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India’s leopard population at risk of decimation: study
India’s leopard population is at risk of being decimated as a result of rampant poaching fuelled by a thriving black market for its skins, a study by animal conservationists said on Friday. The report by a network of wildlife groups known as TRAFFIC said at least four leopards have been…
Mobile live-streaming technology allows distant Hindus to pray to deities at remote shrines
While devout Hindus wait for up to 90 hours to see their favourite deity at Ganesh Chaturthi, one of India’s major festivals, others are opting to dodge the queues this year and say a virtual prayer instead. The 11-day celebration of the birth of elephant-headed Lord Ganesha draws millions to…
Walmart plans to open first store in India within 18 months
US giant Walmart said on Friday it aims to open its first store in India within the next 12-18 months after the government opened the vast consumer market to foreign chains. “That is the plan — to open (stores) in 12 to 18 months,” a Walmart spokesman told AFP, declining…
Traveler caught in India with monkey in pants: report
Customs authorities in India have arrested a man who was attempting to board a flight at New Delhi’s international airport with a monkey in his underwear, a report said on Monday. The man, who was detained along with two other travellers, had arrived from Bangkok and was about to take…
McDonald’s to open first vegetarian restaurant in India
US fast food giant McDonald’s, famed for its beef-based Big Mac burgers, on Tuesday said it will open its first ever vegetarian-only restaurant in the world in India next year. The world’s second-biggest restaurant chain after Subway already tailors its menus to suit local tastes — which in India means no beef…
India lower house passes sexual harassment bill
India’s parliament, which has been deadlocked for days due toopposition protests, on Monday used a brief break in the uproar to pass legislation protecting women from sexual harassment at work. The lower house passed the bill before business was again abandoned for the day as lawmakers from the main oppositionBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)…
India cracks down on social networking after threats sparked mass migrant exodus
India has demanded social networking websites take down provocative messages and blocked some online content afteranonymous threats sparked an exodus of migrants from southern cities. Tens of thousands of workers and students from the remotenortheast region returned home last week from Bangalore, Mumbai and other cities fearing attacks from Muslims in reprisal for recent ethnic clashes in…
World must brace for higher food prices, experts say
With drought parching farms in the United States and near the Black Sea, weak monsoon rains in India and insidious hunger in Africa’s Sahel region, the world could be headed towards another food crisis, experts say. Asia should keep a catastrophe at bay with a strong rice harvest while the…
Global demand for gold falls to lowest level in two years
Global demand for gold has fallen to its lowest level in two years owing to less buying in the main markets of India and China, despite rising demand from central banks, the World Gold Council said Thursday. Worldwide demand fell 7.0 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2012, down…
India to launch Mars mission: PM
India plans to launch a space probe that will orbit Mars, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh confirmed on Wednesday after press reports that the mission was scheduled to begin late next year. The project would mark another step in the country’s ambitious space programme, which placed a probe on the moon…
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