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Indian farmers march on Delhi in protest against agriculture laws
- Asia-Pacific
- December 1, 2020, 12:14
Hundreds of thousands of Indian farmers have marched upon Delhi and set up vast camps blocking entry to the city in protest at agriculture laws they s(...)

Covid-19: Surge in New Delhi cases blamed on severe air pollution
- Asia-Pacific
- November 13, 2020, 17:33
India’s capital, New Delhi, is beleaguered by a winter surge in coronavirus cases as temperatures fall and severe air pollution appears to exacerbate (...)

Indian teachers bring school to students with chalkboards on bikes, loudspeakers
- Asia-Pacific
- October 14, 2020, 16:52
Shut down for nearly eight months due to the coronavirus pandemic, and unable to run online classes due to limited internet access, thousands of schoo(...)

Coronavirus: India may face extended lockdown into vital harvest seasons
- Middle East
- April 9, 2020, 18:13
A lockdown in India aimed at containing the spread of coronavirus could well extend beyond mid-April, raising the spectre of food shortages as the cou(...)

‘India is walking home’: Millions of migrant workers flee locked-down cities
- Asia-Pacific
- March 30, 2020, 12:31
Millions of migrant Indian workers are fleeing possible starvation in cities, many trekking hundreds of kilometres to try to reach the safety of their(...)

How protecting cows became political in Modi’s India
- Asia-Pacific
- December 1, 2019, 01:00
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government plans on launching numerous new schemes to cosset cows(...)

Delhi authorities restrict car use amid air pollution crisis
- Asia-Pacific
- November 4, 2019, 14:57
Over a million private cars were banned from plying the streets of India’s capital New Delhi on Monday as part of an 11-day experimental measure by th(...)

Hazardous air pollution turns New Delhi into a ‘gas chamber’
- Asia-Pacific
- November 3, 2019, 20:55
Air pollution in New Delhi and surrounding towns reached the worst levels so far this year on Sunday, with authorities in the world’s most polluted ca(...)

India and Pakistan engage in a high-stakes game of brinkmanship
- Asia-Pacific
- March 3, 2019, 22:49
When Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba staged a sophisticated terror attack in 2008 in Mumbai – striking the main train station and two lu(...)

India launches elaborate campaign to construct cow sanctuaries
- Asia-Pacific
- January 15, 2019, 01:00
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party has launched an elaborate campaign to further protect cows, which are considered sacred (...)