https://www.scmp.com/rss/502088/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The Yamuna River, India’s most polluted river, stretches 1,375km (855 miles) across the northern part of the country. Along the way, it goes through a dramatic transformation – from crystal clear near its Himalayan source to some of the world’s most contaminated waters as it passes through the capital New Delhi. Yamuna is also home to a resilient community of slum divers, who brave even the bone-chilling cold of winter to dive into the river and retrieve coins from its depths. The coins are... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3248228/indias-coin-divers-brave-polluted-waters-fish-out-offerings-made-yamuna-river-goddess?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3248228/indias-coin-divers-brave-polluted-waters-fish-out-offerings-made-yamuna-river-goddess?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 13 Jan 2024 01:00:21 +0000 The road outside Cotton University in Guwahati, the capital of India’s north-eastern Assam state, was filled with thick smoke from burning tyres on Monday and Tuesday as hundreds of students protested against India’s new citizenship amendment bill. The bill aims to grant citizenship to persecuted Hindus and other religious minorities from Muslim-majority neighbouring countries such as Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who entered India illegally, but not to Muslims. It was passed by a... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3041508/india-new-citizenship-bill-type-list-seen-nazi-germany?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3041508/india-new-citizenship-bill-type-list-seen-nazi-germany?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Dec 2019 13:00:20 +0000 On August 23, as the residents of Anchar in Srinagar, in Indian-administered Kashmir, were preparing for Friday prayers at the local mosque, multiple police surveillance drones hovered above them. After the prayers concluded, children unsuccessfully attempted to bring down the drones by hurling stones high into the air. Young boys hid their faces and avoided looking up, fearing pictures taken by the drones could be later used against them by local police. Later, men and women of all ages holding... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3026236/kashmir-indian-government-always-watching?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3026236/kashmir-indian-government-always-watching?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 08 Sep 2019 09:00:11 +0000