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Indian students in uniform clothing arrive at a government-run junior school in Udupi, Karnataka state, India, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022.

Indian govt removes parts of Muslim history from federal textbooks

April 28, 2023Education

The Indian government’s new school textbooks have significant deletions in them related to Muslims in Indian history. Some historians accuse the ruling BJP government of rewriting the country’s history to suit its Hindu nationalist ideology.

Clashes expected as Indian court lifts temple’s ban on women of menstruating age

October 5, 2018Religion

Protestors want Indian temple to stop creating ‘fake miracles’

August 15, 2013Lifestyle & Belief

Micro-loans helping solar power take hold in India

August 15, 2013Development & Education

India’s green energy promises

August 15, 2013Environment

Genetically engineered Golden Rice

August 15, 2013Health & Medicine

Rice genetically modified to produce Vitamin A could be the answer to some childhood health problems in the developing world.

India launches first moon mission

August 15, 2013Environment

The Indian satellite Chandrayaan-1, which means “lunar craft” in Sanskrit, is scheduled to orbit the moon for two years.

Eco-village, Indian Style

August 14, 2013

Thirty years ago, a spiritual community was created in southern India. Auroville, as the community is known, devotes itself to peace and has become a model city for sustainable living. Andrew Blackwell reports.