深度地理
Here's why Indians are at high risk from extreme heat
As the scorching sun beat down on his fruit cart, Mohammad Ikrar dreaded another day of tossing out dozens of rotting mangoes and melons - a regular practice as India grappled with an unp...
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'Now or never': Why we need to do more to save schools' 'lost generation'
Standing in front of India's Taj Mahal, tour guide Raju Usmani fears for his daughter's future. With COVID-19 decimating his income, he may have to pull her out of school just as she is c...
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Men in UK and U.S. are growing less comfortable with women leaders
Less than 50% of American men would be "very comfortable" with a female head of government, according to a survey published on Tuesday that found men in Britain and the United States grow...
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Women leaders driven offline and out of work by social media abuse
Pervasive abuse of women on social media is driving female leaders off the internet and, in some cases, out of a job, a conference heard on Thursday.
深度地理
'Water women' quench thirst of central India's parched villages
Her face veiled, Kiran Aherwal shoveled gravel into a broad platter, placed it on her head, then stepped off to help construct a new check dam in her thirsty village in central India.
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In India, restricted access to water could damage your marriage prospects
Ram Hetu was sure his 16th proposal would finally secure him a wife, but it didn't - just like all his other attempts to find a partner in central India's Bundelkhand region, where years ...
教育与技能
Indian schools are starting to teach students about same-sex relationships
Indian schoolchildren are learning about same-sex couples in a new textbook, in the latest sign of shifting attitudes in the socially conservative country following the decriminalisation ...
自然与生物多样性
Deep-sea mining will cause irreversible damage to the oceans, Greenpeace warns
As India readies for the United Nations to give a green light to deep sea mining and boost its economy, the environmental group Greenpeace said on Wednesday that drilling the seabed could...
深度地理
This Indian teenager has launched a petition to demand government action on climate change
More than 450,000 people have signed two petitions demanding that the Indian government declare a climate emergency as severe heatwaves and crippling water shortages grip the country.
教育与技能
The Taj Mahal has opened a breastfeeding room, the first Indian monument to do so
The Taj Mahal, built as a monument to a woman who died in childbirth, is set to get a baby feeding room in a first for India where conservative attitudes toward public breastfeeding mean ...
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Life after death: Sherpa widows eye Everest to fight taboo
Two Nepali Sherpa women hope to conquer Mount Everest next month, finishing off the job their husbands started in a bid to empower fellow widows and prove there is life after death.
自然与生物多样性
Women in India are tackling the rural energy crisis with solar power
Buffalo trampled over it? Rain drenched it? Child dropped it? No problem! This solar flashlight can endure it all, said Bassi in a pitch to her neighbours in rural India to convince them ...
深度地理
India's first women-run train station is proving a huge success
As Chandra Kala heard the blaring horns of a train, she quickened her pace, zig-zagged and elbowed across a teeming platform while hauling a sack of wheat, a suitcase and a backpack.
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India cheers first woman wrestler to win gold at Asian Games
India swelled with pride on Tuesday after Vinesh Phogat became the country's first woman wrestler to win gold at the Asian Games, with congratulations pouring in from her family, politici...
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India's first female SWAT team has won its first case - to exist
After more than a year of being put through their paces - learning to scale buildings, defuse bombs and rescue hostages - India's first all-female commando team started work on Friday, br...