Solar lanterns replace kerosene lamps in Indian urban slums
Indian start-up hopes a simple payment plan will persuade many urban slum dwellers to switch to solar lanterns and cleaner stoves, improving their health and cutting use of fossil fuels
Indian, African social enterprises need to share more new services, products
Essential for social enterprises in India and Africa to exchange new ideas and products, to bring the benefits of economic growth more quickly to their millions of poor, social venture capitalist says
Chandni's story: India's street kid reporters
Sixteen-year-old Chandni is editor of Balaknama, a newspaper written by and for street children in northern India. Until she was 10, Chandni had never been to school, but now she has the chance to give a voice to other street kids like her
Social enterprise takes smart products to India's rural poor
An Indian social enterprise has come up with an innovative solution to one of the country's biggest development challenges - helping the rural poor easily access basics such as clean drinking water and electricity
"Menstrupedia" aims to break taboo over periods in India
Millions of Indian girls face social discrimination, reproductive health problems and low self-esteem due to lack of awareness about menstruation
Indian social entrepreneurs battle bureaucracy, need help to expand
India's numerous small social enterprises need government and private help to expand and do more to help the poor, both at home and abroad
FACTBOX - India goes to the polls, but what's in it for women?
As the first electors cast their ballots in the world’s biggest election, what are the three main political parties promising the country's female voters?
More than one third of Delhi slum children malnourished - survey
Widespread child malnutrition in poor Indian communities shows that government schemes to feed poor children are failing and economic growth has been very unevenly distributed
Sri Lanka bans, freezes funds of 15 Tamil diaspora groups - report
Organisations representing ethnic minority Tamils are accused of supporting terrorism in the country
Indian Airlines ordered to reinstate overweight air hostesses - report
Airline said sacked hostesses had put on more weight than allowed by the company regulations