Nepal awards 4G mobile network expansion contract to Chinese companies, amid concern of security breaches
Kathmandu: At a time when Chinese telecom companies face international flak for security breach allegations, Nepal's state-owned telecommunication service provider has signed agreements with...
February 20, 2019
Pakistan dubs terrorist attack as a “brave act”, refuses to mention home terror group JeM
Islamabad: Pakistan’s foremost reaction to the recent Pulwama attack that killed 40 CRPF soldiers has been defensive, as its Foreign Office urged New...
February 18, 2019
Is their land gonna be theirs? Since 1993, these Rajasthan villagers don’t know
Hundreds of residents in five villages in Rajasthan find themselves in an unenviable situation after a government land acquisition project proposed in 1993 is yet...
February 14, 2019
For victims of Nepal’s civil war, hope for justice is about expire
Kathmandu: One afternoon in Western Nepal's Lamjung district, headmaster Muktinath Adhikari was teaching a class when a gang of armed Maoists barged into the...
January 31, 2019
Nepal awards 4G mobile network expansion contract to Chinese companies, amid concern of security breaches
Kathmandu: At a time when Chinese telecom companies face international flak for security breach allegations, Nepal's state-owned telecommunication service provider has signed agreements with...
February 20, 2019
Banking by the red light
Mumbai: Since November 2017, commercial sex workers in Mumbai’s Kamathipura area are having a tough time saving money. They have been forced to hide...
Odisha farmers making more money, spend on tractors
Bargarh: Ground reality of Odisha's villages shows there is some truth to recent reports about rural India's improving economic condition. Better facilities and integrated...
How inland fisheries is rescuing Andhra villagers
Vizianagaram: There is a reason why water bodies are considered a resource. From the water they provide to the many living organisms they support,...
As funds crunch ails U’khand ambulance service, hills lose lifeline
Dehradun: With government hospitals across Uttarakhand grappling with a scarcity of doctors, ambulances serve as a lifeline for...
Cancer care in Kashmir under severe strain
Srinagar: Ghulam Ahmad from Kupwara’s Trehgam village has been suffering from colon (intestinal) cancer since 2012. “I felt...
Healthcare in private hands in U’khand as state hospitals wait for doctors
Dehradun: States across India face scarcity of doctors but the problem is severely compounded in Uttarakhand, where efforts by successive...
In this MP village, people have to walk on a tightrope for health, education
Ratlam: Slacklining may be an adventure activity for some, but for the residents of a tiny village...
How Ganga kinaare wala is gravitating to spurious liquor
Kanpur: Kalu Kheda, on the eastern edge of Kanpur city, is like any of the thousand villages that...
Sewage to blame, Dal turns dull
Srinagar: Srinagar's prime tourist attraction, Dal Lake, is no more the scenic beauty it used to be....
Gujarat startup builds bridge of hope to rural areas
Ahmedabad: To provide affordable healthcare in remote locations of Gujarat, often crippled by a shortage of physicians and...
Uttarakhand braces itself for dry days
Nainital: Lokesh Verma, a farmer from Nainital’s Chanfi village, says this is the third year in a...
Treating sewage with floating wetlands
Hyderabad: A radical new method is fast emerging as an effective and sustainable solution to increasing pollution in...
In UP village, cancer is a common visitor as govt looks away
Deoband, Saharanpur: Mohammad Sonu and Shaheen look helplessly at their three-year-old son Aarif, as he plays half-heartedly by...
Bangladesh’s dichotomy of development and deprivation
Going to class in a cooking pot
Nepal awards 4G mobile network expansion contract to Chinese companies, amid concern of security breaches
Kathmandu: At a time when Chinese telecom companies face international flak for security breach allegations, Nepal's state-owned telecommunication service provider has signed agreements with...
February 20, 2019
Pakistan dubs terrorist attack as a “brave act”, refuses to mention home terror group JeM
Islamabad: Pakistan’s foremost reaction to the recent Pulwama attack that killed 40 CRPF soldiers has been defensive, as its Foreign Office urged New...
February 18, 2019
For victims of Nepal’s civil war, hope for justice is about expire
Kathmandu: One afternoon in Western Nepal's Lamjung district, headmaster Muktinath Adhikari was teaching a class when a gang of armed Maoists barged into the...
January 31, 2019
‘Vague’ SC verdict pushes Gilgit-Balistan to strengthen movement to secure their rights
Islamabad: Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), the northernmost administrative territory in Pakistan bordering China, has witnessed several demonstrations over the last couple of weeks. Reason: people...
January 31, 2019