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    Bhutanese women walk with umbrellas under fog at at the Druk Wangyal Khang Zhang Chortens stupas in Dochula Pass. (Photo: AFP)World
    Carbon sink' Bhutan counts the cost of plans for a greener future

    Under its 11th five-year-plan, Bhutan aims to reduce substantially its forest fuel imports by 2020.

    11 Oct 2018 1:49 AM IST

    Schoolgirls walk past a sewage drain canal full of garbage in Taimur Nagar slum area in New Delhi. (Photo: AFP)Metros
    Taimur Nagar slum chokes under growing mounds of plastic

    Stray dogs, goats and cows munch the plastic waste as toddlers run around trying to retrieve footballs and water...

    5 Jun 2018 4:59 AM IST

    Fifty-year-old Rajkumar Saini (second from right), who suffered a road accident in 2004, gets his fourth prosthetic leg at the Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti in Jaipur. (Photo: AFP)India
    Low-cost prostheses offer amputees a second chance

    A year later, the 22-year-old is preparing to walk again with the aide of a Jaipur Foot a no-frills prosthetic made...

    22 Aug 2017 12:56 AM IST

    Manvendra Singh Gohil, Indias first gay royal and AIDS activist. (Photo: AFP)India
    Gay prince fights India's war against AIDS

    Gohil has been part of a campaign against the colonial-era law that bans homosexual acts in India

    20 Jan 2017 1:23 AM IST

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