Tag: India
In India, the gap between rich and poor is widening
A study reveals that in India, in 5 years, the income of the most modest majority has experienced a vertiginous fall, while the income of the richest has increased sharply.…
Dazzling trip to Zanskar, in the heart of the Himalayas
Perched on the northern slopes of the Indian Himalayas, near Ladakh, it is a region of 7,000 km2 not quite like the others: Zanskar. It is also called “little Tibet”.…
Omicron doesn’t hold back millions of pilgrims expected at Hindu festival
In India, a gigantic Hindu festival is taking place these days in the region of Bengal, in the east of the country, called Ganga Sagar Mela. Millions of pilgrims must…
Magh Mela Festival in India not canceled despite Covid-19
In the northern Indian city of Prayagraj, tens of thousands of Hindu pilgrims gathered for the Magh Mela, the first event of the Makar Sankranti festival, despite a huge spike…
TikTok dominated social media in 2021 despite being banned in India
36 billion app downloads were made in the fourth quarter of 2021, according to the latest Sensor Tower study. That is an increase of 2.7% compared to the same time…
Women auctioned off, new Islamophobic scandal in India
India was rocked this week by an Islamophobic internet campaign: people created an app where they posted photos of famous Muslim women in order, they said, to auction them off.…
Faced with the explosion of cases, New Delhi is confined to the weekend
In India, the number of Covid cases has doubled in three days: more than 140,000 cases in 24 hours. A night-time curfew at 10 p.m. has been put in place…
The application that harassed Muslim women by placing them for sale on the Internet has been removed in India
A computer application that posted photos of more than 100 Muslim women ‘for sale’ in India has been removed from the web platform. The women, whose photos the computer application…
thousands of associations banned from receiving funds from abroad
In India, around 6,000 associations, including the international NGO Oxfam, have just lost the right to receive funds from abroad. Their license, granted by the government, has either expired or…
At least 12 dead in stampede at temple in India
At least 12 people were killed and many injured in a stampede at a temple in India. Thousands of people visited the Hindu temple near Jammu city in the northern…