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ENVIRONMENT-INDIA: Inbreeding Threatens White Tiger
Their blue eyes and brown stripes make them star attractions at zoos in the country, but India's white tigers are dying fast because of unscientific inbreeding, say wildlife experts.DEVELOPMENT-INDIA: Flak for Nod to TNC Genetic Cotton Trial
The Indian government's decision to allow field trials of the controversial genetically-engineered (GE) cotton has come under flak from farmers' rights activists who allege this would ruin thousands of tillers in the country.//UPDATED//POLITICS-INDIA: Vajpayee Gets Respite As Court Spares Key Ally
Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was breathing easy Tuesday evening after a court in the western metropolis of Mumbai ordered dropping of criminal charges against a key ally accused of inciting violence against Muslims in the city seven years ago.POLITICS-INDIA: Vajpayee Troubled By Key Ally
India's ruling coalition was bracing for more trouble Tuesday, three members of the government having quit and another sacked by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee over strained ties with a key ally.SOUTH ASIA: Digital Divide Sharpens Rich-Poor Gap
South Asia has emerged as the most promising region for sourcing information technology (IT) expertise, but this is an achievement that is of use only to the rich nations, say critics.RIGHTS-INDIA: Slaving For Japanese Gourmets
Diners in some of Japan's finest restaurants would have little idea that the seafood on their plates was made possible by thousands of Indian women working long hours in unhealthy conditions for a pittance.DEVELOPMENT-INDIA: Finding Safer Homes For Urban Poor
A shanty town collapse that killed scores of residents in the overcrowded industrial metropolis of Mumbai has exposed the lack of a shelter policy for tens of millions of poor urban Indians./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/INDIA: New Clues to End of Ancient Civilisation
Were marauding Aryan horsemen responsible for the collapse of the Indus Valley civilisation? Or did a prehistoric international trade depression finish off the Harappans?INDIA: Saving Cows From Leather Industry Cruelty
A highly successful international campaign against cruelty to cows in India has worried the leather industry, one of the country's main employers and foreign exchange earners.DEVELOPMENT-INDIA: Battling Drought With Self-Help
The one lesson that peasants in drought- prone western India learned this summer is that water conservation is too important to be left to government planners.//REPEATING//POLITICS-INDIA: Moving Closer To Israel
Accusing predecessors of playing politics with national interest, India's ruling coalition led by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is accelerating upgradation of ties with Israel.HEALTH-INDIA: Treating Rabies with Banned Drug
Three months after he was bitten by a stray dog while walking to school in the Indian capital, Ramesh, a bright seven-year-old, developed the unmistakable signs of rabies and died the agonising death caused by the disease.ECONOMY-INDIA: IMF Urges Faster Reforms
The Indian government is under pressure from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to speed up economic reforms that some fear, could seriously harm the country's small-scale industry.HEALTH-INDIA: AIDS Scare Reducing Basic Health Funds – Critics
A new U.N. report showing over 300,000 AIDS-related deaths in India last year, has revived charges that Western donors are neglecting bigger public health problems in the country.RIGHTS-INDIA: Christians Worried Despite Vajpayee-Pope Meet
India's minority Christians are feeling orphaned after the death of a prominent church leader despite the prime minister's assurance to Pope John Paul II that his government would protect them from communal violence.POLITICS-INDIA: Kashmir Autonomy Debate Gets Serious
Lawmakers in Jammu and Kashmir have voted for a radical measure of autonomy for the state, giving rise to fears among some that this could lead to the eventual separation of India's troubled province.AGRICULTURE-INDIA: Food Glut Not From Green Revolution Alone
Despite weathering the worst drought in living memory, India has granaries overflowing with foodgrain, forcing a worried government to get rid of the surplus.TECHNOLOGY-INDIA: Security Fears Over High Speed IT Backbone
Failure is rare with Craig Barrett, chief of the global computer chip giant Intel. But even Barrett gives up when it comes to linking up to the Internet in India.RIGHTS-INDIA: Caste Massacre Shows Need for Land Reform
Yet another caste massacre in India's eastern Bihar state that left over 30 people dead, is a warning to implement long neglected land reforms in the nation's poorest region, say social scientists.HEALTH-INDIA: Worry Over Lifting of Non-Iodised Salt Ban
All it takes to prevent millions of Indians from growing into cretins is a pinch of iodine in their salt, say top medical scientists.RIGHTS-INDIA: Attacks on Christians Trouble BJP
A wave of violence against the country's minority Christians has again created trouble for India's ruling alliance led by the pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP.)« Previous Page — Next Page »
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