| 单词 | subcontinent |
| 例句 | Another area where local domestication appears to have followed the arrival of Southwest Asian founder crops is the Indus Valley region of the Indian subcontinent. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Technology’s course over the last 1,000 years in China, Europe, and possibly the Indian subcontinent exemplifies those net effects of high, moderate, and low connectedness, respectively. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The parasitical British administration kept tentacling out to half of the subcontinent. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He traversed a subcontinent in blue suede shoes. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Some argued that although it was popularly assumed that tigers lived in Africa, this was a myth and they were native to Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Of Asia they appreciated the vast extent of the Persian Empire, and they had an inkling of the Indian subcontinent beyond. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z But then a quarter of a billion people, a whole subcontinent, rallied behind Gandhi—and they twisted the British lion’s tail! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z My comparison of the histories of China, the Indian subcontinent, and Europe in the epilogue of GGS suggested an answer to this question as applied to technological innovation in whole countries. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Tribal and band societies in Eurasia were largely confined to the Arctic reindeer herders, the Siberian hunter-gatherers, and the hunter-gatherer enclaves in the Indian subcontinent and tropical Southeast Asia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Only later did domesticates derived from indigenous species of the Indian subcontinent, such as humped cattle and sesame, appear in Indus Valley farming communities. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z His parents are not strictly opposed: Becky is, unlike the women of the subcontinent, “a white face at any rate.” Amazon’s New “Vanity Fair” Turns Becky Sharp Into an Endearing, Plucky Go-Getter 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z It was the response to the crisis improvised by these men, and by the government back in London, that set the stage for British hegemony on the subcontinent for the next 200 years. The Pirates’ Booty That Changed the Course of History 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z It’s part of her continuing experiment with blending hypercontemporary jazz strategies and traditional music from the South Asian subcontinent. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z The turrets and elaborate ornamentation are similar to design elements found on Moghul and Hindu palaces across the subcontinent. The World's Most Beautiful Train Stations 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Roy has been working on “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness,” a contemporary story set in the Indian subcontinent, for nearly a decade. After a 20-Year Hiatus, the Booker Prize-Winning Novelist Arundhati Roy Returns to Fiction 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z In Bombay, it was again the East India Company that saw huge economic potential in that city’s proximity to the subcontinent, Africa and Asia, not to mention serving England and the Continent. ‘A History of Future Cities’: urban gateways between East and West 2013-02-20T19:58:37Z The Royal Pavilion and Museums, Brighton & Hove At the start of the first world war, Brighton's Royal Pavilion served as a hospital for Indian troops – priceless propaganda in recruiting soldiers from the subcontinent. Royal treatment: Brighton Royal Pavilion's role as a first world war hospital for Indian troops 2010-04-18T20:00:00Z Although “Peacock in the Desert” appears to tell a story about a single ruling clan from a desert landscape in a limited region of the subcontinent, it is in no way a show about isolation. Review | ‘Peacock in the Desert’ offers a rare look at Indian art and a royal court 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z One and a half million volunteers from the Indian subcontinent served in the "great war", and 850,000 of these went overseas. First world war: next year, let's remember a world, rather than a British, conflict 2013-07-23T04:00:00Z Many Asian artists in the US and in the Indian subcontinent see breaking the UK as a sign of success and critical credibility. In praise of the Asian Music awards 2011-03-10T15:53:13Z Afghanistan, which neighbors the subcontinent, is one of them. Green Chutney From a Minneapolis Family Recipe 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z The result was a diplomatic crisis, a global manhunt and the involvement of the East India Company, which thereby tightened its hold over the Indian subcontinent. Review | This summer: Audiobooks that make you feel like you’re on a vacation 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Such cross-pollination was present at the start of the movie industry in the subcontinent. India and the US: a new wave of collaborative cinema 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z It has jokes directed at people from the Asian subcontinent, a group it is OK to make fun of. Joe Queenan's guide to comedy cliches 2010-10-18T11:00:00Z Last week, Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd. signed a deal with CBS Studios International to launch three new English language television channels to be broadcast across the Indian subcontinent later this year. "Slumdog" helps usher in Hollywood's Indian era 2010-08-25T00:37:00Z PARTITION, the bloody division of the Indian subcontinent into two countries in 1947, was a tragedy. A searing split 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z There is also Jackson Heights, where the Jackson Diner, on 74th Street north of the train tracks there, offers an extensive, jolly and relatively low-cost tour through the foods of the Indian subcontinent. Hey, Mr. Critic: U.S. Open Dining: Game, Set, Munch - Hey, Mr. Critic 2011-08-25T22:30:36Z Industrial culture hardly represented the subcontinent, where infantries of workmen, captured in archival film footage, lugged baskets of construction material for a building designed to look machined. What Josephine Baker and a Maharajah Teach Us About Design 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z After ghee, homemade yoghurt and coconut oil, turmeric is the latest health-food trend to originate from the south Asian pantry, another sign that the Indian subcontinent may be ahead of the hipster curve. Turmeric latte: the ‘golden milk’ with a cult following 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z What started as a private collection of Himalayan art by Shelley and Donald Rubin in the mid-1970s has become a dynamic showcase for art from Asia and the Indian subcontinent, particularly that of Tibet. Had your fill of the Met? Visit these six quirky New York City museums instead. 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Kodaikanal is one of the hill stations that the British established throughout the subcontinent as temperate highland escapes, away from the steaming, teeming cities. T Magazine: A Passage to India 2014-05-08T17:37:58Z The book comes almost a decade after Kapur’s first, “India Becoming,” which took a broad look at the pain and promise of the subcontinent’s modernization. When Utopia Met Dystopia, They Were There 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z Life at the Jodhpur court was infused with art and artifacts from across the subcontinent. ‘Peacock in the Desert’ Review: Courting Opulence in Northwest India 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z As much as the partition hangs over the politics and psyche of the Indian subcontinent, there is no memorial — digital or analog — to mark it. Potent Memories From a Divided India 2013-08-13T22:12:21Z Traveling the subcontinent as history graduates in the early 1980s, Mr. Arora and Mr. Ajmera were inspired to create a contemporary jewelry brand after discovering for themselves India’s rich heritage in the decorative arts. In Homage to India’s Jewel Culture 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z It’s a long story, flaring up in the 1940s, when the British divided the subcontinent into Hindu-dominated India and Muslim-dominated Pakistan. A Family Ski Adventure in the Himalayas 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z At Cardamom, which opened last year, Mr. Gudhino offers a sprawling menu of dishes from the subcontinent. A Sprawling Menu and Goan Cuisine at Cardamom in Queens 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Native to the Indian subcontinent, it is a long way from home yet thrives in the tough Australian soil. Oh brothers, where art thou? A thriving oasis in Australia’s outback 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Brown, who won an Oscar in 1986 for best short live-action film, said India is experiencing a "golden age" as filmmakers from the subcontinent breakout into the wider film industry. Move over Bollywood: U.S. festival spotlights independent Indian films 2014-04-08T22:58:47Z The harmonium’s undulating sound is mostly associated with the music of the Indian subcontinent, and less so with rock ’n’ roll. T Magazine: Shilpa Ray: Good Time Girl 2011-02-23T16:00:06Z It’s an ancient subcontinent with little crevices here and there, and the food is different from home to home. Madhur Jaffrey: ‘Indian vegetarian food . . . is the best in the world’ 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z Tea let British dealers, and the British government, reach the Indian subcontinent, the Caribbean and the American colonies. Ah, Tea. So Relaxing. But Its History Is Another Story. 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z The exhibition is part of the museum’s India Festival, a series of exhibitions showcasing works and artifacts from the subcontinent. What's on This Week Around the World 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z The collection was still a hybrid of Indian ebullience and Western shapes, but with each collection the designer burnishes his image of showman of the subcontinent. Special Report: Warrior Women 2010-03-04T19:13:00Z Kashmir, a disputed territory claimed by both India and Pakistan, remains a sensitive subject on the Indian subcontinent. ‘Haider’ Angers Hindu Nationalists but Excites Film Critics 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Photograph: Moviestore/ Rex Features You wait a year for a film version of a Booker prize-winning magical realist novel largely concerned with people from the Indian subcontinent and widely considered to be unfilmable. Midnight's Children – review 2012-12-23T00:04:13Z Then, around the first century A.D., the Kushans, originally nomads from the steppe-lands north of China, settled in, extending their reach down into the Indian subcontinent. Art Review: When East Met West Under the Buddha?s Gaze 2011-08-10T23:20:02Z The nearly 90 photos in this show were done with a handheld camera, color slide film and an eye for a subcontinent’s dense complexity. From 12th Century B.C. to 2017, Art in Startling Variety 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z The first installment explores the discrimination and violence that the earliest immigrants from the South Pacific, the Indian subcontinent, China, Japan, Vietnam, Korea and elsewhere in Asia were systematically subjected to. What’s on TV Monday: ‘Have a Good Trip’ and ‘Phantom India’ 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z He looks at how British imperialists in the mid-19th century, in particular governor general James Brown Ramsey, planned to stitch together the subcontinent with a railway network. Tonight's TV highlights: Natural World 2010-12-17T00:05:01Z The Taliban were consciously and deliberately turning their back on Afghanistan's long history of engagement with China, the subcontinent and the west. The hill of gold 2011-02-19T00:05:32Z It recalled another film using American disintegration as the backdrop for myth, 2009's Winter's Bone; together, they suggested a new sub-genre, the American Exotic, shaping flinty myth from forays into the American subcontinent. Brits in Spandex and girl power: movie trends that will keep us talking in 2013 2013-01-03T16:35:05Z It also tries to add to the mix an element of cultural sensitivity, dropping in statistics about the gender makeup of the Thai police force or the blood-type distribution on the Indian subcontinent. Review: ‘Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders’ Tracks Gruesome Assaults on Traveling Americans 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z The subcontinent is, moreover, the birthplace of that most famous, and controversial, of all illusions: the Indian Rope Trick. Review | The story behind some of the world’s most awe-inspiring magic tricks 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z As the story goes, the brewing style was popularized in the 1800s, when the British East India company would ship it over in droves to trading outposts throughout the Indian subcontinent. Our 6 favorite IPAs for hoppy, hazy sips 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z The vibrancy of spring’s arrival on the Indian subcontinent owes as much to tradition as to nature. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z The subcontinent’s heat radiates from Blee canvases that favor red and orange. In the galleries: Works on paper at Marsha Mateyka Gallery 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Yet the financiers-turned-novelists from the Indian subcontinent chose to set their characters in worlds far removed from dollar wars and hedge funds. From finance to fiction in India and Pakistan 2010-12-17T18:00:09Z The venture will launch with three new English-language television channels that will broadcast across the Indian subcontinent later this year. CBS, Reliance Broadcast start Indian TV network 2010-08-18T12:53:00Z Monks and Brahman holy men, hungry for new converts and turf, headed south and east from the subcontinent on merchant ships carrying religious objects with them. Art Review: In ‘Lost Kingdoms,’ National Treasures From Asian Countries 2014-04-10T23:05:18Z Other movies from the subcontinent included Visakesa Chandrasekaram’s “Frangipani,” about two men and a woman in a secret love triangle in their remote village in Sri Lanka. A Gay Film Festival in India Strikes a Chord 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z “It’s Indian, though I’ve basically erased all the culinary boundaries of the subcontinent.” Bites : Restaurant Report: Shanik in Seattle 2013-04-10T14:17:47Z “I wasn’t setting out to cover the whole subcontinent,” she said. A Classic Indian Cookbook Returns, This Time for Americans 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z Around half of those visitors would be residents of the United Arab Emirates, with the others expected to be tourists, including those from Gulf states, the Indian subcontinent, China, Britain and Germany, Otto said. Dubai's IMG plans another record indoor theme park 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z The current alliances on the subcontinent and the unsettling arms race between Pakistan and India hark back to the war of 1962. Clash of the titans 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z "It's an indigenous plant and has been around for over 3,000 years on the subcontinent," says Indian archaeologist and culinary anthropologist Kurush Dalal about this variety known as cannabis indica. The surprising history of bhang, India’s edible cannabis drink 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z And they're pouring like rain today all over the news and across the internet, throughout the Indian subcontinent. Mehdi Hassan's songs live on as Pakistan and India unite in mourning 2012-06-14T12:47:46Z The annexe was home to African-Americans and international students from the Asian subcontinent, budding intellectuals and aspiring writers, party animals, surfer dudes and jocks. Barack Obama: the college years 2012-05-25T22:00:53Z His menus span all corners of the subcontinent, each dish always pitch-perfect in its distillation of the cooking traditions of its particular region. Learning to cook South Indian food, with the help of some experts To Buddhists, the subcontinent is a geographic mandala defined by sacred sites. At the Rubin Museum, the Future Has Arrived. And It’s Fluid. 