In Kashmir, a region disputed between India and Pakistan, nine have been killed in a firefight between Indian security forces and fighters belonging to a Pakistan-based terror group.
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In the next hundred years, it is projected that ninety percent of Earth’s glaciers will disappear.
Read MoreIndia’s broadcasting ministry to place bans on journalists or agencies in response to ‘Fake News’
Read MoreDue to the high levels of PM2.5 in the air in New Delhi, hospitals are seeing a 20 to 25 percent increase in emergency patients since the smog has taken over.
Read MoreThe underlying topic of pornography in India forced the nation to acknowledge a societal issue, a growing culture of intolerance, which is largely unique to democratic nations.
Read MoreEarly October the Indian Supreme Court ruled that sexual intercourse with a wife younger than 18 is rape with or without her consent, granted the wife file a complaint within a year.
Read MoreOn November 8th 2016, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with Nepal’s central bank, Nepal Rastra, issued a directive to all banks set a ban on 500 and 1000 rupee banknotes. This ban on the 500 and 1,000 rupee notes, worth about $8 and $15 respectively, will remove about 80 percent of the currency in India’s circulation.
Read MoreRussia has pledged an investment of $12.9 billion into India’s defense and energy program in exchange for access to Indian port facilities and a controlling stake in India’s Essar Oil company.
Read MoreIn India, women were in charge of agrarian tasks, so they most immediately felt the negative effects of the forest destruction on the land and soil. This remains true today. In the developing world, women account for 45 to 80 percent of food production, according to the UN. In African countries, more than 90 percent of the female labor force works in the agriculture sector.
Read MoreAlthough many of the acts are considered minor, the Hindu communities in Bangladesh are increasingly unnerved.
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