This is truly incredible. The fact that this is what had to happen for people to take notice is a bit incredulous but these women are really bringing attention to a new movement for all of India. Women fighting for equality is not a new phenomenon but these women have actually gotten through and taken a stand. First of all,… Read more »
Delhi residents woke to a thick, grey smog on Thursday as air pollution in the Indian capital surged to emergency levels. The state-run Central Pollution Control Board’s air quality index, which shows the concentration of poisonous particulate matter known as PM 2.5, stood at 440, up from 430 on Wednesday and about 12 times the US government-recommended level of 35…. Read more »
The northern Indian city of Allahabad witnessed a historic procession on Sunday led by a Hindu congregation of transgender people. Photojournalist Ankit Srinivas reports. Thousands thronged the streets of Allahabad to seek blessings from transgender sadhus (holy people), ahead of the Kumbh Mela festival, which is set to begin in the city on 15 January and will continue until 4… Read more »
Indian rescue workers are struggling to save 15 workers who have been trapped for two weeks in an illegal coal mine, their chances of survival growing increasingly slim, and the government has come under fire for failing to provide sophisticated equipment for the operation. The miners, in the northeastern state of Meghalaya, became trapped on Dec. 13 when the mine… Read more »
Two women, accompanied by plainclothes police officers under the cover of darkness early on Wednesday morning, entered a centuries-old Hindu shrine in southern India that has long barred women of childbearing age. Their effort was part of a continuing push for women’s equality in the country. In response, protests broke out around Kerala, the state where the shrine, the Sabarimala… Read more »
The Rohingya are being forced back to Myanmar, the country that brought them pain and suffering. It’s despicable. The Myanmar government is literally the only group/ people that support this. They want to continue to rape, torture, and destroy these people’s lives and they’re going to be able to. The Rohingya Muslims are currently holed up in refugee camps in… Read more »
A court in Bangladesh has sentenced 19 people to death for their role in a deadly grenade attack on a 2004 political rally in the capital Dhaka. Those to hang include a former minister and deputy minister, both leaders of the BNP party which was then in power. The party’s current acting head, Tarique Rehman, was convicted to life in… Read more »
The United Nations doesn’t want it to happen. Dozens of rights groups say they are shocked. Even the people who will be affected the most, Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar, are upset that their future, once again, is being decided without their input. On Thursday, a few of the more than 720,000 Rohingya who fled slaughter, rape and village burnings in their… Read more »
After consuming prasad at a temple in Sulivadi village in Karnataka’s Chamarajnagar district, at least 11 people were killed on Friday while 66 others are ill. The deceased includes a girl and a woman. Some of those undergoing treatment are critical and they have been taken to Mysuru for treatment, police said. “Six people died, including a girl, a woman… Read more »
India has pledged to spend $100bn (£79bn) more on healthcare over the next seven years in a move partly aimed at reducing maternal mortality rates. The country will more than double its health spending from just over the current 1% of GDP to 2.5% by 2025, prime minister Narendra Modi announced. “This will mean an actual increase of 345% over… Read more »