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z During the following century, further research led to two crucial targeted therapies, based on breakthroughs by scientists from the Indian subcontinent shortly after it gained independence. Cholera and coronavirus: why we must not repeat the same mistakes 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z No other cuisine matches the subcontinent’s scale and variety of vegetarian cookery, and while it’s not all suitable for vegans, a good deal of it is. How to eat out if you're vegan 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z Still, there are other more interesting initiatives such as the London Indian film festival currently showing independent cinema from the subcontinent. Satyajit Ray's artifice and honesty set him apart from other film directors 2013-07-22T19:00:01Z The dish is pervasive, with many modern interpretations and regional permutations rooted in Muslim communities of the subcontinent. Tejal Rao’s 10 Essential Indian Recipes 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z People in Britain didn’t understand how diverse life on the Indian subcontinent and in its diaspora were, Korwar said. Beyond the Stereotypes, a New View of Indian Music 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z Like many children with roots in the Indian subcontinent, Sameen struggled somewhat to translate her family recipes into regimented, replicable techniques. What the Rushdies Ate 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z In a northwestern corner of the Indian subcontinent, on the edge of the Thar desert, recent arrivals from further north built a fortified palace on a rocky hill in the “land of kings,” today’s Rajasthan. ‘Peacock in the Desert’ Review: Courting Opulence in Northwest India 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z Mr. Hartnett appears again as James Stewart, a Scottish soldier reluctantly serving the English crown during a “Macbeth”-like power struggle on the subcontinent. Review: ‘The Lovers’ Portrays Romances Intertwined Across Time 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Her fourth novel, “Questions of Travel,” which won Australia’s most prestigious literary award, the Miles Franklin, contrasted the journeys of an asylum-seeker from the subcontinent with those of a backpacking travel-guide writer from Sydney. For These Characters, Foreign Cultures Are Just Another Consumer Good 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Yet this embodies the hybrid nature of identity in the subcontinent, which is almost always multicultural. 5 books and films that tell the story of the trauma of the Partition of India and its aftermath 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z The 1857 uprising in India did not free the subcontinent, but it changed the way the British viewed and sought to govern it. Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain by John Darwin - review 2012-12-28T08:00:03Z That center was a magnet for innovative composers from across the subcontinent, with a state-of-the-art electronic music studio that fired Orellana’s imagination. To Express the Sound of a Country’s Soul, He Invented New Instruments 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z People on the subcontinent recognized the commonalities, too. What Do America’s Racial Problems Have in Common With India and Nazi Germany? 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z He wasn't always going to be king of this poetic form, whose rhyming-but-thematically-free couplet is the basis for so many songs in the subcontinent. Mehdi Hassan's songs live on as Pakistan and India unite in mourning 2012-06-14T12:47:46Z Though its menu roams the subcontinent, Chettinadu specializes in a cuisine rarely seen in this area, one first created by a caste of wealthy Chettinad traders whose travels influenced their cooking. The 10 best bargain restaurants in the D.C. suburbs 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z Armed with this skeletal itinerary, I spent the first two months traversing the Indian subcontinent: through the throat-searing pollution of Delhi, the bracing mountain air of Dharamsala, the dunes of Jaisalmer. Modern Love: Forgoing a Shortcut on the Path to Happiness - Modern Love Not Enough to Give - Modern Love 2012-07-05T20:21:03Z During the medieval period the entry of Islam in the subcontinent brought with it a Persian tradition of poetry, painting and music that spread from Afghanistan southwards. Ravi Shankar's music was a world apart from the hippy culture that embraced it 2012-12-12T16:00:00Z Faced with $40,000 in student loans, Todd heads to the teeming subcontinent. 'Outsourced' deserves better TV treatment 2010-09-22T21:31:00Z Reich’s collaborators from India didn’t like hearing that their own DNA samples attested to massive past migrations into the Indian subcontinent. A Brand-New Version of Our Origin Story 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z Rentier economies provide mostly tiny and young populations with undemanding government jobs that are a recipe for boredom, while expats from the Indian subcontinent and the Philippines do the hard graft. After the Sheikhs: The Coming Collapse of the Gulf Monarchies by Christopher M Davidson 2012-12-28T22:55:04Z England subjected themselves to the subcontinent sweatbox and watched their World Cup dreams begin to melt away. 'England crumble as a golden era threatens to fall apart' 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z "It's something that has me very concerned for the wellbeing and happiness of millions of Canadians who trace their origins to the Indian subcontinent," he told reporters at a televised press conference in Brampton, Ontario. Canadian PM says India's actions making life hard for millions of people 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z While some Sikhs argue there is widespread support in the diaspora for an independent Sikh state in the subcontinent called Khalistan, others say there is no such consensus. India-Canada tensions shine light on complexities of Sikh activism in the diaspora 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Lastly, our journey takes us to Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent, where we encounter the Javan, Indian, and Sumatran Rhinoceros. Rhinos are a story of survival and hope, but we are driving then perilously close to extinction 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z This homegrown sport from the Indian subcontinent is so popular that the area hosts a professional league that draws millions of viewers. Asian Games offer a few sports you may not recognize. How about kabaddi, sepaktakraw, and wushu? 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z The vast region stretches from Lebanon on the Mediterranean, through central Asia and the Indian subcontinent, to North Korea with organizers saying 45 nations or territories are entered. The Asian Games: larger than the Olympics and with an array of regional and global sports 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z Caste is a system of social hierarchy originating in the Indian subcontinent, assigning status at birth and enforcing social barriers between groups. California about to be first state to ban caste discrimination 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z Pakistan gained independence when the departing British left India and split the subcontinent in 1947. Pakistan’s caretaker premier is to be sworn in as people celebrate Independence Day 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z These elusive species, native to Indonesia and the Indian subcontinent, are among the rarest of the rhino clan and find themselves on the precipice of extinction. Rhinos are a story of survival and hope, but we are driving then perilously close to extinction 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Like most things in the Indian subcontinent, there is no linear narrative around the mutanjan or its origins. Mutanjan: The meat-and-rice dessert loved by Indian royals 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z The banyan tree is not native to Hawaii, hailing from the Indian subcontinent. A historic banyan tree burned in Maui's wildfires still stands, but can it survive? 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z The stunning mountain region has known little but conflict since 1947, when British rule of the Indian subcontinent divided the territory between the newly created India and Pakistan. India’s top court hearing petitions challenging government’s removal of Kashmir’s special status 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z "Cheetah is a new species in our home. It may take five to 10 years to settle them in the Indian subcontinent," he said. Kuno cheetah deaths: Could radio collars be killing the big cats in India? 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z Kashmir, the northernmost region of the Indian subcontinent, is famous for two things: landscape and conflict. Earthquake Resilience in Kashmir Lies in Traditional Architecture 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z For Muslims of the Indian subcontinent, mutanjan is a special dish, layered with cultural memories and emotions. Mutanjan: The meat-and-rice dessert loved by Indian royals 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z Over the next four centuries, however, the subcontinent was utterly reshaped, with he number of states falling by more than 90 percent, to roughly 30 or so. A short history of civilizational collapse: Are we next — and how can we prevent it? 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z Most Sikhs migrated to neighboring India in 1947, the year British rule of the subcontinent ended and Pakistan was created as a homeland for Muslims in the region. Gunmen shoot and kill Sikh man in Pakistan’s northwest, police say 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z At the welcoming ceremony, Modi called the Indian diaspora in America — the millions of immigrants and their children from the subcontinent living in the U.S. — “the real strength” of the U.S.-India relationship. Biden and Modi cheer booming economic ties in visit that also reckoned with India’s record on rights 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Following the coastline of the Indian subcontinent, they reached the Andaman archipelago perhaps 50,000 years ago and have lived there in virtual isolation ever since. This Ancient Language Has the Only Grammar Based Entirely on the Human Body 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z It frustrated me that they only had that one example of dal — it’s like our comfort food, the chicken soup of the subcontinent. Padma Lakshmi opens up about leaving 'Top Chef': It wasn't 'sustainable' anymore 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z In India, a third gender known as hijras have been documented as far back as the Middle Ages and are recognized as an official third gender in Indian countries throughout the subcontinent. Transgender identity has a history as long as human beings have existed 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z Through a long, slow creep of territorial expansion and one-sided treaties with Indian princes, the EIC governed almost all of the Indian subcontinent by 1840. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The Seven Years’ War and the subsequent Treaty of Paris, signed in 1763, effectively brought French power in India to an end, paving the way for Britain’s eventual control of the subcontinent. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The Yuezhi confederacy in Bactria had unified to form this empire, trading with both China and the Indian subcontinent and providing a conduit between the two, particularly from the city of Taxila. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The company runs two data centers in the Indian subcontinent - one in Mumbai which was launched in 2016, and another in Hyderabad, started in 2022. Amazon's cloud unit to invest $13 billion in India by 2030 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z Brutal heat waves pushed temperatures to 122 degrees on the subcontinent. A billion new air conditioners will save lives but cook the planet 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z The result was that the EIC, a private corporation backed by the British state, controlled almost all of the Indian subcontinent by the middle of the nineteenth century. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Although he was intrigued by the subcontinent’s animals, plants, and climate, he had little interest in its people or in the Hindu religion. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Enslaved people revolted and began to rule in the Nile delta and Indian subcontinent. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z They came from Central and South America and Africa, as well as from the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent, Europe and China. Fleeing bloodshed, poverty and despair, immigrant asylum seekers line up in the desert 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z I shouldn't have been surprised that the people of the Indian subcontinent have a deep and complex relationship with the big cats they've shared space with since prehistory. Leopards Are Living among People. And That Could Save the Species 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z He or she would not be able to speak to their counterpart on the other side of the subcontinent, but they would share a written tongue. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z His conquests left much of the subcontinent united and peaceful. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Other areas such as the Indian subcontinent experienced relatively mild outbreaks. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Arrival of the annual monsoons, critical to the Indian economy and agriculture, is declared on the subcontinent only after the rains make landfall in Kerala, usually in June. Early warning is first defense in India climate disasters 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Given the deep cultural relationship between humans and big cats in the subcontinent, it is conceivable that if ever the animals return to the ranges they have vanished from, people will accept them. Leopards Are Living among People. And That Could Save the Species 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z Many right-wing activists and historians view the Mughals - who ruled large swathes of the Indian subcontinent for centuries - as foreign invaders who plundered Indian lands and corrupted the country's Hindu civilisation. India history debate after chapter on Mughals dropped 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z The Portuguese took possession of additional territory in India in subsequent years, including the city of Goa on the subcontinent’s western coast. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Ruling over a population nearing fifty million, Chandragupta’s successors conquered all but the southern tip of the subcontinent in a series of military campaigns. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The employee belonged to the Dalit community, a group that is at the bottom rung of the caste system which took root and evolved in India and elsewhere in the subcontinent. Cisco still faces caste bias suit; engineers’ case dismissed 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z Films from the subcontinent are also beginning to find success outside the Oscars’ “international” category — known as “best foreign language film” before 2020. South Asian film is on the rise in America 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z Dalits — a group previously derogatorily referred to as "untouchables" or "outcasts" — have endured caste discrimination across the subcontinent for centuries. "A fight for dignity": Seattle becomes the first U.S. city to ban caste-based discrimination 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z Europeans often partnered with Indian merchants who sought new investment opportunities outside the subcontinent. