Nikhita Chulani

Dec 29, 2024 | theguardian.com | Maheen Sadiq |Nikhita Chulani

Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, broker of peace in the Middle East and a tireless advocate for global health and human rights, has died. Carter took office in 1977 as 'Jimmy Who?', a one-term Georgia governor and devout Christian whose unfamiliarity with the corridors of power in Washington was seen as a virtue after the official betrayals of the Watergate and Vietnam years.

Jul 4, 2024 | theguardian.com | Bryony Moore |Faisal Mohammed Ali |Nikhita Chulani |Jim Waterson

From the moment six weeks ago that Rishi Sunak announced the election in pouring rain outside 10 Downing Street, his campaign has faced a series of setbacks, from the backlash triggered by his early return from a , to a betting scandal in which a Conservative politician was discovered to have bet on the date of the election.

Jul 3, 2024 | theguardian.com | Nikhita Chulani

The words “my mum needs to see this” aren’t ones you often hear after 2am at Glastonbury, but that’s what festival-goer Shivali said as she took a video of her fiance dancing to a DJ set inside a new south Asian space in the festival’s iconic Shangri-La area. From Indian to Nepalese, Bangladeshi to Sri Lankan, and beyond, the representation at Arrivals – Glastonbury’s first ever dedicated south Asian space – was as diverse as the music genres they brought to the stage.

May 30, 2024 | theguardian.com | Sam Levine |Bryony Moore |Nikhita Chulani

Twelve jurors in New York have presented their fellow Americans with a simple question: are you willing to elect a convicted criminal to the White House? On Thursday, Donald Trump was found guilty of all 34 counts of falsifying business records in a criminal hush-money scheme to influence the outcome of the 2016 election. The verdict makes him the first president, current or former, to be found guilty of felony crimes in the US's near 250-year history.

May 14, 2024 | theguardian.com | Lauren Hurrell |Albert Alsina |Nikhita Chulani

British surgeon Dr Omar El-Taji has been in Gaza for more than a week with medical nonprofit Fajr Scientific, working in one of Gaza’s largest remaining hospitals as Israel’s invasion of Rafah deepens. The European hospital, which was founded by Unrwa with a grant from the EU, has limited resources and fewer local staff to deal with high numbers of patients being admitted with devastating injuries.