India

After the country liberalised drone regulations last year, operators have been testing the delivery of medical supplies by air: the solution could change healthcare in remote regions of the country

The Museum of Art and Photography - a private museum founded by art collector Abhishek Poddar - launched the Encyclopaedia of Indian Art, an open-source repository allowing to view and read about a huge collection of Indian paintings, photographs, ecc

Bhiwadi in Rajasthan state has been named the worst city in the world for air pollution, but many workers are unaware of the risks and avoid masks

India will hold talks with Japan in mid-April in a new edition of the 2+2 dialogue: the sides are expected to deliberate on further cooperation in topics of defence and security, including possible implications of the Ukraine crisis for the Indo-Pacific

Several trade unions in Bharat called a nationwide strike on 28 and 29 March against "anti-worker, anti-farmer, anti-people and anti-national policies", like reduction in the interest rate on the employees' provident fund organisation or fuel price hike

The Border Roads Organisation on Saturday reopened the strategic Zoji La; the Pass, at 3.550 meters above sea level, is a link with Ladak region on the Srinagar-Kargil-Leh road to China, and usually reopens in mid April

Nobel peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi honored a woman cop for rescuing 73 missing children in the last 8 months and an e-rickshaw driver for saving two girls from getting kidnapped

The country abstained on a US-sponsored UN Security Council resolution that "deplores in the strongest terms" Russia's "aggression" against Ukraine, New Delhi said dialogue was the only answer to resolving differences and disputes

Thousands of office workers, government employees, teachers and pensioners marched in Vijayawada, a municipal corporation in Andhra Pradesh, to protest against the wage revision, considering it detrimental to their interests

A standoff has arisen at a women's college in the southern Indian state of Karnataka after six female students say they have been barred from classes for weeks because they insist on wearing the hijab

Gregory Stanton, founder of Genocide Watch, warns of violence against Muslims in India, as attacks perpetrated by Hindus increase with little apparent official condemnation