Topic: Himachal Pradesh

Global News Blog How a Quaker missionary from Philly became India's Johnny Appleseed

Samuel Evans Stokes spent years trying to persuade his neighbors in the Himalayas to grow apples, giving away plants freely until locals took to apple farming and Indians took to Red Delicious.

Climate change sends India's apple farmers up the Himalayas

Apples in the Himalayan foothills are seeing the worst effects of climate change already, according to farmers. Orchards are shifting upland as winters shorten.

Change Agent Updated water wheels power India's rural mountain economy

Wooden water wheels have long captured energy from mountain streams. New versions work even better, helping provide a local, sustainable source of energy to Indian villages high in the Himalayas.

India's Congress party rallies hundreds of thousands in Delhi

The ruling party is trying to reclaim momentum following years of crippling corruption scandals and political paralysis. 

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.

Fighting in Kashmir gives rise to orphanages

Between 60,000 and 100,000 children in this state of 5.5 million people are thought to be orphans – including fatherless children with mothers too poor to care for them.

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