India

Photos Of Villagers 'Dreaming' Of Food Sparks Outrage Across India

3:27pm July 26, 2018

Indians are calling a series of photos depicting villagers in front of a table of fake food unethical and insensitive. The photos were featured on World Press Photo Foundation's Instagram this week.

Why A Drop Of 4 Degrees Made A Big Difference For A Garment Maker's Bottom Line

5:32pm July 23, 2018

by Nurith Aizenman

Clothing factories in India can get pretty hot. How does that affect worker productivity? Researchers looked to the lights and gained an unexpected insight.

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A hotel employee prepares coconut husks for recycling into rope at the luxury Soneva Fushi island resort in the Maldives. It's just one of many initiatives the resort is taking to reduce food waste.

How Luxury Hotels And Restaurants In Developing Countries Fight Food Waste

8:02am July 20, 2018

by Laura Ratliff

The United Nations says nearly one-fourth of food purchases in hotels and restaurants are thrown away. Luxury properties in Mexico, India, and elsewhere are trying programs to bring that figure down.

Harssh Poddar, a senior police official, addresses a village meeting at a rural school near Malegaon, in northern Maharashtra state. He warns families to be skeptical of what they read online. Earlier this month, Poddar helped rescue five people from bein

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Viral WhatsApp Messages Are Triggering Mob Killings In India

2:17pm July 18, 2018

by Lauren Frayer

In recent months, about two dozen people across India have been beaten to death by mobs driven to violence by what they've read on social media and messaging apps.

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Nuns of the Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by Mother Teresa, walk in annual Corpus Christi procession organized on the Feast of Christ the King in Kolkata, India, in 2016.

Late Mother Teresa's Order Investigated For Child Trafficking In India

2:56pm July 17, 2018

by Scott Neuman

A nun and a worker at a Missionaries of Charity shelter were arrested last week for allegedly selling four infants. India has mandated the investigation of all such facilities run by the order.

Mumbai's Juhu beach is strewn with trash at low tide during monsoon season. Floodwaters flush garbage out of the city and into the Arabian Sea. As tides ebb, beaches are blanketed in trash, much of it plastic.

An Indian State Bans Plastic Bags, Straws And More. Will It Work?

3:35pm July 09, 2018

by Lauren Frayer

In Mumbai, beaches are strewn with plastic trash, so now there's a ban on plastics — and penalties for violators. But there are some exceptions.

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Health & Safety

India Beat One Of The World's Deadliest Viruses — And Made A Music Video About It

7:05am July 01, 2018

by Kamala Thiagarajan

Two brothers mysteriously fell ill — and soon died. The cause turned out to be the dangerous Nipah virus. Here's how India responded.

At Nettoor Toddy Shop, fresh toddy from nearby coconut orchards is served in up-cycled wine, vodka or scotch bottles.

For A True Taste Of South India, Try A Toddy Shop

11:39am June 12, 2018

by Maanvi Singh

Toddy is a type of palm wine made from the fermented sap of coconut flowers. But the best toddy shops in southwestern India are celebrated for the spicy, coconutty food they serve with the drink.

The USS Carl Vinson transits the Philippine Sea while conducting a bilateral exercise with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force last April in the Philippine Sea.

In Military Name Change, U.S. Pacific Command Becomes U.S. Indo-Pacific Command

8:45am May 31, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, speaking in Hawaii, said the largely symbolic change comes "[in] recognition of the increasing connectivity between the Indian and Pacific Oceans."

Villagers inspects the damage after their home were gutted by firing from the Pakistan side of the border at Jora farm village last week in Ranbir Singh Pura district of Jammu, India.

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India, Pakistan Agree To Kashmir Cease-Fire After Months Of Cross-Border Shelling

3:33pm May 30, 2018

by Scott Neuman

For nearly a year and a half, the two sides have traded artillery across the heavily fortified demarcation that separates Indian and Pakistani areas of control.