An 18-year-old schoolboy who was chased for miles on suspicion of cattle smuggling in India has been shot dead by so-called cow protection officers. The incident took place in Faridabad, in the northern Indian state of Haryana, on August 23. A few days before the incident, a migrant worker was beaten to death by another… Read More »
New Delhi — Scientists say the zealous use of a painkiller by Indian farmers for their cattle in the 1990s has led to the unintentional deaths of half a million people and huge economic losses — not from any harm done to the cattle themselves, but from the deaths of millions of vultures, which historically… Read More »
JAMMU, India (AP) — The foul stench of burning garbage wafts for miles from a garbage dump on the outskirts of Jammu, a potentially toxic haze fueled by the plastic, industrial, medical and other waste produced by a city of about 740,000 people. But a handful of garbage collectors are ignoring both the smoke and… Read More »
SYDNEY – Scenes of extreme heat stress at major events around the world are starting to look familiar. The old men were lying down with their shirts undone and their eyes closed. Aid tents filled with the unconscious. And whether in the pursuit of religion, music, the ballot box or sports, rows of believers sweat… Read More »
BENGALURU, India (AP) — Every year from June to September, a band of heavy rain moves from India’s southwestern coast to its northeastern borders, quenching farmers’ thirsty fields. India’s monsoon season is arguably the most important weather event for the country, and a good monsoon can significantly boost the country’s economy and the livelihoods of… Read More »
Watch: ‘I’m taking a gap year at 31 – it’s never too late to travel’ A 31-year-old woman who spent a year on her own hopes to help “break” the stigma that traveling is only for young people. Jolly, from Plymouth, Devon, India, had always wanted to travel around South East Asia but whenever she… Read More »
As climate change makes disasters such as hurricanes, floods and droughts more intense, more frequent and in more places, fewer people are dying from these disasters globally due to better warning, planning and resilience, a senior United Nations official said. The world has failed to realize that the types of storms that once killed tens… Read More »
BEED, India (AP) — On a sweltering hot day this May, farm worker Shobha Londhe is reminded of the desperate circumstances that led to her husband taking his own life. It was the hottest and driest summer in years, he said, and that often meant little or no income for farmworkers, mounting debts and unbearable… Read More »
In the summer of 2010, Anuvab Pal was writing an article about the opening of the Comedy Store in Mumbai, impresario Don Ward’s attempt to introduce British-style stand-up to India. Pal, who was working mainly as a screenwriter at the time, went to interview Ward, the famous London venue that was the cradle of alternative… Read More »
Nine hours and 30 minutes ahead of New York. Five hours and 30 minutes ahead of London. We are three hours and 30 minutes behind Tokyo. For more than a century, India’s clocks have officially lagged behind exact time in calculating the time difference with most countries. Although it is part of a small group… Read More »