NEW DELHI (AFP) – New Delhi’s homeless will be given cotton masks to help them survive in the world’s most polluted major city, officials said Monday (Nov 12), although experts said the basic coverings would be useless against deadly smog particles. Each winter the capital of 20 million chokes through haze so extreme that levels of airborne pollutants eclipse safe… Read more »
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (NYTIMES) – More than 28,000 Afghan police officers and soldiers have been killed since 2015, the Afghan President revealed this week, breaking with his government’s long-standing suppression of casualty totals. The admission from President Ashraf Ghani came during a particularly bad week for Afghanistan’s beleaguered government forces, with at least 242 security force members killed from Nov 9… Read more »
India is participating in a Russia-sponsored peace conference with Taliban in a significant reassessment of its position on talks with the armed group that has waged an armed rebellion since 2001. New Delhi has sent former Indian envoys to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Amar Sinha and TCA Raghavan respectively, to attend the conference at the “non-official level”. “India supports all efforts at peace and reconciliation in Afghanistan that will… Read more »
New Delhi (CNN Business)Ikea has come up with a plan to help some of the world’s most polluted cities breathe easier. The global furniture giant will start making products out of agricultural waste in India, meaning farmers no longer have to burn it. The initiative, called “Better Air Now,” will provide Indian farmers with a use for unwanted rice straw, which… Read more »
Here we are again, with India’s devastating pollution. There are women boxers training for a world championship in New Delhi, the capital of India, later this week. They are forced to wear masks and shirts over their nose and mouth, like the other 20 million people living in New Delhi, due to the unsafe breathing air. Parents from all over… Read more »
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Women boxers training for a world championship starting in the Indian capital this week are wearing surgical masks, scarves and even T-shirts across their mouths as the level of air pollution rises several times beyond the safe limit.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Deepa Tampi worries a lot about the air her two children breathe. The garment exporter says she believes her 14-year-old daughter Mahika and 12-year-old son Vihaan both became asthmatic because of high levels of pollution in the New Delhi area.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s top court on Tuesday agreed to review its ruling that removed a ban on women of menstruating age from entering a centuries-old Hindu temple in the southern state of Kerala, following widespread protests against the decision.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A monkey has snatched a 12-day-old Indian boy from his mother and killed him, police said.
In Pakistan, almost 22.5 million children are not attending school. Due to lack of educational facilities provided from the government, the number of children growing up with no education is slowly growing. Girls are especially vulnerable to these low numbers of years in school. Just in Balochistan, Pakistan, 81% of girls are not attending any school, instead these young girls are… Read more »