The Indian government has stripped at least four million people—mainly “refugees” from Bangladesh who entered the country in 1971—of their right to Indian citizenship in the state of Assam and has started deporting them, all to “protect the ethnic Assamese” people. The Assamese people are recognized as the indigenous people of the state of Assam, and because that state borders Bangladesh,... 

At least 28 people have been killed in landslides and flash floods triggered by two days of heavy rain in northeastern India. Indian authorities said on Tuesday that at least 14 deaths were reported in the northeastern state of Meghalaya while another 14 people lost their lives in neighboring Assam state, where several districts, including the capital Gauhati, were flooded. According to district official... 

Experts have reported the discovery in southern China of the world’s yet-biggest aquatic insect, which has been found to be a giant dobsonfly. The specimen, discovered in China’s Sichuan Province, has been described as having long teeth and fearsome pincers. So far also spotted elsewhere in China, as well as in northern Vietnam, and India’s Assam state, the largest one of the insects has been... 

Passengers sit on a platform for their train to arrive as they wait for electricity to be restored at a railway station in New Delhi July 31, 2012 More than ten percent of the world’s population has found itself without electricity, after three of India’s power grids failed. Blackouts have now plagued India for two consecutive days, leaving half the country without power. The string of power shortages... 

An overcrowded passenger ferry in India. At least 105 people have been confirmed dead and another 100 are missing after an overcrowded ferry split in half and sunk in northeastern India. The passenger ferry sunk on Monday during a storm in the Brahmaputra River in the country’s Assam state, AFP reported. “There were about 350 people on board when a storm split the steamer into two,” Assam...