--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Sania Farooqui ## Sania Farooqui Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close ## Sania Farooqui Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Aug 31, 2015 ### [Indian Scholar Who Spoke Out Against Idol Worship Is Shot Dead](https://time.com/4016747/mm-kalburgi-india-murder-rationalist-idol-worship-hindu-nationalism/) Hindu nationalists were angered by his criticism of idol worship [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Aug 5, 2015 ### [Maggi Noodles Deemed Safe to Eat by Indian Government Lab](https://time.com/3985176/maggi-noodles-safe-india/) In June, the county's food regulator said the snack was "unsafe and hazardous," triggering a massive... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jul 31, 2015 ### [Indian Police Arrest Airline Staff for Trafficking Quake Victims](https://time.com/3979843/nepal-quake-human-trafficking/) Two employees of the national carrier Air India have been arrested in connection with the operation [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jul 30, 2015 ### [India to Be World's Most Populous Nation by 2022](https://time.com/3978175/india-population-worlds-most-populous-country/) That's much earlier than previously thought [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jul 29, 2015 ### [Suniti Solomon, Pioneering HIV/AIDS Researcher, Dies at 76](https://time.com/3976357/indian-aids-pioneer-suniti-solomon/) The Chennai native documented the country's first case of HIV infection in 1986 [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jul 27, 2015 ### [Almost 1 in 3 Lawyers in India Are 'Fake,' Claims Top Bar Official](https://time.com/3972855/india-fake-lawyers/) “Fake lawyers and nonpracticing law graduates are degrading the standards of the profession” [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jul 24, 2015 ### [Greenpeace India Threatened With Closure](https://time.com/3970691/greenpeace-india-shutdown-registration/) The local arm of the international environmental NGO has received a notice threatening the cancellat... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jul 22, 2015 ### [Another Indian Taxi Driver Allegedly Caught Masturbating in Front of a Female Customer](https://time.com/3967215/uber-india-driver-arrested-kolkata-masturbating/) And this one worked for Uber [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jul 21, 2015 ### [Communal Violence Rises Sharply in India](https://time.com/3965515/india-communal-violence-rise/) The increase is blamed on the failure of state governments in Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Maharashtra an... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jul 20, 2015 ### [Amazon Looks to Turn India Into Firm's Biggest Market Outside the U.S.](https://time.com/3964087/amazon-eyes-india-growth/) E-commerce is booming in the South Asian nation, with one recent study forecasting a 67% hike in ave... [WORLD](/section/world/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/sania-farooqui/","name":"Sania Farooqui"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/sania-farooqui/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/sania-farooqui/"},"name":"Sania Farooqui","jobTitle":null,"description":"","url":"https://time.com/author/sania-farooqui/","sameAs":["https://x.com/saniafarooqui"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```