Gay rights activists have paraded through India’s capital to demand an end to the stigmatisation of gays, lesbians and transgenders in the country.
Child rights activists say the rape of a five-year-old girl is the latest case in which India’s police have failed to act on a missing child report.
Five men pleaded not guilty after being indicted in a special court on charges of rape and murder, in the gang rape of a woman on a New Delhi bus.
India has spread a mix of aid, education and technology transfers through Africa, hoping it will pay out in the scramble for natural resources.
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Former United States President Bill Clinton announced an agreement on Thursday to cut prices of HIV/Aids treatments for children, making the life-saving drugs far more accessible worldwide. Two Indian pharmaceutical companies have agreed to supply antiretroviral formulations for HIV-positive children at prices as low as 16 US cents a day.
Indian police have detained about 350 people in connection with the deadly Mumbai train bombings, as a top official said on Thursday that investigators believe they ”should have something substantial soon”. A man claiming to represent al-Qaeda reportedly claimed on Thursday that the terror network has set up a wing in Kashmir.