Waste pickers Salmaa and Usmaan Shekh, right, search for recyclable materials during a heat wave at a garbage dump on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Wednesday, June 19, 2024. AP/RSS Photo International
For India’s garbage pickers, a miserable and dangerous job made worse by extreme heat
AP 2024-06-30 08:48:09
The wide gap in the number of aspirants and the seats available in premiere institutions like IIT leads to exam anxiety and high levels of competition among the students. Ramesh Lalwani International
The tragic toll of competitive exams
Nooria Rehman 2024-06-27 08:13:41
Stagnant rainwater is a breeding ground for mosquitoes. Yogendra Singh International
Protecting the vulnerable from monsoon's flood of diseases
Indranil Mukhopadhyay 2024-06-26 08:59:11
Mumbai's myriad waterways make the city of 21 million especially prone to floods during monsoon season. Dibakar Roy via Unsplash International
Why Indian cities flood during monsoon rains
Amita Bhide 2024-06-25 07:27:07
FILE - An elderly woman suffering from heat related ailment is brought to an overcrowded government district hospital in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh state, India, June 20, 2023. As temperatures and humidity soar outside, what's happening inside the human body can become a life-or-death battle decided by just a few degrees. AP/RSS Photo International
How does heat kill? It confuses your brain. It shuts down your organs. It overworks your heart
AP 2024-06-23 08:38:08
Scientists have estimated that for every 1 degree Celsius increase in temperature wheat production reduces by 4-5 million tonnes. Cezalla Ali via Unsplash International
Rising temperatures threaten India's wheat production
Biswajit Dhar 2024-06-21 09:03:14
The meaning of food in India reaches beyond the role of supplying nutrients to the body as it is constitutive of human relationships and of one’s identity. Asim Bharwani International
Identity and disordered eating among Indian women
Tanja Ahlin 2024-06-14 08:36:03
File Photo International
Modi's election slip a watershed moment for Indian politics
Afroz Alam 2024-06-12 06:44:46
Narendra Modi, right, is sworn-in as the Prime Minister of India by President Draupadi Murmu, left, at the Rashtrapati Bhawan, in New Delhi, India, Sunday, June 9, 2024. (AP Photo) International
Relying on coalition partners, Modi is sworn in for a rare third term as India’s prime minister
AP 2024-06-09 19:48:00
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PM Dahal leaves for New Delhi to attend Modi's swearing-in ceremony (Pictures)
Nabin Babu Gurung 2024-06-09 14:10:00
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PM Dahal to attend Modi's swearing-in ceremony
Setopati 2024-06-06 14:35:00
File photo of students protesting in Argentina. AP/RSS Photo International
Elections in democracies around world revealing deep dissatisfaction among voters
AP 2024-06-06 08:02:41
Informal workers risk health hazards to pick waste at Delhi's Ghazipur landfill. FacetsOfNonStickPans Credits Wikimedia Commons International
Under Delhi’s mountains of waste lie buried a grim social reality
Aparna Agarwal 2024-06-06 07:27:11
File Photo International
Modi's grip on power slips with resounding personal defeat
Bharat Bhushan 2024-06-05 08:08:02
How much heat is too much? James Goldie, 360info International
This is how dangerous extreme heat is to humans
Steven Sherwood 2024-06-02 07:31:35
International
Voting begins in the last round of India’s election, a referendum on Modi’s decade in power
AP 2024-06-01 08:39:29
International
India's intimate partner violence demands an all-in response
Nishi Mitra vom Berg 2024-05-28 08:29:25
International
At least 27 killed in a fire at an amusement park in western India
AP 2024-05-26 08:05:00
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in blue, accompanied by leaders of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) that includes the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), returns after filing his nomination papers to contest as a candidate for the parliamentary elections in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Tuesday, May 14, 2024. (AP Photo) International
India PM Modi files his nomination to run for a third term in general election
AP 2024-05-14 16:55:33