Tag: India

With India facing deadly air pollution, high healthcare costs and growing disaster threats from global warming, the head of the United Nations warned the country’s…

The Indian state of Assam is trying a new tack to keep girls learning – rewarding 22,000 of its top performers with a free scooter…

Over the past three years, P. Ravindran’s commute from his southern Indian village has been about more than getting to work – the SIM card…

When the police knocked on the door as 15-year-old Muskaan prepared to head to the temple in their village in northern India, the bride-to-be was…

UN-appointed independent human rights experts have called for urgent action in India’s Jammu and Kashmir, amid concerns of ongoing abuses against civilians there. The appeal…

India and the European Union have vowed to deepen trade ties on Wednesday, with the two sides agreeing to set up a high-level ministerial dialogue…

Village councils and community groups in India have been asked to protect children from traffickers and help authorities identify and rescue missing residents, amid concerns…

India re-opened for business in June after months of lockdown but for thousands of small entrepreneurs in the town of Meerut, near Delhi, the blow…

India’s digital identification system—which faced scrutiny over privacy concerns and exclusion— has further put marginalised communities at a greater disadvantage during the pandemic. There have…

The world is heading for a shortage of the highly prized and super-soft cashmere wool as pashmina goats that live on the “roof of the…