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Mental Illness and Healthcare in India: A Video Documentary from VICE News

The state of mental illness in India and the problems faced by the mentally ill in this emerging economic superpower Locked Up and Forgotten: India’s Mental Health Crisis from VICE News

News Headlines May 7, 2015: Egypt Pledges to Rebuild the Lighthouse of Alexandria

Egypt to Rebuild the Lighthouse of Alexandria “Death to America” Replaced with Artwork in Iran No Prison Camps in North Korea Because No One Disagrees with the Government Luxembourg Recognizes Armenian Genocide Selfie Destroy Sculpture in Italy Denmark Makes Cash Optional for Some Transactions US Troops Training Syrian Rebels to Fight ISIS Russia’s New Armata […]

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Extra! Extra!: Maids Flee Saudi Arabia, Swedish Dishes Clean Themselves, Venezuelans Say Goodbye to Nickel a Gallon Gas

Ethiopian Maids Flee Saudi Arabia Swedish Develop Self-Cleaning Dishes Former Stasi Employed by the Stasi Archives in Germany Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes Increase in the United Kingdom Venezuela May No Longer Sell Gasoline for a Nickel a Gallon US Base on Okinawa, Japan to Relocate Bahrain Court Acquits Princess on Trial for Torturing Doctors US Ambassador […]

News Headlines June 23, 2013: Snowden Flees for Moscow, Floods in India Claim 6,500

Protests in Bulgaria Ignored by International Media Hong Kong: US Extradition Request Did Not Fully Comply with Law Xinhua Condemns US ‘Cyber Attacks’ Former South African Leader Nelson Mandela in Critical Condition Chinese Astronauts Successfully Dock with Spacelab Russia Passes Its Own SOPA, Begins Blocking Websites Turkish PM Erdogan Defends Tactics Used Against Rioters Brazilian […]

Should Britain Continue Foreign Aid to India?

The United Kingdom gives India, a former colony, over £1.4 billion annually in development aid but many Britons are questioning this given that India is quite developed, even boasting its own space program. Economists estimate that India’s economy will overtake Britain’s by 2022 with 20% annual increases in the number of millionaires in India […]

Kolkata’s Howrah Bridge Collapsing Under Weight of Gutkha Spit

The Indian metropolis of Kolkata is grappling with a unique problem with its landmark Howrah bridge – the structure is about to collapse because of the highly corrosive gutkha spit people who use the bridge spit onto it. Citizens of the city of Kolkata have united in an anti-spitting campaign to stop gutkha users […]

India’s Congress Party Names Rahul Gandhi Vice President

In an effort to boost the 42-year old heir to the Gandhi–Nehru political dynasty’s helm, India’s ruling Congress Party created the post of Vice President of the party and nominated him to fill the seat, underscoring his position as the party’s number two under his mother Sonia Gandhi, the Congress Party president. Sonia is the wife […]

Tibetan Man in Gansu Province Reportedly Commits Self-Immolation to Protest the PRC’s Rule of Tibet

Free Tibet, an organization based in London, UK, and dedicated to the total independence of Tibet from the People’s Republic of China (PRC), reported the man’s self-immolation and placed his age at 22. The immolation reportedly occurred in China’s Gansu province. Self-immolation is a brutal form of protest exercised by Tibetans protesting China‘s rule over their country which […]

India Calls for Reform of the United Nations (UN) Security Council, Calling Its Current Form ‘Out of Touch with Political Realities’

The comments come near the end of India’s temporary seat on the Security Council which is set to expire at the end of this December. India’s Permanent Representative to the U.N. Hardeep Singh Puri also advocated for some kind of restraint to the members of the Security Council’s right to veto power. “The Security Council as […]

Maharashtra Food Scam: Integrated Child Development (ICDS) Food Rations in India Misappropriated by Government Contractors

A food scheme in India implicates various private corporations in the misappropriation of donated food for the poor, particularly mothers and children. A contractor lobby group allegedly created shell groups to bid for contracts to disburse the donated food as part of the Integrated Child Development Scheme. The so-called Maharashtra food scam was quite widespread […]