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Orders release of Covid vaccine trial data
India is looking to buy oil and weapons amongst other goods from Russia
And who supports Russia?
A leading anti-commercial surrogacy campaigner, Pinki Virani, discusses India’s ban on womb-hire
Scary.
On March 4, 2010, The Economist ran one of its most memorable covers: a completely black page, except for a pair of tiny pink shoes with frilly bows the bottom. The headline was “Gendercide: what happened to 100 million baby girls?” Good question. The answer is that they were aborted or killed, mainly in China and India, […]
Photo credit: No. 10 Downing Street (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has cancelled a planned trip to India amid concerns about the country’s covid-19 rates, despite being fully vaccinated against the virus himself. Downing Street issued a joint statement this morning on behalf of both the Indian and British governments, saying that […]
Britain’s Salt Act of 1882 prohibited Indians from collecting or selling salt, a staple in their diet. Indian citizens were forced to buy the vital mineral from their British rulers, who, in addition to exercising a monopoly over the manufacture and sale of salt, also charged a heavy salt tax. Though it affected everyone, it […]
A 17-year-old girl was beheaded by her father in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Millions of people living in India live in densely populated surroundings, with only limited access to clean water, and without the resources to ensure food and other hygiene. These conditions make people additionally susceptible to being infected with Covid -19 and India has recorded almost 11 million cases of the disease to date – or some 16% of […]
India is about to overtake China as the world’s most populous country (if it hasn’t already done so). With around 1.4 billion people and a population density of nearly 400 people per kilometre, one often associates population explosion with Indian demographics. Indeed, the sight of India in the 1960s was one of the major influences […]
A petition to remove a statue of civil rights icon Mahatma Gandhi in Leicester has reached over 6,000 signatures – but also attracted considerable backlash both online and locally. The petition was started by a Kerri Pangulier from Derby who accused Gandhi of being a ‘racist and facist’ and called for his statue to be taken […]
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