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Human beings set foot on the Chinese subcontinent more than a million years ago. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Holi, which marks the advent of spring, is widely celebrated in India, Nepal and other countries with large Indian subcontinent diaspora populations. AP PHOTOS: Women with sticks perform Indian festival ritual 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z This assignment will be the last limited-overs cricket England play for almost six months, and their final overseas games before they defend their 50-over World Cup title on the subcontinent. Bangladesh the 'challenge' England need - Buttler 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Christianity was said to have been brought to the Indian subcontinent by the apostle Saint Thomas, who landed in Kerala in A.D. Hindu mobs, enraged by conversions, attack Christians in India 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z The Arabian subcontinent is shoving northward, and it’s pushing Turkey north against basically a fixed boundary of northern Europe. Why the Earthquake in Turkey Was So Damaging and Deadly 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z This change was accelerated by the rise of the Mauryan Empire, the first major kingdom to dominate the Asian subcontinent. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Peshawar’s location has for centuries made it a key juncture between Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Peshawar, the city of flowers, becomes epicenter of violence 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z In 1947, the Indian subcontinent was partitioned into India and Pakistan, leading to widespread violence between Muslims and Hindus and cleaving what had been the princely state of Kashmir. Rehman Rahi, 97, Eminent Kashmiri Poet Who Restored a Language, Dies 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Pick a direction and there’s something to entice you on the list, which divides the riches of the subcontinent into four parts. Review | Tom Sietsema’s 7 favorite places to eat right now 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, in Britain, which has a deep history of colonialism in the Indian subcontinent, she pointed out, “Asian” implies South Asian: mainly Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi immigrants and their descendants. Defining ‘Asian American’ is complicated. Who gets left behind? 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z While India experienced a time of unity and great success during the Mauryan age, the subcontinent again broke into separate kingdoms following invasions by the White Huns, which fatally weakened the empire. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Generations, in India as well as across the wider subcontinent and in the diaspora, have grown up humming songs from Bollywood musicals that draw heavily on Urdu poetry. Where Romantic Poetry in a Fading Language Draws Stadium Crowds 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z Farther south, the subcontinent’s last great Hindu empire blossomed in the city of Vijayanagar, built over the course of 200 years, then abandoned in 1565 after its defeat by the sultanates of the northern Deccan. The 25 Travel Experiences You Must Have 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z The Sundarbans, “beautiful forest” in Bengali, evolved over millennia out of the Indian subcontinent’s mighty rivers. Bangladesh balances energy needs with climate, conservation 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z Celebrated across South Asia in some fashion by Hindus, Jains, Sikhs and Buddhists, the multi-day festival has secured a sturdy foothold far from the subcontinent in places with significant diaspora populations — like New York. ‘It’s about time’: Celebrations of Diwali illuminate NYC 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z Its size allowed it to control much of the Indian Ocean trade on the western side of the subcontinent. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Sunak’s grandparents hailed from Punjab state before the Indian subcontinent was divided into two countries — India and Pakistan — in 1947 after British colonial rule ended. Sunak, UK’s next PM, gets cheers from unlikely place: India 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z Sunak grew up in the English port city of Southampton to immigrant parents who were born in East Africa, but has close personal ties to the subcontinent. Rishi Sunak to be Britain's new prime minister, the first person of color in the role 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z When the Indian subcontinent was divided by the British in 1947 and Bengal was split into two regions, the new borders separated jute factories in India from fields in what would become Bangladesh. That Reusable Trader Joe’s Bag? It’s Rescuing an Indian Industry. 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z Over the centuries the subcontinent has experienced weak or “failed” monsoons, in which the overall amount of rain is 20%-30% lower than average. The Monsoon Is Becoming More Extreme 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z Before the arrival of Islam in South Asia, Hinduism was the dominant religion in the subcontinent. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The journey of the early post-war arrivals from the Indian subcontinent to the East Midlands can be traced back to two moments that took place a few years before that census. The surprising violence in multicultural Leicester 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z The weather system for the Indian subcontinent is being altered due to climate change. 12 die in collapsed houses following heavy rains in India 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z He says that seals of the Harappan civilisation - one of the oldest civilisations in human history that flourished in the Indian subcontinent - also depict the close relationship man shared with animals. Maharashtra: 'Nowhere in the world can we find rock art of this kind' 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z The monsoon’s march across the subcontinent is front-page news for days on end. The Monsoon Is Becoming More Extreme 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z Over time, in the northern areas of the Indian subcontinent, which include modern Pakistan and Bangladesh, many Hindus converted to Islam, which then became the majority religion of the region. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z By the early 1960s, wives and children from the Indian subcontinent had joined their husbands. The surprising violence in multicultural Leicester 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z Southall’s early South Asian immigrants left the subcontinent within a decade of Partition in 1947, arriving in London to work in factory assembly lines and as custodial crews at Heathrow Airport. A London diaspora district remembers a queen — ambivalently 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z Britain ended two centuries of colonial rule of the Indian subcontinent in 1947. India observes day of mourning for Queen Elizabeth II 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z Then, from the Bay of Bengal to the east, winds start carrying more rain across the subcontinent. The Monsoon Is Becoming More Extreme 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z Although most were repelled, countless Muslims were displaced and resettled on sultanate lands deeper in the subcontinent’s interior. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z But there were times, when the politics of the Indian subcontinent spilt over into Leicester's streets. The surprising violence in multicultural Leicester 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z But historians point to the ways in which British rule left indelible scars on the Indian subcontinent, especially the bloody partition of India and Pakistan. The queen’s death draws a more muted response in India, the largest of Britain’s former colonies. 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z For the royal couple, the six-week tour of the subcontinent was also a rich discovery of India. Queen Elizabeth II: How the monarch charmed millions of Indians 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z In spring, as the Northern Hemisphere tilts toward the sun, the subcontinent heats faster than the ocean. The Monsoon Is Becoming More Extreme 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z For more than a century, the pillaged wealth of the Asian subcontinent had turbocharged the British economy and undergirded Britain’s rise to global preeminence. Analysis | Queen Elizabeth II and the end of Britain’s imperial age 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Revolutionary activities brought Basu’s paternal grandparents together in India, and her relatives were among the millions forced to migrate during the subcontinent’s deadly partition into India and Pakistan, she said. Queen remembered locally with mix of emotions, memories 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z The event also set in motion the partition of the subcontinent along religious borders dividing Pakistan and India. Salman Rushdie and the long shadow of 'The Satanic Verses' 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z Britain had haphazardly left the subcontinent after nearly three centuries of colonial rule and had divided the land into Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan. Your Tuesday Briefing: Kenya’s Next President? 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z Before leaving the Indian subcontinent, British colonialists drew an imaginary line that led to the creation of India and Pakistan, a process that triggered massive migration and religious riots. AP PHOTOS: The story of India, 75 years in the making 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z The hasty splitting of the subcontinent by Britain triggered a mass migration, marred by bloodshed and violence, as about 15 million people sought to swap countries mainly based on their religion. 'Line through our hearts': A Kashmir village, 75 years after partition 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Chikungunya is spread through the bite of an infected mosquito, largely in the developing world including Africa, Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Climate change puts Lyme disease in focus for France's Valneva after COVID blow 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z The League said in a statement that the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East region are home to two billion people “and more than 900 million of those people are fans of cricket.” Hall of Famers in push for baseball in cricket-mad region 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z The opening chapter, set in India’s largest state, Uttar Pradesh, depicts a heat wave that kills millions across the subcontinent and galvanizes people to radical action. Opinion | In tackling climate change, don’t let the perfect become the enemy of the good 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z Much like his films, the answer is romantic and sentimental: Khan has always expressed and represented the best that India and the South Asian subcontinent can be. Why Shah Rukh Khan is still 'king of Bollywood' 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Also, there are the Alps stretching from Italy to central Europe; the Zagros mountains from Arabia to Iran; and Himalaya mountains from the Indian subcontinent to central Asia. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z The deal consists of two major parts, one being television rights for the Indian subcontinent, which were purchased by Star India, the local Disney subsidiary, for $3.02 billion. Indian Cricket Broadcast Rights Fetch a Record Price 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z His “The Origins of Indian Civilization and Histories of India” aims to trace the trajectory of the entire subcontinent since the end of the last ice age, some 12,000 years ago. Recording India’s Linguistic Riches as Leaders Push Hindi as Nation’s Tongue 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z His songs were hugely popular not just in India but across the subcontinent, and especially among the Punjabi speaking population in Pakistan. Sidhu Moose Wala: The edgy India rapper who died in gun violence 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z Welcome to the sweetest corner of the internet in the Indian subcontinent - the YouTube comment section of Coke Studio Pakistan. Coke Studio: The music show defeating hate in India and Pakistan 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z The book tells the story of an octogenarian widow who dares to cast off convention and confront the ghosts of her experiences during the subcontinent’s tumultuous 1947 partition into India and Pakistan. Indian novel ‘Tomb of Sand’ wins International Booker Prize 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Long before ragas, chicken tikka or Bollywood movies were exported from India, there was brisk international demand for the subcontinent’s textiles. Eye-catching textiles from India, at the Textile Museum 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z They are the country's national animal, placed under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, which confers the highest degree of protection for wild animals on the subcontinent. India’s "man-eating" tigers entangled in a blame game 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z Over the past month, heat waves have baked the Indian subcontinent. As record-setting heat blasts Pakistan, a glacial lake floods village 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z The Indian subcontinent is currently plagued with temperatures as high as 116.6 degrees, power outages of 10 to 14 hours a day and dying fields of crops. Russia, the U.S. and the Ukraine war: Dance of death in an age of self-delusion 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z India’s history is pockmarked with bloody communal violence dating back to the British partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947. In India, hate-filled songs are a weapon to target Muslims 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Many who came in the early years from the Indian subcontinent were single, young men. South Asian diaspora recall gnawing loneliness in post-war Britain 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z You can’t bowl the so-called “ball of the century” — he dismissed England veteran Mike Gatting in 1993 at Manchester — without getting noticed in Britain, the Indian subcontinent, the Caribbean, southern Africa and Australasia. Thousands to commemorate Warne, cricket’s ‘box office’ star 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z During this time, “India was not a single entity but a subcontinent of provinces and states,” she said. Meet the real-life Sharmas of Regency London: The history behind 'Bridgerton' Season 2 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z The mercantilist empire approached its heyday, harvesting profits from a worldwide network of colonies and business partners that stretched from Hudson’s Bay to the Caribbean, and from African trading posts to the subcontinent of India. