Etiket: India
VIDEO. Jadav Payeng, the “Forest Man” of India who created with his own hands a forest bigger than Central Park
Jadav Payeng’s story resembles an ecological tale. To save the land where he was born, he created a forest with his own hands. In Assam, in northeast India, the island…
India | The “heiress” of an imperial dynasty claims ownership of a palace
(Calcutta) From her tiny apartment in a Calcutta slum, Sultana Begum, 68, fights for ownership of an imperial palace, claiming to be an heir to the dynasty that built the…
In India, residents of Bangalore tackle severe water pollution
Bangalore, India’s Silicon Valley, is home to gleaming corporate headquarters and a large middle class with a modern way of life. The city, which has experienced unbridled urban growth, has…
In India, residents of Bangalore tackle severe water pollution
Bangalore, India’s Silicon Valley, is home to gleaming corporate headquarters and a large middle class with a modern way of life. The city, which has experienced unbridled urban growth, has…
In India, a statue of Cristiano Ronaldo that does not please everyone
Goa, with its dreamy beaches on the west coast of India, now has a new statue. That of Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese football megastar is pictured in brass in a…
In India, a statue of Cristiano Ronaldo that does not please everyone
Goa, with its dreamy beaches on the west coast of India, now has a new statue. That of Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese football megastar is pictured in brass in a…
India | Apple places factory on “trial period” after wave of food poisoning
(Bombay) Apple announced Wednesday that it had placed an Indian factory of its main supplier on trial after widespread food poisoning and protests to denounce the living conditions of workers.…
Holidays and Christmas in India
Head to India with Simran Punjabi! A country where Christmas is not the most important holiday, of course, even if in some regions, Christmas is sometimes celebrated in Catholic families.…
In India, Christians want to celebrate Christmas as usual despite Covid-19
In India as in the rest of the world, Christians are preparing to celebrate Christmas. In the second most populous country in the world, which has 24 million Christians, the…
Radha Pandey, 16, fights against forced marriages in India after refusing to be married to stranger
Every year in India millions of little girls and adolescent girls are married off by their parents before they turn 18. Unicef estimates that this concerns 27% of them, one…
Man beaten to death in India for attempting to desecrate Sikh temple
A man was beaten to death in India on Saturday after he allegedly tried to commit a sacrilegious act in the Golden Temple, the holiest sanctuary in the Sikh religion,…
US Ambassador to India to discuss human rights with Modi
(Washington) Democrat Eric Garcetti, chosen by Joe Biden to become US ambassador to India, promised senators on Tuesday that he would raise with the Modi government the issue of human…
Miss India crowned Miss Universe in Israel despite calls for boycott
Miss India, Harnaaz Sandhu, was crowned Miss Universe in the Israeli city of Eilat on Monday, in a contest marked by calls for a boycott in support of the Palestinian…
India | Farmers lift roadblocks after year of protests
(New Delhi) Thousands of Indian farmers were packing their belongings and dismantling tent villages on the outskirts of New Delhi on Saturday in order to return home after a year…
India: helicopter crash with chief of staff on board, at least 3 dead
New Delhi | A helicopter carrying the Chief of the Indian Military Staff, General Bipin Rawat, crashed in the southern state of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday, killing at least three…
India: Explore Jodhpur
Posted the 12/08/2021 00:10 France 2 Article written by A. Forget, A. Guérard, A. Pandey – France 2 France Televisions In India, at Jodhpur, most of the houses are painted…
Free trade | India wants to restart negotiations with Canada
(Ottawa) Canada and India quietly set the stage to relaunch official free trade talks as the Trudeau government seeks economic partners other than China over the dispute over the case…
The whales and us, India Desjardins and Nathalie Dion
The premise of India Desjardins’ latest album is not encouraging: “Whales fascinate me because they are the oracle that announces the end of a world where they can exist. Lucid,…
Egypt, India jail human rights defenders on charges of terrorism
Egypt and India are two regimes which repress opponents and defenders of freedoms by accusing them of terrorism. Like Mohamed El Baqer in Egypt, lawyer imprisoned for two years and…
Romantic comedy | India Desjardins and Miryam Bouchard will shoot December 23
The author and screenwriter India Desjardins and the filmmaker Miryam Bouchard will start filming in the winter of 2022 23 december, a romantic comedy taking the form of a choral…