A trove of internal documents show Facebook didn’t invest in key safety protocols in the company’s largest market.

A trove of Amazon documents reveals how the company ran a campaign in India of creating knockoff goods and manipulating search results to boost its own products.

Smog is a leading cause of ill health around the world, but one Indian inventor is hoping to make it easier to breathe by scrubbing soot from the air and recycling it.

India administered more than 20 million Covid vaccine doses in a day on Friday in a record-breaking effort to mark PM Narendra Modi's 71st birthday. The effort surpassed the country's previous daily record of more than 13 million doses on 27 August. India aims to vaccinate all eligible Indians by the end of 2021 but experts say the drive needs to pick up a consistent pace to meet the target.

Air pollution is likely to reduce the life expectancy of about 40% of Indians by more than nine years, according to a report released by a U.S. research group on Wednesday. More than 480 million people living in the vast swathes of central, eastern and northern India, including the capital, New Delhi, endure significantly high pollution levels, said the report prepared by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC). "Alarmingly, India's high levels of air pollution have expanded geographically over time," the EPIC report said.

India has been ranked as the second-most sought-after manufacturing destination in the world. It is second only to China and has surpassed the US to bag the second ranking. India, however, slipped a rank in the cost scenario and was overtaken by Indonesia.

Indian scientists have discovered a new plant species in India's Andamans archipelago. Biologists found a marine green algae during a trip to the island in 2019. Identification is laborious, and it took the scientists nearly two years to confirm that the species had been discovered for the first time. Scientists say this the first discovery of a species of algae in the islands in nearly four decades.

Their Facebook posts said cow faeces and urine are not the cure, “science and common sense is.”

An exodus of diplomats and expats from North Korea has forced the Indian Embassy in Pyongyang to close indefinitely, an informed source told NK News on Monday, further curtailing international diplomatic activity inside the country.

In India, the city of Pune, three hours by road from Mumbai, is densely populated and has seen substantial urban growth in the last decade. This has led to worsening air quality as the level of pollutants now regularly exceeds World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines.

WhatsApp has said it blocked over two million accounts in India in May and June for violating rules. The service said 95% of these users were blocked for violating the limits of the number of times messages can be forwarded in India. The submissions were made by WhatsApp in its first monthly compliance report under India's controversial new IT rules.

With the arrival of American soldiers in Calcutta, a short but fascinating period of cultural exchange emerged. American food, drinks, music, magazines and cinema soon found an enthusiastic consumer in the city.

Following a deadly COVID-19 outbreak, Indians were desperate to get vaccines that were in short supply. Scammers took advantage and sold thousands of shots which were nothing but salt water.

Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) no more enjoys liability protection against user-generated content in India as the U.S. microblogging giant has failed to comply with new IT rules, the Indian government said in a court filing.

The version of the virus has been found in several other countries, too. Officials say that they are gathering data about its strength and emphasize that vaccines are likely to still offer protection.

Indian tycoon Mukesh Ambani unveiled an ambitious push into clean energy involving 750 billion rupees ($10.1bn) of investment over three years, marking a new pivot for one of the world’s biggest fossil-fuel billionaires.

A Hindu group hosted a cow urine drinking party on Saturday as they believe it wards off the coronavirus, as many Hindus consider the cow sacred and some drink cow urine believing it has medicinal properties.

The India that Silicon Valley once so loved has long given way to a different one.

Indians consume some form of dairy with almost every meal these days. And India has the second largest number of diabetics in the world! There is a connection.

Acting as an important keystone species in its grassland home, the 10-inch tall pygmy hog in North India is coming back from the brink.