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The recent powercuts that hit about 620-million people in India were a sign of a democracy that takes power from its people, writes Randeep Ramesh.
A British study shows that the poorest people in the London borough of Westminster live 17 years less than the richest.
Almost 60% of five-year-olds in some of Britain’s poorest areas do not reach a "good level" of behaviour and understanding.
One of the biggest concerns is that not enough is being done to cut the number of child deaths across the globe.
If the country succeeded, it would become only the fourth — after the United States, Russia and China — to send a man into space.
At 35, Chetan Bhagat’s chronicling of the trials and tribulations of the country’s middle-class youth has made him a publishing phenomenon in India.
State accused of stealing land and livelihoods for a factory that now lies empty.
The Indian government on Tuesday night survived a knife-edge parliamentary vote of confidence, clearing the way for a landmark nuclear deal.
Yoga evangelist has millions in his thrall, but critics claim devotees are being duped, writes Randeep Ramesh in Haridwar.
Last week, Nepal’s new constitutional assembly held its first meeting and put an end to the monarchy, a key part of a 2006 peace deal with Maoist guerrillas who gave up the…
Hundreds of children are still being born with birth defects as a result of the world’s worst industrial disaster 23 years ago in the central Indian town of Bhopal, say…
Former communist rebels in Nepal appear to be on the brink of a historic sweep in elections that will decide the political future of the Himalayan nation and end the rule of its…
Quiet and unassuming, the Indian business baron drives himself to work in an unremarkable Tata sedan. His beachfront bachelor pad is found in the hippest tip of south Mumbai, but…
When the Dalai Lama sat down on Saturday with Richard Gere and Robert Thurman, father of actor Uma and a United States professor of Buddhism, it was supposed to be for a few…
Violent protests in Tibet have emphasised the growing divide within the exiled community over how to win the propaganda war with China. The spiritual leader of the Tibetans, the…
Last Monday, the Indian government announced a scheme to pay poor families to give birth to and bring up girl children. The government has also moved to end the practice of…
In the same way as commentators refer to the 1900s as the ”American century”, the 21st century is forecast to be Asian. If the scale and speed of growth can be maintained on both…
When Baldev Singh arrived to open his car parts showroom last September he found not customers but officials from Delhi’s municipal council at his doorstep. Part of a drive to…
When Baldev Singh arrived to open his car parts showroom last September he found not customers but officials from Delhi’s municipal council at his doorstep. Part of a drive to…
About 25 000 of India’s poorest people — tribal peoples, "untouchables" and landless labourers — have stopped traffic for nearly three weeks on the road that links Delhi and…
