India doubles compensation for textile loom worker deaths
India is one of the largest fabric producers in the world, employing 4.5 million workers for its 2.5 million power loom factories
Loss of common lands a death knell for Indian craftsmen, analysts say
Despite laws to protect the property of indigenous people, states can deny these rights or change the classification of land, particularly in resource-rich areas they deems critical for development
Asia can unlock $5 trillion, 230 million jobs via key development goals
In region vulnerable to weather-related disasters, pushing ahead on good development could turn threats to opportunities, experts say
Fund crunch delays rescue of India's bonded labourers - activists
Across India, villagers lured by traffickers become trapped in bondage, forced to toil in fields or brick kilns, enslaved in brothels or confined as maids to pay off debt
FEATURE-Indonesian farmers befriend soil to protect harvests from climate stress
Conservation agriculture requires less fertiliser and less labour for weeding and preparing land, but best benefit is its ability to weather drought
INTERVIEW-Home is a graveyard: Indian transgender matriarch rejects 'normal' life
Advances in gender reassignment surgery and LGBT rights have given 'hijras' - male-to-female transsexuals - new opportunities to integrate
U.S. Army base goes green with renewable energy project
Fort Hood shifts away from fossil fuels to renewable energy in order to shield the base from its dependence on outside sources
British food bank serves supper of food waste in Ramadan
In Britain an estimated 7 million tonnes of food and drink are thrown away from homes each year