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z The recruiting arrangement dates to 1815, when the Kingdom of Nepal fought a war with the British East India Company, which then ruled over much of the subcontinent. Gurkha Veterans Fight a Colonial-era Legacy Still Shaping Nepal 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z The first generation who came to post-war Britain from the Indian subcontinent arrived with as little as £3 in their pockets - all the money they could bring in under strict currency controls. South Asian diaspora recall gnawing loneliness in post-war Britain 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z The neglect for South Asia’s favorite sport speaks to a wider ambivalence in Qatar toward people from the Asian subcontinent. Qatar’s Most Popular Sport Isn’t What You Think It Is 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z The second season is set in 1814, by which time there were deep economic and political ties between Britain and the Indian subcontinent. Meet the real-life Sharmas of Regency London: The history behind 'Bridgerton' Season 2 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z As on the Indian subcontinent, violence and struggle were part of the transition in Southeast Asia from colonies to free nations. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The Indian subcontinent had been the home of muslin, a cotton fabric of plain weave, for centuries. Review | Fashion’s victims: The environment, the colonized and the poor 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z You could now phone the Indian subcontinent for as cheaply as one penny a minute. South Asian diaspora recall gnawing loneliness in post-war Britain 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z Out of that partition of the Indian subcontinent, Pakistan was born. Hindu nationalism's threat to Muslims and India’s status as the world's largest democracy 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z It includes white and Hispanic converts, African Americans, Arab Americans and South-Asian Americans whose families hailed from the Indian subcontinent. Islamophobia and the Capitol insurrection 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Another newly freed and deeply troubled country on the Indian subcontinent is Sri Lanka, a small, teardrop-shaped island nation just off the southeast coast of India. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The region has been a flash point between archrivals India and Pakistan since the partition of the subcontinent in 1947 that created the two countries. Kashmir Press Club closure is the latest blow to media freedom in the conflict-torn region, journalists say 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z As I approached the center of the complex, the crowds pressed closer together, filling every inch of the paths and ghats, a term for stairways in the Indian subcontinent, lining the sacred Bagmati River. Celebrating the ‘Great Night of Shiva’ in Kathmandu 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z But he couldn’t find much of the data he was looking for, about the birds’ migration across the Indian subcontinent, in India. Colonialism still influences the earth sciences today — and that’s a big problem for research 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z And parts of the Indian subcontinent also suffered from severe wildfires this year. Wildfires Broke Records around the World in 2021 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z As difficult as post-independence has been for the countries of the Indian subcontinent, the same can be said for former colonies elsewhere. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z And there are risks for Biden in sending our mayor to the subcontinent. Op-Ed: Why make Eric Garcetti ambassador to India? 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z Boeing must hope that Akasa will revive its fortunes on the subcontinent, where low-cost air travel is expected to boom again as pandemic restrictions lift. Boeing wins a big MAX order in Dubai, though Airbus dominates air show 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z Land, which is in short supply in the crowded subcontinent, will be required for sprawling solar parks. Can world’s climate target and India’s development coexist? 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z The charge that he had a blind spot about India the size of a subcontinent is baked. Opinion | A new book casts Winston Churchill as a racist imperialist. This is misguided history. 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Since World War II, the subcontinent of India has seen the rise of several powerful women. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other side of the subcontinent, in India’s eastern hinterlands, about 4 million jobs rely on the coal industry. India says it will reach net-zero emissions by 2070. Can renewables meet the growing demand of more than 1 billion people? 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Kashmir has been a flash point between India and Pakistan since the subcontinent’s partition. In Kashmir, militants target minority civilians, stoking fears of a return to violent past 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z Its most traditional use is to describe the large-scale wind shift into the Indian subcontinent from the ocean that coincides with intense summer rains there. Monsoons that make deserts bloom are becoming more extreme and erratic thanks to climate change 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z It is unclear who commissioned these spectacles, but they possibly belong to Mughals, the dynasty that ruled the subcontinent in the 16th and 17th centuries and was known for rich artistic and architectural achievements. Rare Mughal era eyeglasses to be auctioned by Sotheby's 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z Each river is an important link from the interior of the subcontinent to the sea. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The majority of Sikhs migrated from what is now Pakistan to neighboring India in 1947, the year British rule of the subcontinent ended and Pakistan was created as a homeland for Muslims in the region. IS claims responsibility for gunning down Sikh in Pakistan 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z The majority of Sikhs migrated to neighboring India in 1947, the year British rule of the subcontinent ended and Pakistan was created as a homeland for Muslims in the region. Pakistani police: Gunmen kill Sikh man in northwestern city 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z It once served as the capital of the Ghaznavid Empire, which in the 11th century extended from modern-day Iran to the Indian subcontinent. Reduced to Rubble, an Afghan Village Struggles to Rebuild 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z But first, the leaders caught up on the president’s own family ties to the subcontinent. Mystery solved: Biden gets proof of family ties to India 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z Below the Indo-Gangetic Plain, the southern part of the subcontinent is a peninsula that thrusts south into the Indian Ocean. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Maher told Axios in February she hoped her successor would “come from the future of knowledge” — meaning regions including Africa, the Indian subcontinent or Latin America. Wikimedia taps leader of South African nonprofit as its next CEO 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Yet, according to Himmler, one of Hitler's top lieutenants and the head of the SS, the Indian subcontinent was still worth a close look. When the Nazis sent scientists to the Himalayas 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Kashmir has known little but conflict since 1947, when British rule of the subcontinent divided the territory between India and Pakistan. Syed Ali Shah Geelani, separatist leader in Kashmir region, dies at 91 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z The prime minister confirmed that the 46th U.S. president did indeed have family connections to the subcontinent. Mystery solved: Biden gets proof of family ties to India 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z No one is sure how human settlement began in the Indian subcontinent. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Food differs throughout the vast Indian subcontinent, as do language, religion and subculture. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: What Gene Weingarten should know about Indian food 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z The stunning mountain region of Kashmir has known little but conflict since 1947, when British rule of the subcontinent divided the territory between the newly created India and Pakistan. Geelani, Kashmir’s staunchest anti-India leader, dies at 92 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z Tara’s painting was made at the tail end of the Rajput tradition — the period shortly before the British government wrested control of much of the subcontinent from the East India Company. An Indian miniature that sparks maximum pleasure Returning from the Caribbean, he was made captain of Sussex for 1960 and first led England in Pakistan and India in 1961-62 when several senior players declined to tour the subcontinent. Innovator, attacking batsman and 'one of England's greatest' 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z Other factors had an impact on the Indus subcontinent. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I was disappointed in the poorly researched and racist entry in Gene Weingarten’s column on food aversion in which he described the food of the entire Indian subcontinent as being based around a single spice. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: What Gene Weingarten should know about Indian food 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Beginning in the 1600s, the violent European colonization of the Indian subcontinent was prompted by a desire to control the spice trade. Our 12 favorite places to buy spices online 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z COVAX’s biggest supplier, the Serum Institute of India, stopped sharing vaccines in April to deal with a surge of cases on the subcontinent. Back of the line: Charity only goes so far in world vaccines 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z Mangoes are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent and tamarind to tropical Africa, but both were imported in the 16th century by the Spanish and Portuguese. The spicy, fruity, slushy mangonada packs a punch of refreshing intensity 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z Geographers often refer to the landmass that includes India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh as the Indian subcontinent. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The firm saw India as a key market when it kicked off its global expansion, envisioning its plant in the subcontinent to be its biggest outside China. EXCLUSIVE Great Wall Motor to shift some India investment to Brazil after approval delays -sources 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z However, CEO Paul Griffiths remains optimistic for the crucial east-west transit point as authorities gradually re-open Dubai’s key routes to the Indian subcontinent and Britain. Dubai’s busy airport sees passenger traffic drop 40% in 2021 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z The Indian subcontinent is traditionally the largest source market for Dubai International, which is one of the world's busiest airports and the hub for state airline Emirates. Dubai airport expects passenger surge as UAE eases travel curbs 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z The Partition of the British-ruled Indian subcontinent into independent India and Pakistan in 1947 led to the killing of up to 1 million people as gangs of Hindus and Muslims slaughtered each other. Research: India’s deaths during pandemic 10X official toll 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z Magadha had expanded south to occupy almost all of the Indian subcontinent. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Its biggest supplier, the Serum Institute of India, stopped exporting vaccines in March to deal with the epidemic on the subcontinent. As global COVID-19 deaths top 4 million, a suicide in Peru 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z They drilled core samples in the Bay of Bengal, in the northern Indian Ocean, where the runoff from monsoon seasons drains away from the subcontinent. A Million Years of Data Confirms: Monsoons Are Likely to Get Worse 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z The company said in March that it was postponing all exports of coronavirus vaccines to deal with the explosive surge of cases on the subcontinent. Malawi burns 20,000 expired AstraZeneca doses despite pleas 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z One of three subtypes of the virus identified on the subcontinent, variant B.1.617.2 is thought to spread more easily - but what does that mean for you? Covid India variant: Where is it, how does it spread and is it more infectious? 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z Then, satellite images of the subcontinent of India revealed evidence of shifts in tectonic plates. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z As India's Covid outbreak claims lives and brings chaos to the subcontinent, Indians abroad are also grappling with the emotional toll. 'It hurts to look at home': Heartbroken Indians help from abroad 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Some accounts suggest it may have originated in the Indian subcontinent thousands of years ago. How Humanity Gave Itself an Extra Life 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z Anecdotal reports also suggested that the air over much of the subcontinent was cleaner. Pandemic Lockdowns Cut Pollution, Slowing Snowmelt in South Asia 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z That lockdown fueled the most disruptive migration across the Indian subcontinent since it was split in two between India and Pakistan in 1947. In India, a Second Wave of Covid-19 Prompts a New Exodus 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z But it was another fateful election, led by Hasina’s father, that spurred Bangladesh’s independence, whose origin stretches to 1947 when the Indian subcontinent gained independence from British colonial rule. Born in war, Bangladesh marks 50 years of independence 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z But it was another fateful election, led by Hasina’s father, that spurred Bangladesh’s independence, whose origin stretches to 1947 when the Indian subcontinent gained independence from British colonial rule. Born in war, Bangladesh marks 50 years of independence 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z Worldwide, one in every three to five cows is in the Indian subcontinent, Sriranganathan estimates. When sick cows can’t be culled: India’s battle with brucellosis 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z In the 1800s, as cholera spread from the Indian subcontinent to Europe, British newspapers began calling it “Indian cholera,” depicting the disease as a figure in a turban and robes. Why Virus Variants Have Such Weird Names 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z That demographic group comprises original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Asian Coaches Association advocates for ‘minority of minorities’ in college basketball 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z Elsewhere on the subcontinent, outburst floods in the mountains in 1929 affected the Indus River nearly 500 miles away. Mountains, Ice and Climate Change: A Recipe for Disasters 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z Also, monsoon season arrives in Southeast Asia, inundating the subcontinent. What's on TV: Saturday, Sunday Talk and 'Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina' 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z The future of Muslim-majority Kashmir was left unresolved at the end of British colonial rule in 1947, when the Indian subcontinent was divided into predominantly Hindu India and mainly Muslim Pakistan. Pakistan marks ‘Kashmir Day’ with anti-India rallies 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z Kashmir became an issue at the end of British colonial rule in 1947 when the Indian subcontinent was divided into predominantly Hindu India and mainly Muslim Pakistan and Kashmir’s future was left unresolved. Kashmiri activists rally in Pakistan, demand referendum 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z In October, her 30th book title, “Voices of Dissent,” tracing the history and evolution of dissent in the Indian subcontinent, was published. In the battle over India’s history, Hindu nationalists square off against a respected historian 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z Alongside this novelty factor, her path to fame was smoothed by what people on the subcontinent call the “gora complex”, a term that describes preferential treatment given to white people. How western travel influencers got tangled up in Pakistan's politics 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Qatar recently built new, state-of-the-art hospital facilities, but they are off-limits to the majority of the population, who are laborers from the Indian subcontinent. Is Qatar lying about its COVID-19 outbreak to avoid jeopardizing its hosting of the World Cup? 2020-10-04T04:00:00Z It was purchased in 1771 by Francis Sykes, one of the so-called “nabobs”, British merchants who made huge fortunes on the Indian subcontinent in ways that would now be considered exploitative. Revealed: the darkness behind the beauty of Britain's great houses 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z Yet tantra is a spiritual philosophy that originated in the Indian subcontinent and dates back to at least the 8th century AD. The art of tantra: is there more to it than marathon sex and massages? 