India

Israeli companies to help clean holiest river of India ‘Ganges’

Source: Ynetnews Indian engineers, researchers seek Israeli water technologies for river’s rejuvenation; deal estimated at $3 billion India is considering the possibility of integrating Israeli technologies in a national initiative to clean the Ganges River. For this purpose, engineers, researchers and representatives form water technology companies will visit Israelnext week. […]

God-awful pollution of India’s waters

the guardian Do the gods pollute? Scientists in India, worried about the public health consequences of immersing idols in lakes and rivers, have been looking anew at water pollution. They hope, and perhaps in some cases pray, to harmonise their medical concerns with some people’s religious priorities. Most of their research has focused on idols […]

Deaths put Siachen standoff into sharp relief

Credit: Asia Times By Sudha Ramachandran BANGALORE – An avalanche near the Siachen Glacier, which buried around 140 Pakistani soldiers and civilian contractors a fortnight ago, has triggered debate in India and Pakistan over the huge costs of keeping troops in a stand-off at its icy heights. Pakistan’s army chief […]

India test-fires ‘China-killer’ missile capable of reaching Beijing, Europe

Source: MSNBC   India test-fired a nuclear-capable, long-range missile capable of reaching deep inside China and Europe Thursday, television stations showed, putting the emerging Asian power into an elite club of nations with intercontinental nuclear defense capabilities. A scientist at the launch site said the launch was successful, minutes after television […]

End the violence

Credit: TOI Unsure of just how unwanted girls are in India? Here’s appalling evidence – angry with his wife, a 30-year-old youth in Haryana’s Jhajjar district turned on his three little daughters. The father apparently first tried to hang the children – all between two to seven years – from […]