The majority of countries go through a kind of industrial revolution as the country begins to modernize. For most countries this is a time of minimal government regulations and extreme growing pains. India is currently working its way through this stage in growth. Like the American Industrial Revolution, child labor, poor living condition and over crowded cities are all common…. Read more »
AGRA, India (Reuters) – India’s white-marble Taj Mahal is turning yellow and green as the 17th century mausoleum weathers filthy air in the world’s eighth-most polluted city. One of the seven Wonders of the World, the Taj Mahal flanks a garbage-strewn river and is often enveloped by dust and smog from belching smokestacks and vehicles in the northern city of… Read more »
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – New Delhi’s half-marathon race used ultra high frequency (UHF) radio waves to clear the air for the runners on Sunday, an experimental technique the organizers hope could improve the city’s notorious air quality. India is home to the world’s 14 most polluted cities. Last year the smoke from burning crop waste and thousands of firecrackers contributed… Read more »
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s capital is set for a “deadly cocktail” of pollution in coming weeks, a senior government official said, as air quality in the New Delhi area plummeted on Wednesday, alarming doctors and environmentalists. The federal government official blamed the deterioration in air quality to a “very poor” level across much of the city on a fall… Read more »
KATHMANDU, April 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When Nepali labourer Om Bahadur Purja sprained his leg in his remote village he would have faced a four-hour trek to the nearest medical centre – but for a pioneering scheme to bring healthcare to the Himalayas. Instead, the 60-year-old father of three received the treatment he needed in his home village thanks… Read more »