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z The museum was meant to showcase the arms, art and fashion of the Mughals, Muslim rulers who reigned over the Indian subcontinent from the 16th to the 18th centuries. Museum in India Celebrating Muslim Dynasty Gets a Hindu Overhaul 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z My father was one of a large influx of people from the Indian subcontinent who settled in the region from the 1950s to the 1970s. Racism in academia, and why the ‘little things’ matter 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z Kashmir became an issue at the end of British colonial rule in 1947 when the Indian subcontinent was divided into predominantly Hindu India and mainly Muslim Pakistan and its future was left unresolved. UN discusses Kashmir for 3rd time since India ends statehood 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z Across the wider Indian subcontinent, the opportunity to drill down into specific authentic flavours is endless, says Sumayya Usmani, Pakistani food expert and the owner of Glasgow’s Kaleyard Cook School and Kitchen. From sizzling shashlik to spicy seekh kebabs: barbecue recipes from around the world 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z In the northwest of the Indian subcontinent, the Indus civilization flourished in the third millennium bc, with remarkable cities at Harappa and Mohenjo-daro that featured brick houses, advanced drainage and a large public bath. How did ancient cities weather crises? 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z The British, who controlled the Indian subcontinent, believed that the bigger the buffer zone against the Russian empire, the better. Caught Between Indian and Chinese Troops, at 15,000 Feet 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z The insult, derived from ‘Pakistani’, was thrown at anyone with real or perceived roots in the Indian subcontinent. Racism in academia, and why the ‘little things’ matter 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z So they asked him to break out his tabla, the twin drums of the subcontinent, and set it alongside Eric’s drums. That Healing Jazz Thing on a Porch in Brooklyn 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z Many Sikh holy sites became part of Pakistan after the British partitioned the subcontinent into India and Pakistan in 1947 after two centuries of colonial rule. 19 dead as train hits bus carrying Sikh pilgrims in Pakistan 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z The historian noted that Churchill’s comments on the people of the Indian subcontinent, whom he called “a beastly people with a beastly religion,” were particularly virulent. Britons cheer toppling of slave trader statue but are divided over tagging of Winston Churchill as racist 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z The academy at Sydney Motorsport Park will look to attract drivers from Australia, New Zealand, countries in East and Southeast Asia as well as the Indian subcontinent. Ferrari to establish driver programme in Australia 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z Scholars estimate that tens of millions are on the move, the biggest migration of human beings across the subcontinent since the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947. ‘Lionhearted’ Girl Bikes Dad Across India, Inspiring a Nation 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z Previous analyses using climate models suggested that parts of the Persian Gulf region, the Indian subcontinent and eastern China would regularly see heat waves breaching this limit by later in the century. Heat and Humidity Are Already Reaching the Limits of Human Tolerance 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z But when the Indian subcontinent broke up in 1947 and Pakistan was formed as a homeland for the region’s Muslims, a new, informal system of discrimination formed. Sewer Cleaners Wanted in Pakistan: Only Christians Need Apply. 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z Then, 88 million years ago, the Indian subcontinent split from Madagascar. My, what big teeth and strange bones you have. Scientists discover a creature that roamed south of the equator 66 million years ago. 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z In India, it was one of the largest Hollywood productions to set down on the subcontinent. A teeming, violent pre-pandemic world in ‘Extraction’ 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z For example, aerosols are believed to influence the strength and location of the annual South Asian monsoon, the seasonal shift in winds that brings heavy rains to the Indian subcontinent. COVID-19 Could Help Solve Climate Riddles 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z Others, particularly in the Indian subcontinent, are regions where monsoon winds usher in moisture-laden air. Heat and Humidity Are Already Reaching the Limits of Human Tolerance 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z It was an exodus unlike anything seen in India since the 1947 Partition, when British colonial rule ended and the subcontinent was split between Hindu-majority India and mostly Muslim Pakistan. AP PHOTOS: Indian migrants walk hundreds of miles to go home 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z The railway system is often described as India’s lifeline, transporting 23 million people across the vast subcontinent each day, some 8.4 billion passengers each year. AP Photos: India’s vast railway system closes to passengers 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z Jammu and Kashmir’s accession to India, even as a quasi-independent state, was a blow to the very idea upon which Pakistan had been founded: that Muslims on the subcontinent belonged together in their own homeland. The Terrorist Who Got Away 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z Inevitably, soda found its way from the heart of the empire to India, where it was a luxury item for Britons in the subcontinent. Fizzy nostalgia: The origins of India's taste for soft drinks 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z “It’s not just Pakistan. I would imagine the same in India, in the subcontinent, in African countries,” he said, referring to the virus. Pakistan PM warns new virus may devastate developing nations 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z March 23 celebrations in Pakistan commemorate the 1940 Lahore Resolution, in which Muslims of the Indian subcontinent called for a separate homeland amid an end to British colonial rule. Jet Crash Kills Pilot in Rehearsal for Pakistan Parade 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z At times Ahmed raps as himself; at others he seems to be speaking up for British-Asians more widely, the Indian subcontinent and the British Empire. Riz Ahmed on why 'Britain's broken up with me' 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z The hostilities between India and Pakistan date back to their birth as sovereign nations, in August 1947, when the subcontinent gained independence from the British. The Terrorist Who Got Away 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z Some even set up shop well beyond the subcontinent. Fizzy nostalgia: The origins of India's taste for soft drinks 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z The president's visit to the subcontinent will conclude Tuesday night with a state dinner before he returns to the United States on Wednesday. Trump blasts Sotomayor at press conference: ‘She’s trying to shame people’ 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z It’s a traditional street snack in India, available in cities across the subcontinent, and on appetizer menus at just about any Indian restaurant in America. Perspective | No one liked that samosa created for Trump’s India visit — and the president ignored it, anyway 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z Trump kicked off his second day on the subcontinent with an elaborate outdoor welcome ceremony in front of the grand Rashtrapati Bhavan Presidential Palace in New Delhi. Trump’s India visit moves from pomp to trade, military talks 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z But the Indian subcontinent has not figured much in Mr Trump's "America First" agenda. What Donald Trump gets out of his trip to India 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z The population of migratory birds - both long distance and within the subcontinent - also showed a "steep decline". India's bird population 'going down sharply' 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z So the East India Company, which virtually governed the subcontinent on Britain's behalf, decided it needed a backup approach: grow more tea in India. The clever glass box that reshaped the world 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Around the same time, on the other side of the planet, erupting volcanoes were busy covering much of the Indian subcontinent with lava, forming the Deccan Traps. Meteorite or Volcano? New Clues to the Dinosaurs’ Demise 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z In 1947, the British rulers chopped the Indian subcontinent into two — a predominantly Muslim Pakistan and a predominantly Hindu India, setting off enormous waves of displacement, bloodshed and lingering bitterness. At Border of 2 Nuclear-Armed Nations: Machine Guns, Anxiety and Dancing 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z At the end of British colonial rule in 1947, the Indian subcontinent was divided into predominantly Hindu India and mainly Muslim Pakistan. China hopes UN meeting spurs India-Pakistan talks on Kashmir 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z And throughout the Indian subcontinent, in particular, tanker businesses big and small have boomed as the region’s cities have swelled. The Merchants of Thirst 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z In India, species are distributed widely across the vast subcontinent. Venomous Menace: Snakebite Treatments Are Failing in India 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z When India became independent in 1947, its founders sought to create a secular nation where all religions were welcome — in contrast with Pakistan, which was conceived as a home for the subcontinent’s Muslims. Why protests are erupting over India’s new citizenship law 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z China’s growing global footprint is of particular concern for both the U.S. and India and for challenges on the Indian subcontinent, notably the rivalry between India and Pakistan. U.S., India hold strategic talks as domestic crises distract 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z The heated debate in Parliament over the citizenship measure repeatedly raked up India’s original trauma, the partition of the subcontinent in 1947. India passes controversial citizenship law excluding Muslim migrants 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z Ten million years before T. rex, up and down the ancient North American subcontinent of Laramidia, there stalked a variety of different tyrannosaur species. Tiny Tyrant Gets a New Identity 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z The division of the subcontinent, known as Partition, inspired the largest migration in history, with tens of millions of Hindus and Muslims crossing the new borders. Blood and Soil in Narendra Modi’s India 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z But in Africa, the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent, it was the other way round. Cryptoqueen: How this woman scammed the world, then ran 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z Diwali is a festival of lights that symbolizes the victory of light over darkness and is a significant holiday in the Indian subcontinent. It’s beginning already? Tacoma Holiday Food & Gift Fest gets underway; or celebrate Diwali in Bellevue 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z When I got an inkling of this staggering loss of biodiversity in the subcontinent, it shocked me as a biologist and as a concerned citizen. The Struggle to Save Heirloom Rice in India 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Britain ended its colonial rule over the Indian subcontinent in 1947 and divided it into two nations, India and Pakistan. Prince William, Kate reach Pakistan’s capital on 5-day visit 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z Nepal, which borders Tibet and northern India, is the chief candidate for a new trans-boundary railway under China’s Belt and Road Initiative that would link China to the subcontinent. Xi Jinping Comes to Nepal Bearing Investments, and India Is Watching 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z The corporate looting and colonization of the Indian subcontinent has been largely erased from our modern history, and to our detriment, as Dalrymple writes. What happens when a corporation colonizes a country? 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z Millions of Hindus remained in Pakistan when Britain carved out the state from the subcontinent to create a Muslim homeland at independence in 1947. Hard Times Have Pakistani Hindus Looking to India, Where Some Find Only Disappointment 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z General Assembly in New York and amid a particularly tense time on the subcontinent. 