India

“The USCIRF’s 2024 annual report highlights a series of laws — such as the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, and the Citizenship Amendment Act — and governmental actions that have systematically targeted religious minorities, including Christians” - CPost

“Article 25 of India’s constitution guarantees freedom of religion, affirming ‘Freedom of conscience and free profession, practice and propagation of religion.’ In practice, however, there is significant religious persecution…” - Providence

“Hindu extremists in Chhattisgarh burn down churches and homes and attack tribal believers.” - CToday



“It seems that no amount of reform, legal enforcement and economic development can stop the people of my country [India] from littering and abusing the environment around them. They need a different worldview.” - Cornwall Alliance



“A single judge bench of India’s Punjab and Haryana High Court held on Friday that the ‘entire animal kingdom including avian and aquatic’ species has a ‘distinct legal persona with corresponding rights, duties, and liabilities of a living person.’” - Jurist



India Militants Attack Baptist Pastors; Several Injured



India textbook says meat-eaters lie and commit sex crimes





Indian ‘living god’ in critical condition: hospitalThe wild-haired leader has a following of millions in India and abroad, many of whom believe him to be a living god, and the reincarnation of the great spiritual guru, Sai Baba of Shirdi, who died in 1918.