India’s main opposition party, the Indian National Congress, is set to choose a person who is not a member of its dominant Nehru-Gandhi family as its next president as it struggles to recover before key upcoming elections.

Since its independence in 1947, India has transformed from a poverty-stricken nation into one of the world's fastest-growing economies.

Arbaz Mullah was a Muslim man in love with a Hindu woman.

Late Monday, the government said that it was banning 59 Chinese-owned apps, including TikTok, which is operated by Chinese internet firm Bytedance. The banned apps include some that enable TikTok users to add visual effects and music to their posts, as well as dating apps, privacy apps and multiplayer games. Supporters of the ban hailed it as a way to curtail China's growing influence while others bemoaned the potential loss of jobs at the app companies' Indian offices. Chinese-owned apps have found a fast-growing market in India, with some companies creating India-specific apps that have exploded in popularity. As of April, 30% of TikToks 2 billion downloads were from India, according to app data analytics firm Sensor Tower.