Topic: Haryana

In India, the challenge of building 50,000 colleges

To become an economic powerhouse, India needs to educate as many as 100 million young people over the next 10 years – something never done before. 

Anna Hazare breaks fast, renews faith in people power [VIDEO]

Mr. Hazare broke his fast Sunday after India's Parliament passed a nonbinding resolution supporting new anticorruption legislation. The victory is boosting the hopes of citizen activists.

India tries cash incentives to save its girls

Selective abortion has intensified amid the pressure to have boys in India. Now the federal and state governments are trying cash incentives to persuade Indians not to abort females.

Some Indian villages prefer to put women in power

India’s parliament erupted at a proposal last month to reserve one-third of seats for women. But village-level quotas putting women in power have won many supporters.

Gender selection: In India, abortion of girls on the rise

Gender selection via abortion appears to be on the rise in India – and more common among the wealthy. India's upper classes tend to have fewer children and more access to ultrasounds that reveal their babies’ sex. The gender imbalance means fewer women available to be wives.

Gender-selective abortion in India is on the rise

The US and other Human Rights Council members should help save India's unborn girls.

India: Rural villagers say, “no toilet, no bride.”

A cab conundrum in Calcutta

In India, an unusual disagreement between a taxi driver and passenger.