'Howdy, Modi!': Thousands, plus Trump, due at Texas rally for India's leader 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z Many Sikh holy sites were left in Pakistan after the British partitioned the subcontinent into separate nations in 1947 following two centuries of colonial rule. Pakistan to open border crossing for India Sikhs in November 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Many Sikh holy sites were left in Pakistan after the British partitioned the subcontinent into separate nations in 1947 following two centuries of colonial rule. Pakistan to open border crossing for India Sikhs in November 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Land is an emotive issue all over the Indian subcontinent and this region is no exception. India's Kashmir move: Two perspectives 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Spread across the subcontinent are nearly 10 million licensed physicians and a massive number of untrained medical providers. Facing fire over opioid crisis, US drugmakers eye a booming new pain market in India 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z So was born the subcontinent’s most intractable and dangerous political problem. Opinion | The Silence Is the Loudest Sound 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Pakistan, which was created at the same stroke of midnight, declared itself to be a home for the Muslims of the subcontinent. In Modi’s move on Kashmir, a road map for his ‘new India’ 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z India and Pakistan gained independence in 1947 when British colonialists left the subcontinent. Pakistani PM reiterates support to Kashmiris on Indian side 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z The territorial dispute of Jammu and Kashmir — one of the oldest on the United Nations’ agenda — is the legacy of the end, in 1947, of British rule in the Indian subcontinent. Opinion | India is precipitating a crisis in Kashmir. It’s time for the U.S. to step in. 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z The four-day trek effectively spans Buddhism’s rise and fall in the subcontinent—many scholars believe the university’s destruction contributed to the religion’s decline. Walking the Path of the Buddha in a Neglected Corner of India 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z That word suggests that in 1947, when the British drew their famously careless border through the subcontinent, there was a “whole” that was then partitioned. Opinion | The Silence Is the Loudest Sound 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z With the end of British colonial rule, the Indian subcontinent is partitioned into predominantly Hindu India and mainly Muslim Pakistan. Kashmir: India’s ‘draconian’ blackout sets worrying precedent, warns UN 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Sloth bears are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent and are nocturnal, making the encounter between the tiger and the bear all the more exciting. Incredible video shows bear's death-defying escape from a hungry tiger 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z Myanmar regards Rohingya Muslims as illegal migrants from the Indian subcontinent and has confined tens of thousands to camps in its western Rakhine State since violence swept the area in 2012. ASEAN must not turn a blind eye to plight of Rohingya, groups say 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z Sunday's venue at Old Trafford in Manchester, England, will be swamped with ex-pats, visitors and generations of people from families which migrated from the subcontinent. India vs Pakistan: More than just cricket at the World Cup 2019-06-15T04:00:00Z Sunday’s venue at Old Trafford in Manchester, England, will be swamped with ex-pats, visitors and generations of people from families which migrated from the subcontinent. India vs Pakistan: More than just cricket at the World Cup 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z After the partition of colonial India in 1947, small, semi-autonomous ‘princely states’ across the subcontinent were being folded into India or Pakistan. Kashmir: India’s ‘draconian’ blackout sets worrying precedent, warns UN 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Partly, the reason was the quota laws that were in place, particularly the quota laws as they applied to the Indian subcontinent, to much of Asia, and to all of Africa. A Journalist on How Anti-Immigrant Fervor Built in the Early Twentieth Century 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z When Canada implemented a merit-based system, it largely resulted in a “pooling” of immigrants from East Asia and the Indian subcontinent. White House to unveil sweeping overhaul of immigration system, including merit-based admissions, officials say 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka is an impossibly lovely island, a pendant suspended off the Indian subcontinent that for centuries attracted traders and evangelists in search of spices and souls. ‘A New Enemy but the Same Hate’: Can Sri Lanka Heal Its Divisions? 2019-05-05T04:00:00Z The sport British colonizers introduced to the subcontinent during the Raj, and which both India and Pakistan continued to embrace in the wake of the partition, divides and unites the countries at the same time. India vs Pakistan: More than just cricket at the World Cup 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z Like a slow-motion car crash, the Indian subcontinent is colliding with Eurasia. Geologists Solve Mystery of Nepal's "Earthquake Gap" 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z As the Earth rotated, the airborne material converged at the opposite side of the planet, where it fell and set fire to the entire Indian subcontinent. The Day the Dinosaurs Died 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z “More than anything I would say through this India is sending a message to the subcontinent,” he added. Factbox: Anti-satellite weapons: rare, high-tech, and risky to test 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z “As a dynamic sports and media market, India and the subcontinent is an important strategic region for Olympic broadcasting,” IOC President Thomas Bach said in a statement. Olympics: Sony wins Tokyo 2020 broadcast rights in India, subcontinent 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z When 35-year-old Indian fighter pilot Abhinandan Varthaman, wearing a sport coat and rakish gunslinger mustache, walked across the heavily armed Pakistani border into India on Friday, it calmed nerves across the subcontinent and beyond. Why the next round of India-Pakistan hostilities could be even scarier 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z After the partition of colonial India 71 years ago, small, semi-autonomous 'princely states' across the subcontinent were being folded into India or Pakistan. Kashmir: at least eight killed as India-Pakistan hostilities resume 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z August 1947 — Britain leaves the Indian subcontinent, divided as predominantly Hindu India and mainly Muslim Pakistan. Rival Pakistan-India standoff latest in long Kashmir dispute 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Small, semi-autonomous “princely states” across the subcontinent were being folded into either India or Pakistan. Indian PM accuses Pakistan of ‘evil designs’ in Kashmir crisis 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z It divided the Indian subcontinent into a predominantly Hindu India and mostly Muslim Pakistan. India-Pakistan tensions will only die down when both sides 'can go back to their people and claim victory', experts say 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z Kashmir is a region in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent bordered by Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and China. India and Pakistan's fight over Kashmir: A history of violence and insurgency 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z When Britain granted independence to the region in 1947, it divided the Indian subcontinent into a predominantly Hindu India and mostly Muslim Pakistan. Q&A: What’s at stake as India-Pakistan tensions rise? 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z One of the commonalities of economic development, across the globe and throughout history, is that a population’s consumption of fat grows in lockstep with its income, and the subcontinent has been no exception. How the world got hooked on palm oil 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z When British rule was established in the subcontinent in 1858, the dancers faced scorn from less socially liberal colonizing powers, but the tradition held on. They Once Danced for Royalty. Now It’s Mostly for Leering Men. 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z And then come the toppings and the cheese - the Austro-Asiatic, Tibeto-Burman and Indo-European language speakers or Aryans, all of whom found their way into the subcontinent later. How ancient DNA may rewrite prehistory in India 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z When Britain granted independence to the region with the Indian Independence Act of 1947, it divided the Indian subcontinent into a predominantly Hindu India and mostly Muslim Pakistan. India and Pakistan's fight over Kashmir: A history of violence and insurgency 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z It remains a mystery as to how birds native to Africa and the Indian subcontinent first got to Greece. Green-feathered immigrant surge prompts Greek parakeet count 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z There’s plenty more in the pipeline on the subcontinent. Future is bright for chess in India with its rising young stars 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z His focus is the Indian subcontinent, dominated by the monsoon, climate extremes and the great Himalayan rivers, such as the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra. India: a turbulent tale of rivers, floods and monsoons 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z The subcontinent was divided into Muslim Pakistan and Hindu-majority India at the time of independence from British colonial rule in 1947. As election nears, religious tensions surge in an Indian village 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z From 1857, the islands became a permanent British colony, a prison for Indians who had taken part in that year’s Indian Rebellion, the largest-ever armed uprising against colonial rule on the subcontinent. Sentinel Island: tribe who killed American are 'peace-loving', say anthropologists 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z But scientific studies describe them as having “enigmatic” and “complex” origins, possibly being the first migrant group to reach the Indian subcontinent from Asia. An ancient community in Pakistan fades as conversions to Islam rise 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z The Christian population grew at the time of Pakistan's creation in 1947, when the Indian subcontinent was divided into two nations. AP EXPLAINS: Pakistani Christians, an embattled minority 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z The 1947 partition, in which the subcontinent was summarily split into India and Pakistan by the withdrawing British, divided the waters as well as the land and the population. India: a turbulent tale of rivers, floods and monsoons 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z The Christian population grew at the time of Pakistan’s creation in 1947, when the Indian subcontinent was divided into two nations. AP EXPLAINS: Pakistani Christians, an embattled minority 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z It would take more than 100 years for the form to arrive on the Indian subcontinent, in the 1850s and 1860s. Women reckon with choices and missteps in Chaya Bhuvaneswar's 'White Dancing Elephants' - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z But of those that were, the top destinations were Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. U.S. firms in China feeling 'clear and far reaching' trade war... 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z Al-Qaida organized a new branch, al-Qaida in the Indian subcontinent, in 2014. Why al-Qaida is still strong 17 years after 9/11 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z More than 1,000 people across the subcontinent were killed and 41 million affected by severe floods last year, most in the states of Maharashtra. Kerala floods: many thousands await rescue as downpour continues 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z Pakistan followed with its own nuclear tests, prompting fears from analysts who began describing the Indian subcontinent as the world’s likeliest nuclear flash point. Atal Bihari Vajpayee, prime minister who made India a nuclear power, dies at 93 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z He studied politics and became a journalist and social worker while, at the same time, becoming active in the Quit India Movement, which campaigned to end British rule in the subcontinent. Obituary: AB Vajpayee 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z Pakistan gained independence when British left India and split the subcontinent in 1947. With gun salutes, Pakistan marks 71 years of independence 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z Politico also reported that Trump's ignorance of the nations on the Asian subcontinent involved more than just their names. Trump’s foreign policy faux pas: Nepal mispronounced as “nipple,” Bhutan as “button”: r... 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z Profits, too, enriched not only British and Chinese businessmen, but Americans and traders from the Indian subcontinent as well. Review | What a previous trade war with China might teach us 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Census Bureau, only includes people originating in east Asia, Southeast Asia or the Indian subcontinent. Effort to Diversify Medical Research Raises Thorny Questions of Race 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z Sikhism hails from the Indian subcontinent, and observant Sikhs wear turbans. Police chief’s son held over attack on Sikh 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z "We have had lots of interest, particularly from the Indian subcontinent, who see Lord's as a special place in their hearts," says Mr Sandelson, adding that there have been 10,000 strong expressions of interest. Lord's cricket wrangle rumbles on for 19 years 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z In India, where a compilation video shows young men and women across the subcontinent taking the challenge, the Mumbai police warned, somewhat tongue in cheek, “Desist from public nuisance or face the music!” In Kiki Challenge, Muddy Indian Farmers Show World How to Groove 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z But as a political force, Hindu nationalism predates India’s independence in 1947 and reflects centuries of resentment among the subcontinent’s Hindu majority. The Billionaire Yogi Behind Modi’s Rise 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z In 2012, the World Health Organization reviewed5 the global impact of neglected tropical diseases in the developing world and identified the control of leishmaniasis worldwide and its elimination on the Indian subcontinent as priority targets. Drug candidate and target for leishmaniasis 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z Caste differences still impact the life chances of people on the Indian subcontinent. The Nelson Mandela Lecture 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Yeti or not, a new installment of “Kingdoms of the Sky” treks high into the Himalayas to survey that massive mountain range that separates the Indian subcontinent from the rest of Asia. TV This Week, July 15-21, 2018: 'Doctor Who: The Lost Episode!' and more 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z The yards in the Indian subcontinent recycle around 80% of all ships, with the remainder going to China and Turkey, although Beijing has said it will suspend scrapping starting next year. Shipowners on Pace to Scrap $1 Billion in Oil Tankers This Year 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z Its ideologues insist that it is larger than Hinduism or any single religion, and they speak of a mystical connection with the Indian subcontinent and the saffron flag, the group’s symbol. The Billionaire Yogi Behind Modi’s Rise 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z More recently, the firm is making inroads into the Indian subcontinent, opening an office in Delhi where it helps coordinate weddings in a few large Indian cities. WeddingWire cashes in with $350 million investment 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z It is found from West Africa to parts of the