Topic: Bihar

Free bicycles help keep Indian girls in school

Free bicycles help keep Indian girls in school under a new state government program designed to help girls in Bihar, one of India's poorest states, where the female literacy rate of 53 percent is more than 20 points below that of its men.

Surging BRIC middle classes are eclipsing global poverty

By 2022, those living in poverty will be a minority for the first time, as the global middle class – particularly from BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) nations – surges. Does new affluence signal shifting global power?

India defeats Pakistan in World Cup cricket match, in front of leaders and celebrities

India bested Pakistan in a World Cup cricket semifinal Wednesday. The Indians will meet Sri Lanka in the final this weekend.

5 Asian authors you should know: the Man Asian Literary Prize shortlist

Five writers from China, Japan, and India made the cut this week when the Man Asian Literary Prize announced the shortlist for its 2010 award for the best novel by an Asian writer, either written in English or translated into English last year. The winner will be announced at a dinner in Hong Kong on March 17.

In India, even Indians can be 'foreigners'

Mumbai and other Indian cities enact labor restrictions to stem an influx of poor migrant workers.

India's migrant workers face hostility in Mumbai

In India's crowded and burdened cities such as Mumbai, local politicians have rekindled antimigrant attitudes by trying to restrict labor licenses to those who can speak a local language. Most migrant workers cannot.

In India, deadly backlash against freedom of information activists

Activists in India have been hospitalized or even killed as they tap the 2005 freedom of information act to expose government corruption.

New India state Telangana may fuel other statehood movements

The central government in India announced Wednesday it would move to create a new state, Telangana, within the state Andhra Pradesh. Telangana is likely to serve as a precedent for other statehood movements.

India prepares new assault on its 'biggest threat'

India has sent 20,000 more troops to eastern states where a Maoist Naxalite insurgency is gaining strength. Some analysts question whether India has the breadth and strength for an escalated campaign.

Sea of Poppies

An absorbing tale of the motley crew assembled aboard a British trading ship.

Mumbai tense following arrest of right-wing leader

The detention of Raj Thackeray, an anti-immigrant activist, threatens to stoke communal tensions against workers from northern states in India's financial hub.

Flooding in India: Why wasn't the government ready?

Three million people have been displaced. Critics call for more help from the Indian Army.

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One man's mission to rid India of its dirtiest job

Even though manual scavenging was banned in India in 1993, thousands still perform the task of cleaning, by hand, human waste.

One man's mission to rid India of its dirtiest job

Even though manual scavenging was banned in India in 1993, thousands still perform the task of cleaning, by hand, human waste.

India: discontent, poverty fueling Naxalite rebels

A government-appointed committee says violence by the Maoist insurgency is growing and urges the government to talk with rebels.