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- Varanasi: India's city where people come to die http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20190617-indias-city-where-people-come-to-die 63 comments
- Wonderful people of India, is this true? (Coming from a US citizen) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Kyi4HCZMfVg 31 comments india
- What types (and brands) of chocolates are those that are usually brought back to India by people coming back from abroad? https://www.bettys.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/t/a/tasting-box-chocolates-.jpg 13 comments india
- Where did India’s people come from? Massive genetic study reveals surprises https://www.science.org/content/article/where-did-india-s-people-come-massive-genetic-study-reveals-surprises 36 comments india
- India registers remarkable reduction in poverty with 415 million people coming out of it in 15 years: United Nations https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/india-registers-remarkable-reduction-in-poverty-with-415-million-people-coming-out-of-it-in-15-years-united-nations/article67066698.ece 4 comments upliftingnews
- India sees 415 million people coming out of poverty in 15 years: United Nations https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/india-sees-415-million-people-coming-out-of-poverty-in-15-years-united-nations/articleshow/101658584.cms 12 comments india
- Meanwhile in India, some of the people assigned to take care of the patients flee away after results come out. What the....... https://twitter.com/TimesNow/status/1239374360659365888?s=09 4 comments india
- How come India has 500 Million People openly defecating? https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/7ayza5/how_come_india_has_500_million_people_openly/ 3 comments india
- The great race: In the next 15 years, India will see more people come online than any other country http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21693921-next-15-years-india-will-see-more-people-come-online-any-other-country-e-commerce 4 comments india
- People from India and Pakistan coming together to #saynotoWar; Pakistanis ask their government for safe return of the captured Indian pilot https://www.mensxp.com/social-hits/news/50701-people-from-both-india-pakistan-are-coming-together-to-saynotowar.html 4 comments worldnews
- People who come from Migrant families or have family members in India? How is the difference in wealth between you and them? https://www.reddit.com/r/pakistan/comments/a4d9tp/people_who_come_from_migrant_families_or_have/ 76 comments pakistan
- People who have been outside India for a very long time without coming back. What are your memories of this country? https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/7554qh/people_who_have_been_outside_india_for_a_very/ 5 comments india
- India’s solution to its coming famine: Get people to eat insects http://qz.com/186677/indias-solution-to-its-coming-famine-get-people-to-eat-insects/ 4 comments india
- Reserve bank of India tells Bank that they cannot stop people from dealing in cryptocurrency | This comes after so many users received noticed from their banks which were used to buy/sell crypto https://m.economictimes.com/markets/cryptocurrency/relief-for-investors-as-rbi-clarifies-on-banks-warning-to-crypto-dealing-clients/articleshow/83116747.cms 33 comments cryptocurrency
- I created this Web Application to allow people to document Potholes on the streets. Starting off with the state of Goa, and soon coming to other states of India as well. What do you think about this idea? https://makethemwork.org/ 198 comments india
- OP asks "What comes to mind when you think about India?", top voted answer "Millions of people shitting in the middle of the road." https://np.reddit.com/r/askreddit/comments/44c4lw/what_comes_to_mind_when_you_think_about_india/czp36jl 23 comments india
- TIL that people of the Malana village of India consider outsiders as untouchables, meaning that if they come into physical contact, they have to undergo a purification ritual [Xpost /r/TIL] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/malana,_himachal_pradesh#culture_and_lifestyle 18 comments india
- 60% of India’s population to live in cities by 2050: government. As per 2011 census, 31% population lives in urban areas and more people will migrate to cities in coming decades, says Rao Inderjit Singh http://www.livemint.com/politics/cyamfugl7r9deapkirymki/60-of-indias-population-to-live-in-cities-by-2050-governm.html 6 comments india
- "People from foreign countries have come to India for business and then became rulers of the country. Today, they are again coming to do business here and divide us. We must be careful of them." -- Kapil Sibal http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/kapil-sibal-warns-against-foreigners-who-come-to-india-to-do-business/articleshow/17991109.cms?intenttarget=no 35 comments india
- India won't disappoint, says Modi as he invites the world 'to invest in our nation' - Calls people of India 'trendsetters and trailblazers when it comes to innovation' https://www.theweek.in/news/biz-tech/2023/11/26/india-wont-disappoint-says-modi-as-he-invites-the-world-to-invest-in-our-nation.html 104 comments india
- Indian Member of Parliament Jamyang Tsering Namgyal asserted that time has come for India to take back Aksai Chin and urged people to refer to the region as "China Occupied Ladakh" or Aksai India https://swarajyamag.com/insta/time-has-come-to-take-back-aksai-chin-from-chinese-occupation-ladakh-mp-jamyang-tsering-namgyal 6 comments worldnews
- All critical personal data on people in India should be processed within the country, a government panel said on Friday. The recommendation comes at a time when data breaches are becoming common globally and there is heightened scrutiny by governments on how companies handle user data. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-data/panel-proposes-india-only-policy-for-critical-data-iduskbn1kh1e0 4 comments worldnews
- iPad 2 is releasing in India tomorrow. THANK GOD! The other day a friend of mine was coming from the States, and 13 people, I kid you not, 13 people asked him for one. http://www.macrumors.com/2011/04/27/apple-announces-white-iphone-4-coming-tomorrow-ipad-2-to-12-new-countries-this-week/ 10 comments india
