Toxic smog causes travel mayhem and health threats in Delhi region
Breathing in air in India’s capital city and surrounding area said to equate to smoking two packs of non-filtered cigarettes each day
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Manchán Magan: India and Ireland share many features that show remarkable commonality. What’s going on here?
We should acknowledge and celebrate Ireland’s surprising, but genuine, links to the lore and language of the Indian subcontinent
Golden rice could save hundreds of thousands of lives every year
Evidence on the genetically modified crop is overwhelming: it poses no dangers while offering fantastic life-saving potential
‘We’re in uncharted territory’: Why the forgotten threat of nuclear war presents real and present danger
With the Doomsday Clock set at 90 seconds to midnight, the US and Russia’s Cold War stand-off seems quaint in retrospect
Diplomatic success for Putin was also demonstration of Brics dynamism
Kazan Declaration reflects the grievances and aspirations shared by the disparate countries that are part of Brics
Diplomatic row threatening trade and immigration ties between India and Canada
Ottawa has accused Indian officials of planning the assassination of a Canadian Sikh separatist leader in Vancouver in 2023
India reaches deal with China on patrols at disputed border
Agreement paves way for easing of tensions between New Delhi and Beijing
US charges Indian official over failed New York assassination plot
Move comes after Canada and India expel diplomats over killing of Sikh activist
India and Canada expel diplomats in wake of Sikh leader assassination last year
Justin Trudeau says his government has ‘compelling evidence’ Indian government agents engage in activities that pose threat to public safety in Canada
Canada: One of the world’s most immigrant-friendly countries is changing course
Canadian government reverses policy amid growing concerns that immigrants are contributing to the country’s deepening challenges around housing, healthcare and other issues
Wish you were here? A contradiction lies at the heart of modern tourism
Guidebooks internalise the perspective of the world as a spectacle laid out for the pleasure and edification of westerners
India rules prison practices linked to caste system unconstitutional
Unfavourable jail treatment stemming from colonial days such as toilet cleaning and cleaning septic tanks for those at bottom of caste system deemed by supreme court to be ‘forced labour’
Brics and Global South directly shifting world order dominated so far by G7
Diplomats and analysts in New Delhi look to reworked multipolar, mutually equitable and sustainable global relations
Moving to Sligo, 1987: ‘I soon realised I’d left a conservative country for an ultraconservative one’
Writer Cauvery Madhavan arrived in Ireland with a ‘suitcase full of sin’ – a stockpile of condoms
India calls Iranian leader’s comments on treatment of Muslims in country ‘misinformed’
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Iran could not consider itself a Muslim nation if it remained oblivious to ‘sufferings’ in Myanmar, Gaza, India
The Golden Road by William Dalrymple: India at its most influential was open, tolerant and receptive to ideas
Ancient India gave the world the decimal system, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, medicine, metallurgy, astronomy and even the dreaded algorithm
Time stands still for cremations on the banks of the Ganges
Every religion has its last rites, and this is what Hindus do
GP sets up organisation to help doctors from India work in Ireland
Dr George Leslie Thomas Prekattil says many doctors are deterred by registration delays and exam scheduling
India approves assured pension scheme for federal government employees
Programme guarantees employees 50% of base salary as a pension rather than a figure linked to market returns
The New India. The Unmaking of the World’s Largest Democracy: a country with a very dark side
Being outnumbered by Muslims is a constant Hindu fear. Add to that Narendra Modi’s increasingly autocratic rule and what emerges is very far from a shiny India
Recent rape and murder of junior medic highlights persistent crimes against women in India
Law introduced in 2012, following fatal gang rape of medical student, has failed to reduce violence against women in a country where over 31,000 rape cases were reported in 2022
India’s supreme court criticises hospital authorities following intern’s murder
National task force to recommend safety protocols for doctors at their workplaces
Indian medics maintain protests over doctor’s rape and murder
Protests by doctors calling for a safer workplace environment continue into a second week following horrific rape and murder of a trainee medic in the eastern Indian city of Kolkat
Indian hospitals hit as doctors strike to protest rape, murder of colleague
Twenty-four shutdown saw patients turned away as medics begin demonstration
Protests across India intensify as mob ransacks hospital where medic was murdered
Attackers accused of destroying evidence in room where 31-year-old was raped and killed
Hospital doctors in India strike following rape and murder of intern
Protesters demanding secure working conditions
Danger, elephants approaching: new app warns of rampaging herds in India
More than 1,700 people have been killed by wild elephants over the past four years
India’s Bangladesh bet backfires after Sheikh Hasina ousted
Toppling of long-governing prime minister is a significant setback for New Delhi
Landslides in India’s Kerala kill at least 106, with many still missing
Landslides in India's Kerala kill 93, hundreds still missing
Beijing accuses US and its allies of threatening peace and stability in South China Sea by fuelling tensions
US and Japan agree joint military structure in response to ‘evolving security environment’
‘The goal is to create a lasting impact’: diaspora cricket competition brings community together
Indian regions face off in Inter Diaspora Premier League T10 competition at North Kildare Cricket Club
Looking East: Exploring 75 years of Ireland-India ties
Epic museum exhibition showcases mutual struggles of both countries as they gained independence
Ambani wedding: Son of Asia’s richest man ties knot at star-studded celebration
Former British prime ministers Tony Blair and Boris Johnson, John Cena, David Beckham and several Bollywood stars among those in attendance
Four-day Mumbai wedding extravaganza to cost more than €550m
The marriage of the son of Asia’s richest businessman, Mukesh Ambani, takes place over the weekend with guests including Kim Kardashian, Tony Blair and Mark Zuckerberg
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