FACTBOX - Ten ways in which global warming will hit India - UN panel
India, densely populated and with a low-lying coast, is very vulnerable to the effects of climate change and faces lower economic growth, worries over food and more health problems, the UN climate change panel says.
French charity welcomes inquiry into aid worker massacre in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has been under international pressure to investigate war crimes allegedly committed in the final stage of its civil war
Climate change threatens India's economy, food security - IPCC
Freak weather patterns will not only affect farm output and food supplies, but will also lead to water shortages and trigger disease outbreaks, while rising seas and heat could endanger beach tourism, scientists say
Climate change threatens India's economy, food security - IPCC
The world's second most populous nation is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change
Q+A: India at risk until polio is eradicated globally-Rotary
If India, with all its problems, can eradicate polio, any country can, says a leading official of Rotary International which led the campaign with funds and organisation
India declared polio-free, but global risks persist
India's last case of the wild polio virus was detected in January 2011 and three years without any new cases means a country can be certified as polio-free
Indian woman has breasts cut off for resisting prostitution - report
More than 150,000 people are trafficked within South Asia every year – mostly for sex and domestic work
With no laws to protect them, India's maids are "invisible", exploited and abused, says ILO
With more wealth and working women, the demand for household help has surged, but the work is informal and unprotected - leaving maids and nannies vulnerable to exploitation and abuse
Indian mother held for killing daughter's suspected rapist - report
Woman admits to the killing after her daughter told of being lured to a field with chocolates and raped