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.
This week I focused primarily on what is happening in India. To continue on from what I talked about last week, the pollution. The pollution in India has risen to “severe” level pollution. In the capital of India, New Delhi, the smog covers the landscape. This was determined after the fireworks were set off at a festival in the city…. Read more »
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India on Thursday approved a plan to allow foreign oil companies to store oil in the Padur strategic petroleum reserve, law minister R. S. Prasad said, as the world’s third biggest oil importer seeks to cut storage costs.
SIROHI, India (Reuters) – A sandstone quarry near the village of Sirohi, on the outskirts of the Indian city of New Delhi, is a reminder that it’s not just fireworks and crop burning that are causing the capital’s pollution problems.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India is examining the details of exemptions given to the country by the United States that will allow it to continue to buy Iranian crude oil, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Friday.
GURUGRAM (Reuters) – While most residents of the Indian capital Delhi choked on toxic air this week, the dogs of the city’s elite were enjoying ambient music and purified air at a luxury resort for pets.