Climate
More Than 200 People Have Died In Landslides And Flash Floods In India And Nepal From Monsoon Rains
More than 200 people have died in landslides and flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across India and Nepal over the past few days.
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Women In India Can Now Hold The Highest Leadership Positions In The Military After A Top Court Verdict
India’s Supreme Court has overturned a law that banned women from taking the entrance exam to India’s National Defense Academy, finding it violates the country’s constitution, which prohibits discrimination based on sex.
Climate
5 Places That Have Flooded This Month
Floods are ravaging cities and countries around the world. Here are just a few of the places that have been affected in the past month alone.
Climate
India Is Banning Single-Use Plastics By July 2022
India is banning single-use plastics by July 2022. The country produces over 25,000 tons of plastic waste every single day, according to the Central Pollution Control Board.
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This Nine-Year-Old Indian Girl Was Allegedly Gang-Raped And Murdered And People Want Justice
Protests have broken out across India after a nine-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped and murdered.
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A Black Fungus Epidemic Is Sweeping Across India And Infecting Recovering COVID Patients
An epidemic of black fungus is sweeping through India, with more than 9,000 cases reported and cases still rising in patients who have recovered or are recovering from COVID-19.
Activism
India Rickshaw Drivers Are Turning Their Vehicles Into Free Ambulances To Help The Healthcare System
Dozens of rickshaw drivers in New Delhi, India, have transformed their three-wheeled vehicles into free auto-ambulances to help both the citizens and the overwhelmed healthcare system.
Politics
India’s Prime Minister’s Party Is Holding Massive Election Rallies Despite Thousands Of People Dying
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is holding huge election campaigns for the municipal elections even as the country experiences a devastating second wave of COVID-19, the world’s worst surge since the pandemic began.
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So Many People Are Dying In India Crematoriums Are Out Of Space And Burning Bodies In Parking Lots
Crematoriums in India have been forced to build makeshift funeral pyres in parks, parking lots and empty grounds as the country buckles under a second wave of the coronavirus, the worst surge in the world since the pandemic began.
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India’s COVID Cases Are Completely Out Of Control, Hospitals Are Collapsing And There’s No Oxygen
India’s public health system is collapsing as the country experiences a second wave of COVID-19 – the worst surge in the world since the pandemic began.
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This Indian Railway Worker Rescued A 6-Year-Old Boy Who Fell On The Tracks From An Oncoming Train
A railway worker in Maharashtra, India, risked his life to save a child who fell onto the tracks from an oncoming train on Saturday Apr. 17.
Activism
This Indian Activist Who Was Jailed For Sharing A Google Doc For The Farmer’s Protests Has Been Granted Bail
A court in India grants bail to climate activist Disha Ravi, 22, jailed for sharing a toolkit in support of the farmers protest against new agricultural laws.