Tibetans and Buddhist leaders in northern India on Wednesday participated in a march to show their solidarity with Tibetans in southwestern China’s Sichuan province arrested for peacefully protesting the planned construction of a dam.
As part of an ambitious nationwide campaign to provide water connections to every household in the vast rural areas of India, water taps have just been installed in millions of village homes. It’s a boon for rural communities in a water-stressed country.
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India’s inaugural survey on snow leopards has unveiled a population of 718 individuals within its borders, signaling hope for the species despite threats from poaching, climate change, infrastructure development and the degradation of their high-altitude habitats.
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Restrictions on the media forced a former news anchor in Kashmir out of a job; she is now pursuing a new career in the food industry.
In India, meager farming earnings have driven a large number of rural people to the city in recent decades. However, many are starting alternative farming ventures as they try to rebuild their lives in the countryside after the COVID-19 pandemic triggered a wave of reverse migration from cities to villages.
In the Himalayan region of India, communities and environmentalists are concerned that the mountains’ massive infrastructure push is making them more vulnerable to natural disasters. They say that in one of the world’s most fragile regions, the effects of massive construction projects like roads and dams are being exacerbated by climate change.
Women who escaped the fighting in Myanmar are being detained and beaten in an Indian prison, according to a group that helps Burmese refugees.