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The Yarlung Tansgpo / Brahmaputra dam shows we often don’t know how to deal with rivers that cross national borders.
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India's parliament passed a controversial bill that amends laws governing Muslim land endowments, known as waqfs, by including non-Muslims on the boards that manage these properties and increasing ...
As the Congress Working Committee convenes in Ahmedabad to strategize for upcoming elections, former leader Sanjay Jha proposes a five-point action plan to revitalize the party. Jha's ...
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — The Lower House of India’s parliament early Thursday passed a controversial bill moved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government to amend laws ...
The Waqfs — whose legal foundation in India is over 100 years old — are one of the largest landowners in the country, managing more than 800,000 properties covering nearly a million acres ...
Prayagraj: DGP Prashant Kumar on Friday constituted a three-member SIT led by IG (Prayagraj range) Prem Gautam to probe the murder case of Military Engineering Services (MES) engineer who was shot ...
The Bill marks a "watershed moment", as described by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for the management and supervision of Waqf properties in India. The discussion on the Waqf Bill in the Rajya ...
Economic losses were in the billions. Pollution takes many forms in India, including the use of poorly-ventilated stoves and open fires for cooking inside dwellings. Photo by Mark Katzman. Air ...