Tag: India

FILE- In this Aug. 15, 2014 file photo, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation on the country's Independence Day in New Delhi, India. When Prime Minister Narendra Modi swept to power in India's most resounding election victory in decades, he promised to revive the sluggish economy, rein in rising food prices, tackle corruption and overhaul his predecessor's lackluster foreign policy. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das, File)

After big win, India’s new leader faces backlash

Muneeza Naqvi · August 22, 2014 5:51 am

If international agreements to curb greenhouse gas emissions resulted in keeping temperatures from increasing more than 2 degrees Celsius -- as is the aim of climate talks scheduled for next year in Paris -- economic losses would hit just 2.5 percent per year by 2100. (iStock Photo)

Energy and Environment

Climate change could cut 9 percent from South Asian economies, study says

Zack Colman · August 19, 2014 12:48 pm

This Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014 aerial photo shows houses in a residential area partially submerged by monsoon floods at Nalanda district of Bihar, India. Rescue and relief operations continue in the state of Bihar after heavy rains caused landslides and floods in many parts of India. (AP Photo/Press Trust of India) INDIA OUT

180 dead as floods wash away homes in Nepal, India

BiNaj Gurubacharya · August 18, 2014 10:56 am

In this July 9, 2014 photo, Indian star tortoise huddle together at the Bannerghatta National Park on the outskirts of Bangalore, India. Wildlife activists in India have raised an alarm that scores of lesser known animal species are being pushed to the brink of extinction because of rampant poaching and trafficking, while conservation efforts over the past two decades were focused on saving India's iconic tigers and rhinos. Tens of thousands of lesser-known animals, such as pangolins, tortoises and geckos, have been killed or smuggled out of India to supply a growing demand for the skin, parts or flesh of these animals, or sold to people wanting to keep them as exotic pets. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Energy and Environment

Indian poachers threaten lesser-known animals

Nirmala George · August 18, 2014 6:14 am

Indian policewomen salute as they march in the rain during a parade to mark Independence Day in Jammu, India, Friday, Aug. 15, 2014. India celebrates its 1947 independence from British colonial rule on Aug. 15. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Indian PM urges an end to violence against women

Muneeza Naqvi · August 15, 2014 12:41 pm

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will skip a United Nations climate summit next month in New York. (AP Photo/Press Trust of India)

Energy and Environment

India deals a blow to climate negotiations

Zack Colman · August 14, 2014 9:11 pm

FILE- An April 28,1998 file photo of India's famous "Bandit Queen" Phoolan Devi, in Mumbai, India. The upper-caste killer of Devi was sentenced to life in prison by a court on Thursday, Aug.14, 2014 for gunning down the outlaw-turned-legislator who was idolized as a champion of the lower castes. (AP Photo/Sherwin Crasto, File)

Life in prison for killer of India’s Bandit Queen

Washington Examiner · August 14, 2014 10:28 am

Online sites shake up hidebound retailing in India

Online sites shake up hidebound retailing in India

Kay Johnson · August 14, 2014 8:45 am

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi walks upon his arrival in Kargil, India, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014. Modi on Tuesday accused Pakistan of waging a proxy, terrorist war because it was too weak to fight a conventional one, a day after India accused its traditional rival of violating cease-fire agreements in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir. (AP Photo/Press Trust of India)

Indian leader says Pakistan is waging ‘proxy war’

Washington Examiner · August 12, 2014 3:22 pm

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, foreground in saffron clothing, leaves after his visit at the Pashupatinath Temple in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, Aug. 4, 2014. Modi flew to the neighboring Himalayan nation Sunday to meet top leaders, offer prayers at a revered Hindu temple and address the parliament. (AP Photo/Kiran Panday)

Indian leader warms ties during Nepal visit

BiNaj Gurubacharya · August 4, 2014 2:25 pm

Nepalese rescuers search for bodies of victims of Saturday's landslide as a damaged school bus lies on left, in Mankha, about 120 kilometers (75 miles) east of Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, Aug.4, 2014. Nepalese authorities said there is no hope that more than 150 missing people are still alive after being buried by piles of rocks, mud and upturned trees. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Nepal landslide raises fears of flooding in India

Indrajit Singh · August 4, 2014 1:55 pm

Landslide survivor Pramila Lende holds her son Rudra who was injured in the same landslide, at a hospital in Manchar, in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, India, Friday, Aug. 1, 2014. One of the few people pulled alive from the rubble in the hours after the landslide were Lende and her 3-month-old son. Lende said she was feeding her son when she heard the roar of earth and mud ripping down the hillside. Rescuers searching for dozens of people still missing after the landslide. Chances of finding anyone alive were increasingly slim. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Hopes fading for scores buried in Indian landslide

Washington Examiner · August 2, 2014 12:51 pm