Aug 22 Trump’s Afghanistan strategy makes new demands on India By Matthew Pennington, Associated Press Laying out his new Afghanistan war strategy, President Donald Trump reissued old demands on neighboring Pakistan to eliminate militant sanctuaries. Less expected: an entirely new warning to close U.S. partner India to provide more economic aid. Continue reading
Jul 29 Watch India’s national ID program raises privacy concerns By PBS News Hour Since 2010, India has undertaken what is by far the largest citizen registration drive in history by documenting most of its 1.3 billion people into a single national identification database. The system assigns a number and records fingerprints and iris… Continue watching
Jul 28 At a school for poor children in India, price of attendance is paying it forward By Larisa Epatko Shanti Bhavan, a boarding school in Tamil Nadu in southern India, has provided free education to the poor for 20 years, in exchange for a sense of duty and service to the community once graduates are out in the real… Continue reading
Jul 17 Watch 6:18 Ivanka Trump products are not made in America By PBS News Hour It's "Made in America" week at the White House, but President Trump's effort to highlight U.S. manufacturing has sparked questions about where Trump family products are produced. In fact, merchandise sold by the Trump Organization or sold through Ivanka Trump's… Continue watching
Jul 03 Watch 6:26 This simple correction for clubfoot is a life changer for kids in India By PBS News Hour Clubfoot, a treatable birth defect that can bring pain and social isolation, is often not treated in the developing world. But a treatment developed a half century ago by a doctor in Iowa is less invasive, less expensive and less… Continue watching
Jun 29 Arundhati Roy: ‘In the air in India now is pure terror’ By Elizabeth Flock As Hindu nationalism grows in India, and "beef lynchings" becoming more commonplace, Arundhati Roy's new novel "The Ministry of Utmost Happiness" explores what it means to live in a climate of fear. Continue reading
Jun 26 WATCH: President Trump and India PM Modi deliver joint statement By Matthew Pennington and Catherine Lucey, Associated Press President Donald Trump meets for the first time Monday with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and personal chemistry as much as policy could determine the direction of future relations. Continue reading
Jun 20 Why this Nobel laureate is banking on kids’ compassion to end child labor By Larisa Epatko Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi launched the 100 Million for 100 Million campaign to connect young people wanting to make a difference with those who struggle as child laborers. Continue reading
Jun 15 This lawyer helps Mongolian herders and Indian tea farmers fight injustice By Larisa Epatko Natalie Bridgeman Fields started her nonprofit in 2009 "as a direct response to seeing communities all over the world having pressing human rights and environmental abuses go unaddressed."… Continue reading
Jun 14 5 important stories that have nothing to do with the Russia investigations By Laura Santhanam, Erica R. Hendry, Joshua Barajas, Iman Smith, Andrew Wagner Here are five important stories that were overlooked in the media frenzy. Continue reading