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For Kashmiris, resolution to decades of conflict remains a distant dream

9:12am August 21, 2022

by Raksha Kumar

As India marks 75 years of independence this month, many in Jammu and Kashmir may feel there's little to celebrate. Kashmir, claimed by India and Pakistan, has seen decades of separatist violence.

An activist holds a placard during a protest against remission of sentence by the government to convicts of a gang rape, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022.

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Release of men jailed in gang rape stirs protests in India

5:32am August 18, 2022

by The Associated Press

Dozens of women protested against the release of the men in the capital, New Delhi on Thursday.

Ishar Das Arora, 83, watches a 3-D video of his birthplace in Pakistan, through a virtual reality device.

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75 years after India's violent Partition, survivors can cross the border — virtually

7:02am August 13, 2022

by Lauren Frayer

A virtual reality project helps survivors of India's Partition glimpse long-lost birthplaces they fled as children. Fraught relations between India and Pakistan mean they can't visit in person.

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Friends Nasir Dhillon (left) and Papinder Singh run a YouTube channel, Punjabi Lehar, that tries to heal the wounds of Partition through reuniting loved ones separated when British-ruled India was divided into two countries, India and Pakistan, 75 years a

YouTube videos are helping reunite loved ones separated by the India-Pakistan border

4:55pm August 12, 2022

Two Pakistani friends make videos in which those who lived through India's 1947 Partition describe loved ones they lost at the time. With viewers' help, siblings and others are reunited after decades.

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A person picks through trash for reusable items as a fire rages at the Bhalswa landfill in New Delhi, April 27, 2022.

Environment

Scientists say landfills release more planet-warming methane than previously thought

1:57am August 11, 2022

by The Associated Press

A study builds on research that shows landfills are the third-largest source of methane emissions globally, after oil and gas systems and agriculture.

Volunteers distribute free cold drinks to commuters on a hot day in Amritsar, India, on June 29.

Opinion: Life hacks from India on how to stay cool (without an air conditioner)

4:27pm August 02, 2022

by Gulrez Shah Azhar

Heat wave researcher Gulrez Shah Azhar grew up in Uttar Pradesh, India, without an A/C unit. He shares tips on how to deal with the heat — including wearing a wet scarf around your neck.

India's governing Bharatiya Janata Party's presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu, greets well wishers who called on her at Raigangpur in Odisha, India, Wednesday, June 22, 2022.

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Indian lawmakers are voting for president, and the winner may be a tribal woman

3:38am July 18, 2022

by The Associated Press

If elected, Draupadi Murmu will become the first tribal president and the second-ever female president of India.

The 1983 Cricket World Cup final match between India and West Indies on June 25, 1983, in London.

Opinion: Wicket bad bet

9:47am July 16, 2022

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon talks about a cricket-match scam in an Indian village. Russian gamblers were duped. The scam is now under investigation.

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Dozens of Leishmania parasites (purple) surround 3 white blood cells (orange) in this image magnified 1,000 times.

Health & Safety

A nasty disease is even nastier for patients with HIV. Now there's encouraging news

1:43pm July 07, 2022

by Max Barnhart

It's called visceral leishmaniasis. It's spread by sandflies and fatal if left untreated. Fortunately, a new drug regimen holds promise.

Shoppers drink juice in plastic cups at a market in New Delhi, on Wednesday. India banned some single-use or disposable plastic products Friday as part of a longer plan to phase out the ubiquitous material in the nation of nearly 1.4 billion.

India begins to ban single-use plastics including cups and straws

4:32pm July 01, 2022

by The Associated Press

Other items like water or soda bottles or snack bags aren't banned yet. But the government has set targets for manufacturers to be responsible for recycling or disposing of them after their use.