Indian subcontinent and most often bites after dark. Tragic tale of nursing mother's snakebite 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Johnson’s worry, he adds, is: “It’s not just the so-called Windrush generation, but other people, maybe from the Indian subcontinent and other parts of the Commonwealth, who will be affected by this.” Linton Kwesi Johnson: ‘It was a myth that immigrants didn’t want to fit into British society. We weren’t allowed’ 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, herders from the Eurasian steppe moved into the northern part of the subcontinent and mixed with Indus periphery people still there, forming the Ancestral North Indian population. South Asians are descended from a mix of farmers, herders, and hunter-gatherers, ancient DNA reveals 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z The Vatican’s interreligious dialogue office issued a message to Buddhists to mark the holiday of Vesak, which is celebrated at different times around Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Vatican urges Buddhists to join fight against corruption 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z He grew up in a town with a large Indian population, and he traveled to the subcontinent recently with an Indian friend. Simpsons’ Apu controversy reignites culture war 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z Many say there is no reliable evidence for mass migration north and east out of the African subcontinent until 60,000 years ago. 88,000-Year-Old Finger Bone Pushes Back Human Migration Dates 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z Ever since, the subcontinent has yielded a stream of important finds, from some of the earliest plant remains through the reign of dinosaurs to a skull of the human ancestor Homo erectus. India’s paleontologists fight destruction of its fossil riches 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Though labelling rendang an Indonesian dish and signing off with "namaste", a respectful greeting used on the Indian subcontinent, may yet stoke more flames. Uproar over MasterChef 'crispy' rendang 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z The occasion was Pakistan Day — recalling March 23, 1940, an obscure but decisive date when Muslims across the subcontinent formally resolved to fight for a separate Muslim homeland. Camels, swordsmen and jaw-dropping jets: Pakistan flexes military might at invite-only parade 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z “I was calling all around the world, to the back streets of the Indian subcontinent,” Allbaugh said. Oklahoma death penalty: state plans to execute inmates with nitrogen gas 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z Researchers have found evidence in the sands of aquatic- and semi-aquatic mammals, such as hippos, which are more commonly associated with the African subcontinent. 88,000-Year-Old Finger Bone Pushes Back Human Migration Dates 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z Indeed, how Islam made it to the Indian subcontinent in the first place? U.S. Holocaust Museum Revokes Award to Aung San Suu Kyi 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z Kenzo channeled painter Henri Rousseau’s jungle aesthetic with striped knitted skirts and tops in eye-popping colors while Manish Arora mixed the vibrant colors of the Indian subcontinent with styles in Japan. Chloe goes romantic in Paris; Kenzo pays homage to Rousseau 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z For centuries until the partition of the subcontinent in 1947, human traffic flowed freely across the territory. Assam's list: Indian state preparing to deport tens of thousands of 'foreigners' 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z But controversy dogged the president’s eldest son as he leapfrogged the subcontinent, attending exclusive dinners and investor meetings in New Delhi, Kolkata, Pune and Mumbai. Donald Trump Jr.’s Indian finale: a ‘fireside chat’ and buyers’ dinner with champagne 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Genetic evidence links contemporary Indians to later waves of humans that spread across the subcontinent only after 60,000 years ago. Stone Tools from India Fan Debate over Origins of Cultural Complexity 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z Foote in 1863, it’s one of the subcontinent’s few thoroughly excavated archaeological sites dated to more than a hundred thousand years old. These Tools Upend Our View of Stone-Age Humans in Asia 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z The ubiquitous South Asian dish of pillowy rice layered with meat, chicken or fish appears in myriad manifestations across the length of the Indian subcontinent. The Rice of Royals: Where to Find the Tastiest Biryani in India 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z The gown’s wild print and bright yellow color might well have been chosen to capture the vibrancy of the subcontinent and the hue of its flag. Melania Trump’s style evokes Europe roots, not America First 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z Kashmir was divided between India and Pakistan at the end of British colonial rule over the subcontinent in 1947. Indian troops kill top militant in Kashmir 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z As climate change disrupts crop cycles and unleashes extreme weather on the Indian subcontinent, enthusiasts such as Srikanth are amassing huge online followings. How amateur weathermen are tackling climate change in India 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z Few of the region’s hominin sites have been well dated, and across the entire subcontinent, only two ancient hominin fossils have ever been found, one of which is undated. These Tools Upend Our View of Stone-Age Humans in Asia 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z The faith has relatively few adherents to show for its two millennia on the subcontinent, and the millions of dollars and hours its champions have spent trying to sway Indian hearts. Christmas violence and arrests shake Indian Christians 2017-12-24T05:00:00Z Separated from the rest of Asia by the world’s biggest mountains, India is the elephant on its own subcontinent. India faces growing competition with China in its own backyard 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z They line routes that linked the capital of the powerful Safavid Empire, Isfahan, in what is now Iran, with the Mughal Empire that then dominated the Indian subcontinent. Spy satellites are revealing Afghanistan’s lost empires 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z For decades, the Rohingya have been pushed around this shoulder area of Asia where the Indian subcontinent and the Southeast Asian peninsula meet. Fate of Stateless Rohingya Muslims Is in Antagonistic Hands 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z The range of the clouded leopard extends from Nepal on the Indian subcontinent to southern China and throughout South-East Asia. Rare Bornean clouded leopards caught on camera in Malaysian reserve 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z James Poskett applauds a show celebrating discovery on the subcontinent, from zero to the boson. History: Five millennia of Indian science : Nature : Nature Research 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z Their numbers increased during British colonial rule when many of them either migrated or were brought in from the Indian subcontinent. Myanmar Muslims fear further 'turning of the tide' 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z You don’t go up a cup size, regain lost years of youth or achieve dominion over the ancient subcontinent, but apparently it gives the cleavage “a fuller look”. The 'vampire breast lift': just another grotesque beauty boob | Van Badham 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z Unlike a lot of Tagore’s other work, this piece didn’t translate well abroad and remains relatively obscure outside of the Indian subcontinent. 'Red Oleanders Raktokarobi' ably blends politics and Bollywood pop 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z The range of the clouded leopard extends from Nepal on the Indian subcontinent to southern China and throughout South-East Asia. Rare Bornean clouded leopards caught on camera in Malaysian reserve 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z Air pollution after Diwali – in which thousands of fireworks are set off across the subcontinent – led to schools and construction sites being shut down in Delhi last November. Hindu festival chokes Indian waterways with flowers and idol debris 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z After the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947, his grandparents stayed in Pakistan, while his parents moved to India. Indian theater actor Tom Alter has died at age 67 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z For Pakistanis, only a sliver of the subcontinent’s extraordinary history and geography is accessible. Perspective | How it felt to be Pakistani in India during the triumph of Hindu nationalism 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z After wells were drilled in Bangladesh and the rest of the Indian subcontinent in the 1970s, millions of people have been exposed to arsenic in drinking water. Arsenic in drinking water threatens up to 60 million in Pakistan 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z But after partition was announced, the subcontinent descended quickly into riots and bloodshed. 70 years later, survivors recall the horrors of India-Pakistan partition 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z Pakistan gained independence when the departing British left India and split the subcontinent in 1947, sparking one of the most violent upheavals of the 20th century. With gun salutes, Pakistan marks 70 years of independence 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z The year was 1901: The British ruled the Indian subcontinent, Pakistan wasn’t even a glimmer in the eye of its founder, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, and Peshawar held the promise of work and adventure. 70 years after Pakistan-India split, Sikhs search for home 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z This treasure trove of citizen's voices comes in 22 languages, though much of it is in Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi, Bangla and other regional languages of the subcontinent. Collecting 'difficult memories' from the birth of two nations - BBC News 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z On 3 June 1947, only six weeks before British India was carved up, a group of eight men sat around a table in New Delhi and agreed to partition the south Asian subcontinent. Why Pakistan and India remain in denial 70 years on from partition 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z Mountbatten insisted on 15 August 1947 as the date for partition, just two and a half months after the decision to divide the subcontinent had been made. Partition, 70 years on: Salman Rushdie, Kamila Shamsie and other writers reflect 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z Southwest are known as monsoons, a term many associate with the Indian subcontinent and the Bay of Bengal. Western desert communities mop up after summer storms 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z Extreme heatwaves that kill even healthy people within hours will strike parts of the Indian subcontinent unless global carbon emissions are cut sharply and soon, according to new research. Climate change to cause humid heatwaves that will kill even healthy people 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z India, another country conducting field tests, wants to supply the energy-hungry subcontinent. Should the World Tap Undersea Methane Hydrates for Energy? 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z It becomes ever harder, today, to imagine the pre-partitioned Indian subcontinent. Why Pakistan and India remain in denial 70 years on from partition 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z The partition was an unimaginable disaster of bloodshed and suffering that uprooted helpless millions from both sides of the border and still haunts the subcontinent’s memory. Partition, 70 years on: Salman Rushdie, Kamila Shamsie and other writers reflect 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z It is the subcontinent, however, that has embraced her books most enthusiastically, with Austen societies established in both India and Pakistan. Jane Austen, 200 years on 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z Just as Indians on the subcontinent sometimes describe fellow citizens according to caste or place of origin, many Kenyans attach casual stereotypes to those from other ethnic groups. Asian Kenyans Seek to Be Declared a ‘Tribe’ of Their Own 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z More than one million people were killed in the violence that erupted in the 1940s, when the subcontinent gained independence from Britain and was partitioned into India and Pakistan. Muslim Women in India Challenge ‘Instant Divorce’ Law 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z There were more than 600 refugee camps all over the subcontinent, 70,000 women had suffered sexual violence and the issue of the princely states, especially Kashmir, remained unresolved. Why Pakistan and India remain in denial 70 years on from partition 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z The immigrants are white and they come not from the subcontinent or sub-Saharan Africa but from the European Union. How Sports Direct and migrant labour changed Shirebrook - BBC News 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z These are party houses on a scale unimaginable in the West — or even on the rest of the subcontinent. India’s Lost Party Mansions 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Asians, a term that in Kenya refers to those from the Indian subcontinent, have long enjoyed economic success, but many feel excluded from the country’s political and social fabric, Mr. Shabbir said. Asian Kenyans Seek to Be Declared a ‘Tribe’ of Their Own 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z In the subcontinent there is a lot of disability and a lot of disabled people playing cricket. Champions Trophy: Eoin Morgan calls England team 'most talented group I've played with' 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z According to census figures, more than 35,000 people from the Indian subcontinent currently reside here. A warrior princess who doesn’t take any guff: Meet ‘Chitrangada,’ at ACT 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z Any number of flashpoints, from North Korea and the South China Sea to the Indian subcontinent to Ukraine and the Baltic states, are being primed for a nuclear showdown. Will Trump unleash a slow-motion Cuban Missile Crisis? | Robert Anderson and Martin J Sherwin 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z For centuries Pakistan was a land of Sufism, a mystical branch of Islam whose wandering holy men helped spread the religion throughout the Indian subcontinent in the 13th century. Twenty people killed in attack at Pakistan shrine 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z They were both forced to flee and became separated as the troubled subcontinent lurched towards a bloody partition. Weekend Edition: The week's best reads - BBC News 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z They grew with demands for Indian independence, as those who sought freedom for the extraordinarily diverse subcontinent grappled with the question: what was an Indian, anyway? Rise of Hindu ‘extremist’ spooks 40 million Muslim minority in India’s heartland 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z Unfortunately for this argument, throughout the history of the subcontinent, there has existed an impulsion for unity. 