Suniti Neogy leads a new program at CARE to promote maternal health in India’s poorest villages. But she is not working just with women. Instead, she is working to get men more involved in the health ...

In a striking announcement this April, the World Bank claimed that India has successfully lifted 171 million people out of extreme poverty over the decade spanning 2011-12 to 2022-23. According to its ...

PALANPUR, India, March 11 (Reuters) - A village in western India hosted a mass wedding and engagement ceremony of 21 girls on Sunday aimed at breaking a tradition of prostitution which has for ...

LONGWA, India (AP) — To the people who live there, Longwa is a typical hilltop village. The most imposing structure is a corrugated tin roof belonging to the Angh, a hereditary tribal chief. But ...

When it won its independence in 1947, India suffered from appalling poverty. Campaigning in rural districts, Jawaharlal Nehru, the country’s first prime minister, had seen the “mark of this beast” on ...

Shammi Shukla teaches Hindu hymns to students, sitting beside photos of Hindu deities in Mishrikh, Uttar Pradesh, India. Credit: Tarushi Aswani Subscribe for ads-free reading On a scorching afternoon ...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday spoke on the newly introduced 'Khelo Bharat Niti 2025', saying that schools and colleges will make sports a part of everyday life and sports startups ...

Kerala has the lowest poverty rate in India. But has it eradicated extreme poverty, as it claims? Parameshwari S. and her family in Chakkupallam village, Idukki district, were given 1,742 sq ft of ...

Residents of two villages in the Indian state of Goa have petitioned the environment ministry for their villages to be recognized as “eco-sensitive areas.” The residents want their villages’ natural ...