An expert on international education explains the forces behind the drop in students from China and the jump in students from India studying in the US.
This year’s climate talks have been overshadowed by rising international tensions, energy crises and war. But that doesn’t mean climate action is dead.
The internment centre at Deoli in Rajasthan where Chinese people were held for up to five years after the month-long border conflict.
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Overnight, Chinese people found themselves classed as “aliens” in India, which for some was the only country they’d ever known. But worse, many were detained for up to five years.
The Koli community depend on fishing, but fish stocks off Mumbai’s coast have been declining.
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Lyla Mehta, Institute of Development Studies; D Parthasarathy, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, and Shibaji Bose, National Institute of Technology Durgapur
Facing human threats, Mumbai’s Koli community are taking risk reduction into their own hands – other vulnerable coastal settlements should take note.
Community members from Pavagada villages.
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Gregory David Roberts’ best-selling 2003 novel has been adapted for TV. But its depiction of India and Indians brims with Orientalist, white saviour stereotypes.
Forced laborers lived in prison cells at one palm oil plantation in Indonesia.
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Despite portraying sex workers as agents of social change, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ presents sex workers as worthy victims because they didn’t choose their disreputable fates.
Stalagmites grow from the cave floor up as water drips down.
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As water dripped in a remote cave, it left behind evidence of every monsoon season for a millennium. Scientists say it holds a warning for a country about to become the most populous on Earth.
About a third of Pakistan flooded during the extreme monsoon in 2022, affecting an estimated 33 million people.
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Kevin Trenberth, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
A climate scientist explains the forces behind the summer’s extreme downpours and dangerous heat waves, and why new locations will be at risk in the coming year.
A painting of the goddess Kali by Indian artist Raja Ravi Varma. The film Kaali by Leena Manimekalai has drawn controversy for the way it depicts the goddess.
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Leena Manimekalai’s film Kaali has drawn controversy and criticism, but like her other films, it highlights the inequalities and discrimination many continue to face.
A refugee family that fled to Pakistan after the Partition of British India.
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India celebrates its 75th anniversary of independence today. As a fellow member of the Commonwealth, Australia wasn’t always supportive of India’s ambitions for self-determination.
Celebrating the 75th anniversary of Indian independence in Bangalore, Aug. 8 2022.
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Adopted in 1949, India’s original constitution has withstood the test of time to help shape the world’s largest democracy. But as India hits turbulent time, so does its landmark constitution.