Mar 09 Photo: Celebrating Holi, the Spring 'festival of colors' By News Desk Students at the Institute of Management Studies play with colors to celebrate Holi, on March 9, in Noida, India. Holi is a Hindu spring festival in India and Nepal, also known as the "festival of colors" or the "festival of… Continue reading
Mar 02 Photo: Playing the beautiful game amid Mumbai's dust By News Desk Boys fight for the ball during their soccer practice at a park in Mumbai, India on March 2, 2017. Continue reading
Feb 27 5 stories from last week that deserve a second look By Joshua Barajas, Erica R. Hendry, Iman Smith Here are five important stories that (largely) sidestep the president's every move. Continue reading
Feb 20 Watch 8:32 Fighting to breathe in the world's most polluted city By PBS News Hour Delhi now outranks Beijing as the world's most polluted city. Carbon dioxide, ozone and fine carbon particles get trapped over India's capital, mostly due to dirty fuels, causing long-term health consequences such as lung and heart disease. Special correspondent Fred… Continue watching
Jan 12 Watch 5:51 Depicting colonialism and globalization through art 'full of contradiction' By PBS News Hour A “Wind Sculpture” by visual artist Yinka Shonibare MBE was recently installed in front of the National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C. It’s the seventh in Shonibare's series of vibrantly colored and patterned public artworks that are made… Continue watching
Dec 15 Column: Several governments are destroying their own bank notes. Here's why. By Vikram Mansharamani Nov. 8 will be remembered in India for a long time to come. In a televised speech to the nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that cash notes representing 86 percent of the country’s circulating currency would no longer be… Continue reading
Nov 20 More than 100 die in northern India train wreck By Kamala Kelkar Emergency responders continued to dig through the carnage of a train wreck in Northern India on Sunday that killed more than 100 people. Continue reading
Nov 12 India abolishes some rupee notes as millions flock to banks By Michael D. Regan Millions of Indians crowded attempted to exchange 500- and 1000- rupee notes after the country's prime minister declared them defunct this week. Continue reading
Nov 07 Watch 3:57 News Wrap: Kurdish forces launch Raqqa campaign against ISIS By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, Kurdish-led forces pressed toward the Islamic State’s de facto capital Raqqa after announcing the offensive Sunday. Also, the Justice Department announced it is sending 500 staffers to 28 states to watch for civil rights violations… Continue watching
Nov 05 Photos: Delhi's air pollution closes hundreds of schools, renews alarms By Kamala Kelkar Delhi closed more than 1,700 schools on Friday and Saturday because air pollution there is too dangerous for children’s lungs. Continue reading