India Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state of Gujarat on Friday increased the punishment for cow slaughter from seven years to life imprisonment as Hindu hardliners push for tougher protections...
When India's prime minister named a hardline Hindu known for his anti-Muslim speeches to head its largest state Uttar Pradesh this month, many saw it as a sign his party's huge election win had...
Arson has not been ruled out after blazes tore through three butcher's shops in Uttar Pradesh, days after the state's newly-appointed chief minister promised a crackdown on slaughterhouses. The...
Varanasi boat owner Prabhu Sahani backed Narendra Modi as his MP in the 2014 general election. But the Indian prime minister will not be getting his vote when the ancient city on the Ganges goes to...
India's economic growth rate fell to seven percent in the third quarter of the financial year after the controversial ban on high-value banks notes in November, the government said Tuesday. Gross...
India's rapid economic growth has lifted 140 million people out of poverty in the past decade but many of its people still lack access to elecricity and toilets, the OECD said Tuesday. GDP per capita...
A fitting tribute to a local legend or a grotesque misuse of money? The decision to build the world's tallest statue just off Mumbai's coast has divided the city. But the traditional Koli community,...
Half a million Indians have set a new world record by performing a mass rendition of their national anthem, as patriotic sentiment rises under a nationalist government. The "Jana Gana Mana" anthem...
Background: Currently, Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines are regulated in Ghana under the auspices of the Traditional and Alternative Medicine Practice Council of the Ministry of...
Out of the over 60 companies that expressed interest in the Private Sector Participation (PSP) in the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) has shortlisted...
