India offers amnesty to Kashmirs jailed youths
The Indian government has announced an amnesty for hundreds of youths found guilty of throwing stones at security forces during anti-government protests in the troubled state Himalayan state of Jammu and Kashmir last year, the Indian Express reported on Monday
Pakistan says ready for floods, refuses aid
Despite forecasts that annual monsoon rains could trigger major flooding in parts of Pakistan, the government has refused to accept foreign aid, saying that it is prepared to respond should a humanitarian emergency arise, the Express Tribune reported on Monday.
Indias nuclear plants can withstand disasters - paper
India has been under pressure to look at the high risks of nuclear energy
Indian state plans to give mothers cash for vaccines - report
Millions of young children miss out on national vaccination programmes each year
A reminder of the hunger that haunts India
One in four of the world's hungry is Indian
U.N. demands end to impunity for combatants who rape, but what about peacekeepers?
Abuse, albeit relatively rare, by blue helmets hurts trust in U.N. and often goes unpunished
India's news reports of rape, child abuse make stomach-turning reading
Plenty of laws to protect women and girls in place--but not in practice
Is India prepared to respond to a nuclear disaster?
Questions are being asked in India whether enough attention is being given to the risk of a nuclear disaster in the world's second-most popular nation
Should we be donating to "rich" Japan?
As millions around the world watch as Japan struggles to cope with the devastation of Friday's earthquake and tsunami -- and now a potential nuclear disaster -- many of us want to help. But should we do so?