News and reports from the sub-continent.
A nonprofit group is fighting to get children out of rug factories in South Asia… More than 800 producers have pledged to use only adult workers, and more than 1,000 retailers are selling rugs that are certified to be free of child labor. Forced to work illegally as carpet weavers at various rug factories in […]
Continue ReadingAs many as 50,000 people have been killed and up to 42,000 injured in the devastating earthquake that rocked Pakistan, officials say… Latest details estimate the death toll to have increased to 30,000. In the worst hit PoK region, 17,388 people have been killed, Interior Minister Aftab Khan Sherpao announced after an emergency meeting of […]
Continue ReadingPakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said that there was "no credible intelligence" tying the London bombers to his country… And he asked Britain to put its house in order before blaming others. Seeking to turn the tables on Britain in the wake of Prime Minister Tony Blair’s criticism that Pakistan was not doing enough to […]
Continue ReadingOver 80 people in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu face jail for burying their own children alive in a gruesome religious ritual… The accused parents and villagers are due in court after police swooped on them taking part in a Hindu rite, near the town of Rajapalayam, around 500 kilometres south from the […]
Continue ReadingParents of disappeared persons in disputed Kashmir search for the truth about their missing relatives… Since 1994 the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) in Kashmir has campaigned for the right to know the truth about their missing loved ones. On the 25th of every month parents of the missing assemble in the Sher-e-Kashmir […]
Continue ReadingIndia’s second generation of fashion designers aren’t afraid to experiment and finally they are starting to make their mark in the international arena… Since its conception some 15 years ago, the Indian fashion industry has been trying to make a confident stand in the international arena. The first generation was a little tentative in its […]
Continue ReadingOne reporter recounts the scene as tsunamis decimated a Sri Lankan town in Sunday’s huge sea surges… When I flipped on the TV in the morning on Sunday they were still talking about the tremors. No news of the tsunamis had reached the media here in Sri Lanka yet. In a half an hour reports […]
Continue ReadingIf demand for Indian IT workers leads to a drop in service quality, many businesses – already under attack for fuelling job losses – may be forced to close operations there. Media attention over jobs moving to India, China, Mexico and elsewhere is mainly due to the stunted job market in the US where over […]
Continue ReadingThe Bangladeshi Government has banned the import of chicks from countries affected by bird flu, while a mystery disease sweeps the provinces. It has specifically banned the import of boiler – young chickens – and layer parent stock – one-day-old chickens – as the confirmed death toll from suspected bird flu rises to 10. "We […]
Continue ReadingThe World Social Forum (WSF) has opened in India amidst hopes of finding answers to some of the world’s most pressing issues. The World Social Forum is the grassroots answer to the annual World Economic Forum, where Western politicians, corporate bigwigs and other power brokers schmooze in Davos, Switzerland. This forum in Ghatkopar, one of […]
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