Selected South Asia Holdings

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DW: Deutsche Welle · 2 June 2015 English

In some of the remote villages of West Bengal, Indians were once forced to drink arsenic contaminated water. But thanks to innovative French technology that purifies contaminated water from lakes …


DW: Deutsche Welle · 2 June 2015 English

India's homegrown research industry seems to go from strength to strength. Researchers say they are close to clinical trials for a low-cost cochlear implant, which may launch within a year …


DW: Deutsche Welle · 2 June 2015 English

The repercussions for breaking the rules of Indian society can be deadly, with around a thousand honor killings reported each year. But a New Delhi-based organization called Love Commandos is …


DW: Deutsche Welle · 2 June 2015 English

Hindus make up more than 80 percent of India's population. It's custom to cremate their deceased using burning wood pyres. With India's population at 1.2 billion people, that's a lot …


DW: Deutsche Welle · 2 June 2015 English

Can the largest outbreak of Ebola in known history be halted? - In Lebanon families await news of their relatives, captured by Islamist militants -Triumph in Israel for a Sudanese …


DW: Deutsche Welle · 2 June 2015 English

Coir production in India is very traditional: Over the past 200 years, it has evolved from a mainly domestic activity to a partially mechanized industry that employs tens of thousands …


DW: Deutsche Welle · 2 June 2015 English

Growing up in a Mumbai slum, Ashok saw how hard it was for many young people to break out of poverty. Now the 24-year-old has launched a soccer program for …


DW: Deutsche Welle · 2 June 2015 English

On this week's show: Russia after Nemtsov and the silencing of Tartar voices in the Crimea. Also, Indian widows paint the town red, a construction boom in the unofficial capital …


DW: Deutsche Welle · 2 June 2015 English

The numbers of trafficked brides in India has grown by a staggering 30 percent in the past three years. That's what researchers have discovered. In northwestern India in particular, the …


DW: Deutsche Welle · 2 June 2015 English

For more than four years Jasmine Rana's father has been sitting in a jail cell in Pakistan, after being convicted of blasphemy. The dual British-Pakistani citizen, who has been diagnosed …