India suffered its second huge, crippling power failure in two days Tuesday, depriving as much as half of the vast and populous country, or up to 600 million people, of electricity and disrupting transport networks. The first power grid collapse, on Monday, was the country’s worst blackout in a decade. It affected seven states in […]
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Indian Accent: New Approaches
Hurtling toward modernity, how will India package itself to the world?
India’s U.N. Security Council Seat: Don’t Hold Your Breath
A day after President Barack Obama publicly endorsed India’s claim to a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council, State Department spokesman P.J
Is India’s E-Waste Problem Spiraling Out of Control?
The high-pitched, nasal call of the neighborhood scrap collector is a familiar weekend sound in most Indian neighborhoods.
Beyond Pirates: On the High Seas, an India-China Rivalry
These days, the battle for the Indian Ocean seems to be all about the dread pirates of Somalia.
Greenhouse Gallery: New Delhi’s Arty New Hothouse
Sometimes a little space is all that’s needed to make things grow. That’s the principle behind New Delhi’s aptly named Greenhouse gallery.
Manmohan Singh Visits U.S. Amid Worry over India’s Clout
The pomp and ceremony with which President Barack Obama will host India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a White House state dinner on Tuesday won’t alter a perception in India that it has lost ground to China in the new Administration’s Asia policy.
Heart defect baby loses battle for life
A baby born with his heart protruding from his chest died two weeks after undergoing complex surgery to correct the problem, doctors said Thursday. “We have lost him,” said cardiothoracic surgeon A.K
Baby born with heart outside his chest
A newborn baby boy with a heart protruding from his chest is set to undergo a complex surgery in New Delhi, India doctors said Monday.
The Dying Art of The Sari
I am standing in Dilli Haat, New Delhi’s popular open air handicrafts market, and feeling a little guilty.