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Dust storms are making Delhi's air quality hazardous
The recent deterioration in air quality is causing widespread respiratory problems.
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India’s economy is growing fast, but its poorest areas lag behind. Here’s why this could be about to change
Although India is one of the world's fastest-growing large economies, it ranks 131 out of 188 countries on the UNDP’s Human Development Index. Now it has launched a new programme to trans...
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
India is a latecomer to AI. Here's how it plans to catch up
If India is to embrace the Fourth Industrial Revolution equitably, inclusively and sustainably, taking a leadership position on AI is critical.
India
India will abolish all single-use plastic by 2022, vows Narendra Modi
India’s Prime Minister has promised to eliminate all single-use plastic in the country by 2022, the most ambitious pledge yet to tackling the global problem
India
This is the economic cost of child marriage
Countries could save billions in welfare payments by ending the practice.
Environment and Natural Resource Security
We don’t need to ban plastic. We just need to start using it properly
A material that can be constantly recycled is a great help to ecology and the economy, especially when the human population is growing rapidly and our lifestyle demands are increasing exp...
Climate Change
India is suffering a series of deadly heatwaves
Between 2013 and 2016, more than 4,000 Indians lost their lives to hot weather, at a conservative estimate.
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This Indian state is giving slum-dwellers the right to their own land
Officials of Eastern Odisha claim the scheme will benefit a million people.
India
India is using facial-recognition to reunite missing children with their families
Thanks to new biometric technology, Indian police were able to identify 3,000 lost children in just four days.
International Security
India's dilemma in Maldives
How should India deal with the increasing turmoil in Maldives, a traditional ally, and a strategically important country in the centre of the Indian Ocean?
India
These Indian engineers are turning diesel pollution into ink
Taking the soot from diesel generators and turning it into something useful.
India
These countries spend the most on defence
The balance of military spending looks to be shifting away from the West, towards Asia.
India
India added more renewables capacity than coal last year
Between April 2017 and March 2018, the country added around 11,788 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy capacity.
India
These are the world's most polluted cities
New WHO data shows the cities where air pollution is highest.
India
Parents in these countries are most likely to help their kids with homework
A survey of 27,500 mothers and fathers shows that parents in emerging economies spend the most time assisting their children.