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At least 227 people have died since flash floods ravaged swathes of South Asia over the weekend, officials said on Thursday, July 18.
UNICEF Georgia did a video social experiment as the The State of the World’s Children, an annual report made by the organization, was released today.
A strong earthquake in northern Afghanistan was felt across much of South Asia on Monday, shaking buildings from Kabul to Delhi.
Dr. Rashmee Sharma knows better than most that life comes filled with the unexpected. In 1986 her future seemed already to be laid out in a straight, neat, comfortable line.
Aptitude, ethics, and moral values to carry credit for the first time as a separate examination question paper in the Indian Civil Services Examination.
Better sanitation experience help retain children in Bangalore schools. Innovative methods for sanitation introduced by students and Reap Benefit, an NGO.
The British Prime Minister David Cameron is visiting India for three days with business and trade as the primary agenda.
Touted to be Asia’s biggest event of its kind, Aero India 2013 has taken off to a flying start.
Impoverished families often turn to vending and performing on India’s trains. Railway vendors now seek licensing to legitimize their profession.
An Indian nationalist party handed out tens of thousands of knives and a large quantity of chili powder to women in Mumbai to defend themselves against would-be rapists.
A Pakistani official who was investigating corruption charges related to the case against Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf was found dead Friday.
Celebrations of the four-day harvest festival Pongal in India have changed dramatically with the urban lifestyle, and have tapered off altogether in some regions.
A dispute over an unpaid restaurant bill sparked a riot in a western Indian city between Hindus and Muslims that left scores of people injured and four dead.
Children who runaway from home seek a better life in Delhi, but many are abducted by child labor brokers or find a life of substance abuse.
Zee News, an Indian television channel, decried the arrest of two of its senior staff members, characterizing the the move as an “attack on press freedom”.
Human Rights Watch accused Pakistan’s high judges on Tuesday of trying to prevent the media from airing programs critical of the judiciary.
The Pakistan Taliban on Thursday threatened to attack India to avenge the execution of Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, the last remaining gunman who took part in the deadly Mumbai attacks in 2008.
