of what it’s like receiving “backhanded compliments” as an Indian. In the 12-second skit, a voice can be heard telling the man that he is “very sexy for an Indian” and “smells good for…

· Ryan General

Indian man wins 22-year legal battle over 25-cent overcharge

Indian lawyer Tungnath Chaturvedi recently won a 22-year court battle involving railway tickets he was overcharged by a quarter for. Chaturvedi was traveling to Moradabad in 1999 when he paid 100 rupees (approximately $1.26) for two tickets priced at 35 rupees (approximately…

· Michelle De Pacina

CCTV captures man making sure to pray to goddess before stealing temple’s donation box in India

A shirtless man in India was captured on surveillance camera praying to a Hindu goddess before stealing the temple’s donation box in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. The surveillance footage went viral on social media, with many users sympathizing with the man who they believe may be…

· Ryan General

India confirms Asia’s first recorded monkeypox death

A 22-year-old man from Kerala, India, has reportedly died of monkeypox, making this the first fatality of the current outbreak in the country, as well as the first one in Asia and the fourth outside of Africa. According to local officials, the 21 people who had prior contact…

· Michelle De Pacina

Two men charged in the murder of Canadian Sikh acquitted in deadly 1985 Air India bombings

Ripudaman Singh Malik, the man who was previously acquitted in the 1985 Air India bombings, was fatally shot in Surrey, British Columbia, in Canada on July 14. Canadian police arrested and charged Tanner Fox, 21, and Jose Lopez, 23, with the first-degree murder of Malik on…

Saregama India

Saregama owns one of the largest Bollywood and Indian music catalogs — decades of film songs that stream, license, and soundtrack a billion-strong culture.

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Saregama owns one of the largest Bollywood and Indian music catalogs — decades of film songs that stream, license, and soundtrack a billion-strong culture.

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IMAX (India) connects to PVR Inox and the broader film story around it.

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Company · India · NSE:SAREGAMA

Saregama India

Saregama owns one of the largest Bollywood and Indian music catalogs — decades of film songs that stream, license, and soundtrack a billion-strong culture.

Known for: Bollywood music catalog · Carvaan · Yoodlee Films
Music
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Company · India · NSE:PVRINOX

PVR Inox

PVR Inox is where India watches movies — the largest multiplex chain, and the theatrical engine behind Bollywood and Hollywood box office in the country.

Known for: PVR Cinemas · INOX · IMAX (India)
Film
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Company · India · NSE:NYKAA

Nykaa

Nykaa turned Indian beauty shopping into a cultural destination — influencer-led, house-brand-heavy, and bridging online with glossy physical stores.

Known for: Nykaa Beauty · Nykaa Fashion · House brands
Beauty
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Company · India · NSE:ZEEL

Zee Entertainment

Zee is one of India's largest media networks — the TV channels and ZEE5 streaming that carry Bollywood and regional-language entertainment to a billion viewers and the diaspora.

Known for: ZEE5 · Zee TV · Zee Studios
Entertainment
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