The government of India has backtracked on a widely criticized campaign encouraging people to promote Hindu values by hugging cows on Valentine’s Day. The Animal Welfare Board of India said in a ...

Activists of India's right-wing Hindu organization Bajrang Dal burn an effigy symbolizing Valentine's Day during a protest in Hyderabad, India, February12, 2022. Mahesh Kumar A/AP ...

India’s government-run animal welfare department is asking citizens to hug a cow on Valentine's Day. The program believes it will "bring emotional richness and increase individual and collective ...