Lauren Frayer

The race to develop COVID-19 vaccines is moving swiftly, both nationally and internationally. But challenges remain when it comes to distributing vaccines around the world.

Only one other country — the United States — has surpassed the milestone of 9 million total cases, since the pandemic began.

Harris will not only be the first Black, and first female, vice president. She's also the first Indian American and the first Asian American elected to the office.

Firecrackers erupted Sunday in a tiny village surrounded by lush green rice paddies in southern India, where Kamala Harris' maternal grandfather was born.

Local sources say there's been a spike in child marriage during the pandemic. A key reason: By marrying off girls early, poor families have one less mouth to feed in desperate times.

Sen. Harris is the first person of South Asian descent on a U.S. presidential ticket. Her mother's side of the family is from southern India. Hindu faithful offer prayers for a Biden-Harris victory.

It's the latest in a series of U.S.-India military agreements designed to counter China's growing power in the Indo-Pacific region.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mark Esper are in India's capital to sign military agreements, and continue to push the Trump administration's anti-China message.

President Trump has forged a friendship with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. NPR discusses what might happen to U.S.-India ties if there's a change in the White House.

As the parts of the U.S. experience a surge in new COVID-19 cases, other countries are also seeing a spike in infections.

Part of racial justice is understanding who has privilege and who doesn't. We follow one Indian American, inspired by Black Lives Matter, and his journey to check his own privilege.

Demonstrations erupted across India over the attack on a woman from the country's most marginalized caste. The woman died in a hospital, and four men from a dominant caste are under arrest.

The human rights group says its work in India has come to "a grinding halt" after it learned earlier this month that the Indian government froze its bank accounts.

As the world marks the sad milestone of 1 million lives lost to the coronavirus, NPR's international team reviews the way nations have handled the pandemic.

The Taj Mahal reopened this week for the first time in more than six months. But Indian hospitals are still full, and the country's coronavirus cases are soaring.

The Taj Mahal reopened at sunrise Monday for the first time since March 17. It is limited to 5,000 visitors a day, and all must wear masks. Before the pandemic, up to 70,000 people visited every day.

With more than 5 million coronavirus infections and the world's highest daily tally of new cases, India is expected to become the world's worst-affected country within weeks.

Indian lawmakers were required to get tested for the coronavirus within 72 hours before entering parliament — which met on Monday for the first time since March.

In China, authorities handled the coronavirus pandemic by centralizing control and locking down vast swaths of the country. India didn't. How has that affected health outcomes in the two countries?

"This year, we are facing an extraordinary situation," Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told a conference last week before GDP figures were released. "We are facing an act of God."