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India

# india - Friday 14 June, 2013

Not such a small world after all with population to reach 9.6 billion by 2050

Growth will be mainly in developing countries, with more than half in Africa.

# india - Thursday 13 June, 2013

Inadequate care and monitoring were factors in Savita’s death – HSE report

The review also calls for greater clarity on options available to doctors in cases of “inevitable miscarriage”.

# india - Sunday 26 May, 2013

27 killed as guerrillas ambush convoy of Indian political leaders

At least 27 people, including three leaders of the Indian ruling Congress party, have been killed in an attack by Maoist rebels in central India.

# india - Thursday 16 May, 2013

Successful life-saving surgery on baby’s rare, swollen head disorder

Doctors say the surgery was a success although it’s too early to say what the quality of her life will be like.

# india - Tuesday 7 May, 2013

Ireland is the 20th safest country for newborns and mothers – report

The report by the charity Save the Children used stats from 186 countries.

# india - Tuesday 30 April, 2013

Four-year-old Indian girl dies two weeks after brutal rape attack

The girl was found unconscious by her parents on 18 April after being dumped at a farm.

# india - Monday 29 April, 2013

Man arrested after uploading video of his 9-year-old son driving a Ferrari YouBusted This post contains videos

Man arrested after uploading video of his 9-year-old son driving a Ferrari

Indian businessman Mohammed Nisham let his son loose in his Ferrari F430 with his five-year-old brother as co-passenger.

# india - Monday 22 April, 2013

Second suspect arrested over Indian girl’s rape

Police in New Dehli have arrested a second suspect in their investigation into the abduction and rape of a five-year-old girl in the city last week.

# india - Thursday 18 April, 2013

India’s most elaborate theme park opens today

The park features angry Hindu dieties and Bollywood-themes rides, aimed at attracting the country’s growing middle-class.

# india - Sunday 14 April, 2013

Weird Wide Web: 3D photos, hearts on your sleeve and some shocking underwear Week In Web This post contains videos

Weird Wide Web: 3D photos, hearts on your sleeve and some shocking underwear

All of your essential tech and social media news for the week in one byte-sized portion.

# india - Thursday 11 April, 2013

Column: Can India be called a democracy when society’s most vulnerable are ignored?

India has been touted as the poster-child for a developing economy – but is the impression of a progressive society all a smoke screen? Brian O’Connor shares his experience.

# india - Tuesday 9 April, 2013

Nepalese man burns pregnant wife alive by stuffing her in a hay bale

The woman who was four-months pregnant suffered burns on more than 50 per cent of her body

# india - Saturday 6 April, 2013

British woman stabbed to death on Kashmir houseboat: police

A Dutch national has been arrested after a 24-year-old British woman was found on a houseboat on the picturesque Dal Lake in the Indian Kashmir city of Srinagar.

How Sesame Street tones down for Afghanistan

In a country where only half of all children go to school, the programme treads a fine line to help bring the 3 Rs – and a little lesson in gender equity – to its audience.

# india - Friday 5 April, 2013

Death toll reaches 45 in India building collapse

The seven-storey building collapsed yesterday evening into a mangled heap of steel and concrete about eight metres high.

High-profile rapes threaten India tourism business

As media spotlight hovers over sexual crime in India, its multi-billion euro visitor industry is feeling the pinch.

# india - Thursday 4 April, 2013

Indian villager kills four women and five girls with axe

The five girls were aged between two and nine.

# india - Monday 1 April, 2013

India’s top court backs generics in key drug patent ruling

A bid by Swiss drug giant Novartis was rejected in a landmark ruling following a seven-year legal battle.

# india - Saturday 30 March, 2013

New Delhi police note surge in number of reported sex crimes

Police say more women are “shedding their inhibitions” in a conservative society and registering complaints about sex crimes following the fatal gang-rape of a young woman in the city.

# india - Tuesday 26 March, 2013

# india - Monday 25 March, 2013

Ford India apologises for ad image of women gagged in car

The ads were uploaded to the Internet without the carmaker’s approval.

# india - Sunday 24 March, 2013

Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads

The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.

# india - Tuesday 19 March, 2013

British tourist jumps from hotel balcony in India to escape harassment

The UK’s foreign office has amended its travel advice for women visiting India as reports of sexual attacks increase.

Indian parliament to debate bill allowing death penalty for rapists

The new laws follow the worldwide condemnation of the fatal gang rape of a student in Delhi last year.

# india - Sunday 17 March, 2013

Five confess to gang-raping Swiss tourist in India, say police

The woman was on a cycling holiday with her husband when six men attacked them on Friday night.

# india - Saturday 16 March, 2013

Swiss woman gang-raped in central India

The woman was on a cycling trip with her husband in impoverished Madhya Pradesh state, when seven to eight men attacked the couple on Friday night, police said.

# india - Monday 11 March, 2013

The 9 at 9: Monday

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Suspect in Delhi gang-rape trial found dead in prison

Ram Singh’s family and lawyers allege that he was killed, though police believe the suspect took his own life.

# india - Friday 8 March, 2013

Indian malnutrition fund used to fix buses

‘Child Nutrition Surcharge’ was set up in Maharashtra state 16 years ago where thousands of children die from malnutrition every year.

# india - Wednesday 6 March, 2013

Chocolate giant Cadbury accused of tax evasion

Cadbury India is alleged to have looked for tax exemptions for plants that didn’t exist.

# india - Sunday 3 March, 2013

Indian women use smartphones to ‘pin the creeps’

A new website allows victims of harassment to report it publicly and pinpoint the incident on a map to warn others.

# india - Friday 1 March, 2013

Death toll in Bangladesh war crimes clashes rises to 53

Violence erupted during protests yesterday with 23 people shot dead after police opened fire in clashes with demonstrators.

# india - Thursday 21 February, 2013

20 killed as bomb blasts hit India’s Hyderabad

Twin bombings have killed at least 20 people in the Indian city of Hyderabad and provoked safety fears among Australia’s touring cricket team.

# india - Monday 11 February, 2013

Stampede kills 36 people at India’s Kumbh Mela festival

The stampede at a railway station in Allahabad marred the main day of the religious festival in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, considered the largest gathering of humanity.

# india - Saturday 9 February, 2013

India parliament attack plotter hanged

The attack on the parliament in 2001 almost sparked a war between India and Pakistan.

# india - Friday 8 February, 2013

Riot police fire water cannon at India rape protest

Demonstrators have been camped outside the Kerala state assembly for the last five days to demand the resignation of a lawmaker over rape allegations.

# india - Tuesday 5 February, 2013

India gang-rape victim’s companion to testify today

The 28-year-old arrived in court in a wheelchair and is expected to be the first prosecution witness to testify.

# india - Sunday 3 February, 2013

Indian President approves death penalty in some rape cases

Harsher punishments for rapists have been approved in India after a brutal gang-rape in New Delhi sparked national outrage and triggered demands for tougher laws.

# india - Saturday 2 February, 2013

Updated: Five men plead not guilty in India gang rape trial

The plea comes as India looks set to introduce death penalty in some rape cases.

# india - Thursday 24 January, 2013

Amid rape fears, Indian party gives knives to women

A far-right political party is distributing thousands of knives to women in a western Indian state to help them protect themselves, in the wake of a fatal gang-rape which horrified the country.

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