India
India to move 15 flood-prone villages to higher ground to mitigate impact
MUMBAI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The western Indian state of Gujarat will move 15 villages that were affected by floods this year to higher ground, officials said, as they look for new ways to tackle the increasing frequency and intensity of flooding.
India bars 'unruly' passengers from flying for three months to over two years
NEW DELHI India has issued new norms barring unruly passengers from flying for a minimum of three months to more than two years depending on the nature of the misdemeanor, the government said on Friday.
Monsanto to sell its cotton seed brand to India's Tierra Agrotech
NEW DELHI Monsanto Co will sell its small branded cotton seed business to local firm Tierra Agrotech Private Ltd, but remains fully committed to India's agriculture sector, a Monsanto India spokesman said on Friday.
Lasers, tags and cameras target baby thieves in Indian hospitals
CHENNAI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Hospitals in India are starting to tag newborns, mothers and medics as well as installing extra security cameras and educating staff to spot baby thieves amid fears that baby trafficking is becoming an organized crime nationwide.
India needs to find allies to tap cheap funds for clean coal: trade body
NEW DELHI India needs to partner with other countries to tap cheaper funds for cleaner coal technologies as the South Asian nation is expected to use the fuel to produce over half of its power in the next two decades, the World Coal Association chief said on Thursday.
Indian court sentences two Mumbai 1993 blasts convicts to death
MUMBAI An Indian court on Thursday sentenced to death two men convicted of involvement in India's most deadly bombings, a series of blasts in the city of Mumbai that killed 257 people in 1993, while two others were jailed for life.
'Not a woman's choice': India's abortion limit puts women at risk, say campaigners
MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - They didn't pop open boxes of sweets or send out excited phone messages when their first child was born at public hospital on a rainy Mumbai night in July.
India's highest court allows rape survivor, 13, to end pregnancy
MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - India's highest court gave permission on Wednesday to a 13-year-old girl who was raped to end her pregnancy in a move praised by campaigners after the court rejected a similar petition by a 10-year-old girl several weeks earlier.
Indian journalists, activists protest murder of newspaper publisher
BENGALURU, India Indian journalists and rights activists protested on Wednesday against the murder of an outspoken publisher of a weekly tabloid amid growing concerns about freedom of the press at a time of rising nationalism and intolerance of dissent.
India cracks down on directors of shell companies
NEW DELHI Directors of Indian shell companies that have not filed tax returns for at least three years have been disqualified from re-appointment or from being appointed to similar roles elsewhere, India's finance ministry said on Wednesday.
Irma menaces Bahamas and Cuba, on course toward Florida
HAVANA Hurricane Irma menaced Cuba and the Bahamas on Friday as it drove toward Florida after lashing the Caribbean with devastatingly high winds, killing 19 people and leaving catastrophic destruction in its wake. | Video
