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India’s poorest face critical food shortages during Covid-19 lockdown
- Asia-Pacific
- April 2, 2020, 17:43
The lockdown enforced across India for its 1.3 billion people to try to combat the coronavirus pandemic has revealed a glaring class divide in which t(...)

Indian election: Exit poll predicts majority for prime minister Modi
- Asia-Pacific
- May 19, 2019, 16:02
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s ruling alliance is likely to win a big majority in parliament after a mammoth general election that ended on Sun(...)

Indian rape victim (10) gives birth after being denied abortion
- Asia-Pacific
- August 17, 2017, 14:52
A 10-year-old rape victim who was denied an abortion by India’s top court gave birth on Thursday in a case that has drawn outrage about the sexual abu(...)

Thousands protest in India after spate of killings
- Asia-Pacific
- June 28, 2017, 21:54
Thousands of demonstrators gathered on Wednesday in cities across India to protest against mob violence and lynchings in recent months. They braved i(...)

Wanted: Roadsweepers. ‘Broom-wielding skills’ essential
- Asia-Pacific
- April 20, 2017, 11:27
More than 40,000 people have applied for 532 jobs as municipal roadsweepers in India’s northern city of Chandigarh, 250km from New Delhi. Municipal (...)

Alcohol ban more than bump in the road for Indian retailers
- Asia-Pacific
- April 6, 2017, 18:45
Provincial governments across India are considering innovative solutions to circumvent a recent supreme court ruling that led to the shutdown of thou(...)

Letter from New Delhi: Shocking examples of VIP culture exposed
- Asia-Pacific
- March 31, 2015, 05:30
Two leading Indian television news channels, supported by social and print media, have launched a campaign against the country’s oppressive “VIP cultu(...)

At least six die in standoff at Indian ashram
- Europe
- November 19, 2014, 18:22
At least six people have died in a stand-off between police and an Indian religious leader who was believed yesterday to be holed up inside his ashram(...)

Space, the final frontier for architecture
- Homes & Property
- January 23, 2014, 00:00
How do you feel? Does the space you are in have an impact on that? “It’s such an enormous question,” says Yvonne Farrell of Grafton Architects, sittin(...)