On Wednesday, a US federal indictment was unsealed, charging Indian national Nikhil Gupta in a murder-for-hire plot ordered up by an official inside the Indian government for targeting Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a dual American and Canadian citizen, in New York.
India sees lab-grown diamonds as a path to prosperity and economic independence. But for Surat’s diamond workers, the picture is more complex. Can the industry become profitable for all?
The average size of a small farm in India is less than three acres. That makes small farmers there highly susceptible to the changing weather patterns brought by climate change. Sushmita Pathak reports on a startup called Kheyti, which has developed low-cost, easy-to-install greenhouses to help small farmers get better yields in unpredictable weather. (This story originally
The Jain religious community in India makes up less than than 1% of the population. A steady number of them even children are renouncing the material world to join Jain monasteries.
The Jain religious community in India is small, less than 1% of the population. But Jains tend to be more highly educated and wealthier than the general public. A steady number of young people and even children are renouncing the material world to join Jain monasteries. Sushmita Pathak has the story of a 9-year-old girl who became a nun this year, with her family documenting