'But what about the railways ...?' The myth of Britain's gifts to India 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z Foreign buyers of Damac’s properties, McLoughlin said, are mostly from the Persian Gulf and the Indian subcontinent but also include Americans and Europeans. At Trump-branded golf club opening in Dubai, expect the first sons, royalty and lots of gold 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z Today, Emergency operates eight surgical hospitals in areas of conflict in Africa and the Asian subcontinent. 2017 Sunhak Peace Prize Awarded to Italian Surgeon Gino Strada and Afghan Educator Sakena Yacoobi 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z On the other side of the subcontinent, large numbers of Indian fishermen are frequently arrested in Pakistan: 220 of them were released in December 2016, as a goodwill gesture. Bay of Bengal: depleted fish stocks and huge dead zone signal tipping point 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z Their next trip to the subcontinent is a tour of Sri Lanka in 2018. Alastair Cook: Forget the captain, these are the real questions for England 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z A “rogue elephant,” as British colonists on the Indian subcontinent discovered, is one that roams apart from the herd, exhibiting aberrant or vicious behavior. ‘Rogue’ Dates Back Long Before ‘Star Wars’ 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z According to U.N. estimates, there are about twenty-five million migrant workers in the Gulf, the majority of them construction workers from the Indian subcontinent. The Gulf Art War 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z The promise, consistent with Trump’s previous complaints about Pakistan’s “betrayal and disrespect,” was huge news on the subcontinent. Trump, the pleaser president 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z First, a quick summary: since the British quit the subcontinent in 1947, India and Pakistan have fought four wars, of which three have been over the northern region of Kashmir. Donald Trump's Reckless Phone Call With Pakistan's Leader 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Not knowing his name, I just called him Khansaab, a term of respect on the subcontinent. Credit with the Coffee Man 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z The chicken reached Mesopotamia from the Indian subcontinent around 2000 B.C. Much Ado About Stuffing: A History 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z Sialkot’s success is especially surprising as it was cut off from its natural economic hinterland, the Kashmir Valley, when the subcontinent was split between India and Pakistan in 1947. If you want it done right 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Al Qaeda in Afghanistan comprises “core al Qaeda” and its newer franchise, al Qaeda in the Indian subcontinent, he said. U.S. Airstrike in Afghanistan Likely Killed a Senior al Qaeda Leader, Military Says 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Modi is trying to set the country in the right direction and they will have interests beyond the South Asian subcontinent. Singapore's Lee Hsien Loong on the U.S. Election, Free Trade and Why Government Isn't a Startup 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z We see your pumpkin spice latte, and we raise you a falooda, a sweet dessert beverage found in the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. 12 ways to make the most out of apple and pumpkin season in Washington 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Cricket is an obsession in the Indian subcontinent, Britain, the West Indies, southern Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Uprooted to Brooklyn, and Nourished by Cricket 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Although still largely unknown outside of South Asia, kabaddi is an ancient Indian sport in the midst of a resurgence on the subcontinent. Simple, visceral, fun: why the ancient sport of kabaddi is enjoying a resurgence 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z By the calculus that gave us the ridiculous notion of biological races, people from the Indian subcontinent were classified as white, but the supremacist nature of the classification system there showed itself in a U.S. Asian activism more visible — and needed 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z The Asiatic cheetah’s habitat once stretched from the Arabian Peninsula across Iran and east into the Indian subcontinent, but today it exists only Iran. The world's fastest animal is in a race for survival in Iran 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z China, a rising superpower with five times India’s GDP, is quietly encroaching on India’s traditional sphere of influence, tying a “string of pearls” of alliances around the subcontinent. Guns and ghee 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Singapore hosts a large contingent of workers from the Asian subcontinent. Singapore confirms 41 cases of locally transmitted Zika virus 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z In the 61 other cases recorded, the sufferers became infected on the Indian subcontinent and African states, where the disease is endemic. Greece bans blood donations in 12 districts over malaria - reports - BBC News 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z Having chronicled the liberation of Buchenwald and nearly every theatre of war in World War II, the celebrated and notoriously resourceful Bourke-White was not fazed by the chaos of a newly divided subcontinent. A New Way of Seeing Indian Independence and the Brutal 'Great Migration' 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z “We are celebrating not only Bollywood but also Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam cinema, highlighting the kaleidoscope of textures and content that is as wide and varied as the subcontinent itself.” Fantastic Fest program includes Tim Burton's 'Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children' 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z Often referred to as the teardrop of India, the island nation of Sri Lanka sits just off the southeast tip of the subcontinent. Photos: Off the Beaten Path in 20 Countries 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z These remains are of the most ancient university of the Indian subcontinent, which was active for some 800 years. More places to see before you die: 21 new sites, from cliffs to caves, added to World Heritage List 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z British Muslims are largely from Southern Asia, where the U.K. peacefully relinquished control over its colonial positions on the Indian subcontinent. Why France Is a Prime Target for Militants 2016-07-16T04:00:00Z She planned an arranged marriage for Zeenat with a member of their own social caste, the Rajput, which traces its origin to the Indian subcontinent and is said to be descended from kings. In Pakistan, gruesome 'honor' killings bring a new backlash 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z The killing was claimed by Ansar al-Islam, the Bangladesh division of al-Qaida in the Indian subcontinent. Bangladesh under spotlight as terror attacks escalate 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z Often referred to as the teardrop of India, the island nation of Sri Lanka sits just off the southeast tip of the subcontinent. Photos: Off the Beaten Path in 20 Countries 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z Born on the subcontinent, the qawwali is one of Islam’s great contributions to culture, but to the Taliban, religion is only legitimate if its stripped of art. Across the world minds are narrowing. We must fight back | Molly Crabapple 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Jokes in Pakistan and India focused on the potential for a flood of British migrants to the subcontinent and a possible hidden meaning in British singer Adele's lyrics. "How do I tell the cats?" - the world reacts to #Brexit online - BBC News 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, we’ve seen a resurgence in al-Qaeda activity where we’ve been less effective at combating it, from Africa to certain parts of the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent. Here’s how to confront the terrorist threat. (It’s not how we’re doing it.) 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Over the following centuries the samosa made its way over the icy passes of the Hindu Kush and into the Indian subcontinent. The story of India as told by a humble street snack - BBC News 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Once upon a time, the sweltering summer in Rajshahi was made worse by a familiar factor on the Asian subcontinent. Rajshahi: the city that took on air pollution – and won 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Famine, while no stranger to the subcontinent, increased in frequency and deadliness with the advent of British colonial rule. Viewpoint: How British let one million Indians die in famine - BBC News 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z As a child, he contracted two grave illnesses sweeping the Indian subcontinent — Asiatic cholera and kala azar, also known as black fever or leishmaniasis. The remarkable life of the 4-foot-11 man who became the world’s top bodybuilder 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z The sport enjoys a practically religious following, especially in the Indian subcontinent, where it’s as integral to popular culture as baseball and football are to the U.S. St. Louis-area cricket players outgrow their space 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Africans have a long history on the Indian subcontinent. They don’t love us 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z A science team funded by the European Union is renting the aircraft, now operated by a private firm, to fly data collection flights over the Indian subcontinent this summer to study the monsoon. Sweden expels Russian research plane amid spying concerns 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z But our heritage, our grandparents’ music, the music of the subcontinent — that music seems to be dying. After Oscar-winning film on 'honor killings,' Pakistani director finds a happier note: jazz 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Drop by an upmarket hotel, cafe or restaurant in Uganda's capital, Kampala, and the chances are the owner will be an Asian from the Indian subcontinent. Ugandan Asians dominate economy after exile - BBC News 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z For example, after India recently prevented Facebook from offering free Internet service there, Marc Andreessen suggested in a tweet that the subcontinent might be better off had it remained under colonial administration. Bubble Indemnity 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z As Britain colonized the Indian subcontinent in the 19th century, the Hindu word became a fashionable metaphorical flourish among the British literati. What Do Our Online Avatars Reveal About Us? 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z But the seasonal rains have become unreliable, with one study by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology suggesting rainfall over the Indian subcontinent has decreased between 20 and 30 percent over the last century. As the climate shifts, tradition threatens Sri Lanka's rice harvest 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z The Indian subcontinent as a whole is very dangerous for journalists... who want to push the status quo. After Oscar-winning film on 'honor killings,' Pakistani director finds a happier note: jazz 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z There are about 2,000 captive tigers in Thailand, but most are a mix of Bengal tigers, a type that is native to the Indian subcontinent, and Indochinese tigers. Thai Officials Battle Buddhist Monks Over Tigers’ Fate 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z How expensive would it be to send a couple of inspectors to the drug plants on the subcontinent? Drug Prices Keep Rising Despite Intense Criticism 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z Contradicting official claims, the banned group Ansar al-Islam, the Bangladeshi branch of al-Qaida on the Indian subcontinent, claimed responsibility on Tuesday for killing the two gay rights activists in what it called a “blessed attack”. Bangladesh's pluralism is at risk if Sheikh Hasina does not stop extremists 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z Last year, about 2,500 people died in scorching temperatures before the monsoon rains began in the Indian subcontinent in early June. Heat wave kills more than 160 in southern, eastern India 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z Photograph: AP The departure of the British left a subcontinent divided. Story of cities #26: Delhi's modernist dream proves a far-fetched fantasy 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z And the ability to switch jobs is no help to the millions waiting in the subcontinent for a chance to work in the UAE. Wages of chagrin 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z For the people who live on the Indian subcontinent, the future of the high-mountain climate is of more than academic interest. The View from a Himalayan Glacier 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z Much of this activity was initially fueled by attempts to reach the spice markets of the Indian subcontinent, which at the time were controlled by the Muslim rulers of Egypt via the Red Sea. Shipwreck Discovered from Explorer Vasco da Gama's Fleet 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Many talked of clan politics perpetrated by these patriarchal communities, the so-called "biraderi", imported from the south Asian subcontinent, in which votes are delivered in blocks. Labour MP 'felt pressured' after speaking out - BBC News 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z Soon afterward, in 1905, comes the partition of Bengal, one of the forces that will lead, in the mid-century, to the partition of the entire subcontinent. Sex, Grief, and Comedy Across Continents 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z With 40,000 miles of tracks and 17,000 trains, India’s vast railway network stretches across the subcontinent, connecting remote villages to heaving metropolises. India’s first railway university aims to put train network on right track 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z It is impossible not to believe that 2016 will be a turning point for India and free expression in the subcontinent. Viewpoint: Why 2015 was a harsh year for free speech in India - BBC News 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z Though the result there will have little relevance to the trip down under in 2017-18, we want England to compete on the subcontinent. England still on the up despite last Test defeat - Jonathan Agnew 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z At The World Economic Forum this week, GE’s Rice noted that India, currently the world’s fastest-growing large economy, presents both opportunities and challenges for companies aiming to manufacture on the subcontinent. Finalists For the TIME India Awards Are Announced 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z The 1950s saw significant numbers of Muslims from the subcontinent arrive in the UK, prompted mainly by post-War labour shortages. The diverse origins of Britain's Muslims - BBC News 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z The Pakistani military keeps backing militant groups, like Jaish-e-Mohammed, that keep pushing the subcontinent to the brink of war, and that keep undermining Pakistan’s fledgling democratic institutions. The Pakistani Dystopia 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z As tectonic forces drive the Indian subcontinent under Central Asia, rocks ride up the ramp, adding a few millimetres a year to the height of the snow and ice-capped mountains. Satellites dissect Nepal quake - BBC News 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z |
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