A 40-day pilgrimage is taking place in Indian-controlled Kashmir for the first time in the past three years. The Amarnath pilgrimage is expected to be the biggest in Jammu and Kashmir’s history, according to Apurva Chand, secretary at India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcastin
Zachary Coffin was simply another American who had relocated to India. But his life was turned upside down when a random filmmaker approached him and requested him to portray a bad guy in a Bollywood film. Coffin recounts how he has lived up to the role in this short documentary
After the government provided subsidies for cooking gas connections, millions of poor rural households in India switched to using cleaner energy in their kitchens. However, rising fuel prices are posing a challenge to the programme, which is aimed at addressing the serious health risks posed by indoor air pollution
As a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps the country, curbs have been imposed in Indian cities. However, health experts are warning that large gatherings, such as religious festivals in North India, might become superspreader events in the world’s second-worst affected country
Ahead of the February opening of the Winter Olympics in China, authorities are attempting to contain an outbreak of the omicron coronavirus variant in a southern city
Farmers in India have welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to scrap three contentious agriculture regulations that had sparked the country’s longest and largest anti-government protests. Farmers, however, plan to keep putting pressure on the government to meet other major demand
The COVID-19 outbreak in India, as in other countries, had a serious impact on numerous restaurants, forcing hundreds to close. Despite this, some entrepreneurs persevered and started new food enterprises during the pandemic
In India, where some youngsters from underprivileged urban populations are unable to attend school, volunteer groups have developed novel ways to educate them
United Nations Refugee Agency, saying that the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan has ended their chances of returning home
Sonagachi is one of the largest red light area in asia.It is home to around 10000 residential sex workers.The sex workers have been out of work due to the pandemic and lockdown, and have no other source of income