Uttar Pradesh

NOT Like Mother, Like Daughter

Suzanne Skees | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Family Dynamics, Poverty, Microenterprise, Agriculture, Ultrapoor, Upaya Social Ventures, India, Samridhi Dairy, Teenagers, Uttar Pradesh, Impact News

A Mother and her daughter's values clash in rural northern India. Is this what happens to teenagers everywhere, or does living in extreme poverty exacerbate these issues?

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Train Crashes With Overcrowded Taxi

AP | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: India Train Crash, India, Video, Hathras India, Hathras Train Crash, Train Crash Taxi, Taxi Crash India, Train Crash, Uttar Pradesh, World News

LUCKNOW, India — Police in India say 15 people were killed when a train collided with an overcrowded taxi minivan at an unmanned railroad crossi...

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India's Recent Elections and the Way Forward

Aparna Pande | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Indian Parliament, Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party India, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Rahul Gandhi, World News

Earlier this week the U.S. Republican party held key primary elections while India had elections in five states. In both countries the result of elections will influence the course of politics and determine foreign policy.  

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The Global Search for Education: A Free Education

C. M. Rubin | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Creating Leaders, Global Education, C. M. Rubin, Transformational Education, India Education System, Shiv Nadar Foundation, Urban-Rural Divide, VidyaGyan Schools, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Shiv Nadar, Education Reform, Global Search for Education, India Schools, Uttar Pradesh, Education News

"Homogeneity is a conscious choice to ensure effectiveness of the results we are trying to achieve. Please note, the schools are co-ed with a boy:girl ratio of almost 50:50. This is remarkable, given the lack of opportunities and state of girls' education in India."

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What's Not the Matter With Uttar Pradesh?

Carl Pope | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: India, India Politics, Indian Politics, Uttar Pradesh, World News

India has a long way to go. But its politics is doing a remarkable job of closing the dignity gap that weighed the society down for centuries.

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PHOTOS: Cold Wave Hits India

Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: India, India Cold Wave, Delhi, India Weather, India Cold, India Cold Spike, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, World News

While India is known for its blistering summer heat, a cold wave has swept through the north of the country in the past week. A thick fog cloud envelo...

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Monsoon Rains Cause Havoc In India, Kill Dozens

AP | BISWAJEET BANERJEE | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Monsoon India, India, India Monsoon Rains, India Floods, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa, India Rains, Bihar, World News

LUCKNOW, India — Monsoon rains destroyed mud huts and flooded wide swaths of northern and eastern India, killing at least 48 people in recent da...

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Three Curious Elephants Accidentally Electrocute Themselves

AP | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: India, Elephant Sanctuary, Dudhwa National Park, Elephants Electrocute, Elephants Killed, Electrocuted Elephants, Animals, India Elephants, Uttar Pradesh, Green News

LUCKNOW, India -- Three elephants were electrocuted at a wildlife sanctuary in northern India, apparently after they uprooted a utility pole and were ...

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Fighting Polio, Two Drops At A Time

The Huffington Post | Yepoka Yeebo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Greatest Person of the Day, India, Polio, National Imminization Day, Uttar Pradesh, Impact News

They call it "the two drops of life," said Anil Garg. The two drops of a pinkish, transparant liquid that can change a child's life: the vaccine for ...

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Who Will Feed India?

Devinder Sharma | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hunger Index, Land Acquisition, Food, India, Hunger, Uttar Pradesh, India Imports, Pds, India Food Imports, World News

The fertile and productive lands of Western Uttar Pradesh is set to be replaced by concrete jungles. India will be soon be faced with a terrible food crisis, the seeds for which are being sown now.

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Scores Dead In Indian Temple Stampede

Al Jazeera English | Al-Jazeera | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hinduism, Religion, Indian-Temple-Stampede, Temple Stampede, Indian, Stampede, Temple, India, Uttar Pradesh, Religion News

At least 63 people, including women and children, have been killed in a stampede after the gate of a Hindu temple collapsed in the northern Indian sta...

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Itzhak Perlman to Perform at Lincoln Center to Help Rotary Eradicate Polio

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pakistan, Asia, Nigeria, Avery Fisher Hall, India, Southeast Asia, New York City, Afghanistan, Europe, Rotary International, Indian National PolioPlus Committee, Global Citizens, Western Pacific, Jim Luce, World Health Organization, Uttar Pradesh, Islam, John Kenny, New York Philharmonic, Africa, Unicef, Lincoln Center, Itzhak Perlman, Karen F. Dimanche Davis, Polio, Eastern Mediterranean, Ulema Council for Polio Eradication, Concert to End Polio, Carol Pandak, Thought Leaders, Gates Foundation, Bopv, Polioplus, Americas, New York News

"Polio is only a plane ride away." So began my sobering interview with Carol Pandak, Manager of PolioPlus for Rotary International about polio, a cr...

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Varun Gandhi, Indira's Grandson, Faces Criminal Charges For Anti-Muslim Remarks (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011

Video footage has emerged of conservative BJP candidate Varun Gandhi delivering incendiary anti-Muslim remarks from the stump. The footage has spurre...

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