- [Srdjan Djokovic] "I can't be objective when it comes to Novak. I tend to say he was sent by God in the darkest of time for the Serbian people. He is the leader of this so-called third, poor world as we have been called by experts. He is a God in China, India, South America, Africa. He is adored." https://twitter.com/insidetennis99/status/1424012614888263691 54 comments tennis
- "People who are conspiring to defame India have stooped so low that they're not sparing even Indian tea... Some documents have come up revealing that some foreign powers are planning to attack India's identity associated with tea. Will you accept this attack? " - PM in Assam https://twitter.com/ani/status/1358320946147332097?s=19 14 comments india
- India's capital is burning as riots have erupted against citizenship bill, 13 people so far have lost their lives. The riots have come during US President Donald Trump's first official visit to the country. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-51612461 5 comments worldnews
- Global Food Supply Under Threat as Water Wells Dry Up - Grain harvests are already shrinking as US, India & China come close to 'peak water'. 18 countries, with 1/2 the world's people, are overpumping their water & harvests are getting smaller each year. http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2013/jul/06/food-supply-threat-water-wells-dry-up?1 8 comments worldnews
- Human Rights Watch accuses India of targeting minorities. HRW report comes days before first anniversary of violence in Delhi in which 53 people were killed, including 40 Muslims https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/human-rights-watch-accuses-india-of-targeting-minorities/2150298 54 comments worldnews
- Whenever IBM has a big project they now have to bring in extra workers, usually from India...They route people through different airports. They make sure there are never more than two or three workers coming on the same flight, effectively avoiding notice by Homeland Security. http://www.cringely.com/2012/04/somethings-rotten-in-ibm-dubuque/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+icringely+%28i%2C+cringely%29&utm_content=google+reader 5 comments politics
- I'm not saying whether Israel is right or wrong , but People are creating "fake profiles" to make hate posts against "whole India" by generalizing all Indians to some idiots. This is so bad, where do these people even come from? They can't be Indians right?! https://www.reddit.com/gallery/neg3dv 3 comments india
- India has increased customs duty on all goods coming from Pakistan to 200 per cent in response to a suicide bomb attack in Kashmir which left at least 44 people dead. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/kashmir-attack-india-pakistan-customs-duty-200-per-cent-pulwama-a8783046.html 6 comments worldnews
- PM Modi: "I want to tell the people of Pakistan, India is ready to fight you. If you have the strength, come forward to fight against poverty. Let's see who wins. Let's see who is able to defeat poverty and illiteracy first, Pakistan or India" http://timesofindia.com/india/india-exports-software-pakistan-exports-terror-pm-modis-blistering-response-to-uri-attack/articleshow/54497875.cms 6 comments worldnews
- The Mob in India - In the heart of Guwahati, a mob of men assault a teenage girl coming out of a bar as a journalist records it on his video camera & people gawk. Such attacks are becoming distressingly common, pointsing to rising tensions between 2 Indias. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-18876186 4 comments worldnews
- India deploys an additional 10,000 troops in Kashmir Valley. Panick at Srinagar airport. Move comes after Doval’s visit to #Kashmir. Crackdown on people of Kashmir underway or is this a move ahead of a possible repeal of 35A and 370? Situation getting graver in Kashmir. https://twitter.com/hass_akbr/status/1155062738374336513 39 comments pakistan
- India's Killer Drought Pushing People to Suicide - The state of Tamil Nadu is now facing its worst drought in 140 yrs. India's govt has promised aid, but little has come. “There is a great deal of shame associated with suicide in India, & I suspect many don’t report it.” https://www.newsweek.com/2018/08/24/india-drought-suicides-climate-change-farmers-skulls-heat-disaster-1072699.html 50 comments worldnews
- Two-thirds of people in the world will be living in cities by 2050 and the boom will be concentrated in India, China and Nigeria: Growth will come mainly in India, China and Nigeria as rural dwelling declines and Delhi outstrips Tokyo to become biggest city by 2028. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/17/two-thirds-of-world-population-will-live-in-cities-by-2050-says-un 18 comments worldnews
- Indian Prime Minister: "I want to tell the people of Pakistan, India is ready to fight you. If you have the strength, come forward to fight against poverty. Let's see who wins. Let's see who is able to defeat poverty and illiteracy first, Pakistan or India." http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-exports-software-pakistan-exports-terror-pm-modis-blistering-response-to-uri-attack/articleshow/54497875.cms 3687 comments worldnews
- India PM Narendra Modi wows 20,000 people at Madison Square Garden with a promise to transform India and declares removal of archaic laws and announces new visa laws. Slated to meet CEOs of Fortune 500 companies in the coming days http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2014/09/28/live-blog-indias-narendra-modi-speaks-at-madison-square-garden/?mod=blog_flyover 207 comments worldnews
- The cult of Thuggee in 17 Century India caused the murder of upto 2 million people. The victims were garotted with a rumal or handkerchief. Thug Behram was one of the world's most prolific killers and may have murdered up to 931 people. The word "thug" comes from Hindi word meaning "conman". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/thuggee 21 comments history
- 'Three times more people", 190 million, will be living in areas projected to be below sea-level high-tide lines come 2100, including 93M in China, 42M in Bangladesh, 36M in India, and more. That is conclusion of new research conducted by Climate Central, a US-based non-profit news organisation. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50236882 31 comments worldnews
