Trans people in India demand equal access to public toilets
A push for gender-neutral toilets in India aims to fight discrimination and give trans and non-binary people equal washroom access
India's soybean farmers demand help as rains and pests wipe out crops
After erratic weather hits a popular variety, agricultural experts say it may be time for a focus on climate-resistant crops instead
Virus-idled Indian workers dig into a new job: boosting water security
Thousands of jobseekers have been recruited into a trench-building scheme aiming to boost scarce water supplies by catching rainfall
In India's parched Bundelkhand, drought brings a tide of migration
As lengthening drought becomes the new normal, a parched region between India's Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh states is clearing out
Murders, violence on rise as parched central India battles for water
Years of worsening rainfall have created crisis conditions, leading families to fight to protect water, police say
Armed guards protect last water in drought-parched Indian city
"I have not seen such a condition in my lifetime. Almost every water source in the area has dried up," says one man
Weather-weary Indian farmers resort to new cash crop: blood
In the drought-hit Bundelkhand region, farmers are selling their blood for income, unable to survive off their land
Can India tap fresh water wisdom for "smart" cities?
If urban areas are to cope with mushrooming populations, they'll need new ways to manage water, experts say
Crop-loss Indian farmers sell their children to survive - authorities
"Trading our children was wrong but we were forced to do this just to stay alive," says one mother
Freak hailstorms lead to surge in farmer suicides in Central India
Debt-ridden farmers take their lives as storms destroy hundreds of millions of dollars worth of crops in India’s Madhya Pradesh state