In an unusual initiative in a town bordering Mumbai, India, a school functions from a shipping container under a major overpass. The reason: Children on the street would not go to regular school, so authorities opened one where they spent much of the day — on the streets. Anjana Pasricha has a report from Mumbai.
Visit Seen as New Delhi's bid to Balance its Blossoming ties with Israel
New Delhi signs deal to set up a naval base in Seychelles amid concerns India is being encircled by an increasingly assertive China
Measures include a health insurance plan for 500 million people
Disruptive impact of currency ban and tax reform have dissipated
Why has Mumbai's largest slum, which packs some one million people in about two square kilometers, emerged as an unlikely stop for foreign tourists? The draw is not images of squalor and poverty in the heart of India's largest city, but a place where thriving entrepreneurship and stories of hope and success break many stereotypes of a slum. Anjana Pasricha reports.
India's outreach to ASEAN is prompted by rise of China
Four senior judges publicly warn court poses threat to democracy
He is joined by an 11-year-old Jewish boy who was orphaned in the attacks
Domestically developed 17.5-meter-long surface-to-surface missile has range of more than 5,000 kilometers
Both sides shrug aside India’s UN vote calling on the United States to drop recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
But New Delhi fears move unlikely to prompt Islamabad to end support to terror groups targeting Kashmir
Muslim Women Activists hope political parties will resolve differences to usher first significant reform in Muslim family law
In 2013, the court had ruled the law is valid, dealing a setback to India's gay rights movement
The filters, an alternative to masks, are affordable and filter out most pollutants, say the innovators
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party is on course to win a key victory in his home state, Gujarat, fending off a strong challenge from the opposition Congress party in a closely watched state election.
Opposition Congress party put up a strong challenge following growing discontent
India's opposition Congress Party workers celebrated Saturday as Rahul Gandhi from India's famous Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty took over as president of the party. Hopes are high that the 47-year-old leader will revive the party, which has suffered several crushing defeats over the last three years.
Campaigns demanding safety for women are beginning to take hold as sexual attacks targeting girls and women continue to pose major threat
Rahul Gandhi faces a massive challenge in rebuilding a Congress Party that has been politically sidelined by the BJP
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