For millions of children in India, childhood is an elusive dream, as a UN report has revealed that 5,000 children below five die every day.
It may be a shocking statistic but the United Nation’s Status of the World’s Children 2009 says, it...
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Torrential rains triggered a series of landslides on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing at least 14 residents and burying many more, a local official said Monday.
The downpours sent a mass of mud slamming into about 20 houses in the outskirts...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has told chief ministers from 29 Indian states to end exploitation of tribal people.
Speaking at a conference in Delhi, Mr Singh said there had been a “systematic failure” to give tribal people a stake in...
It’s the night before the Hindu festival Dussehra and Dr. Rishma Dhillon Pai is preparing for a long day come morning. One patient has already scheduled a cesarean section for the auspicious occasion, and another just checked in for the same, even...
In a revenge attack, militants tonight hurled two grenades at the house of Rukhsana Kausar, the woman who shot into national limelight
by taking on armed terrorists of Lashar-e-Taiba killing one of them, but she was not present there at the time of the...
Indians are at the bottom of the list when it comes to the number of paid leaves they receive, even though they enjoy the highest number of holidays annually. According to a survey by human resource consultancy firm Mercer, employees in India get the...
All the students at Luolang Elementary School, a yellow-and-orange concrete structure off a winding mountain road in southern China, know the key rules: Do not run in the halls. Take your seat before the bell rings. Raise your hand to ask a question.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court in an interim order on Tuesday said that there shall be no new construction of places of worship on public land
across the country. The interim direction, which would be in force till final disposal of the case, would apply...
Beijing has reacted sharply to President Obama’s decision Friday to slap stiff import tariffs on cheap Chinese tires. Chinese officials have cried foul, railed against Washington’s protectionism, and announced they will investigate...
A cluster of vehicle bombs detonated simultaneously Tuesday in the Taliban’s spiritual homeland near a foreign-owned construction company that had recently taken over a contract to build a road through an insurgent-held area. At least 41 people...
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