India's Kerala to give workers a siesta to help beat the heat
Workers in India's Kerala state are now getting a three-hour afternoon siesta as part of a series of benefits aimed at combating soaring temperatures and improving labor conditions, government officials said on Wednesday. Kerala, which suffered its worst floods in a century last year, is ...
Tens of thousands of pilgrims thronged one of Hinduism's holiest temples in southern India on Saturday as it reopened amid high security, but women aged between 10 and 50 were absent despite a court order allowing them to enter. Hindu activists, meanwhile, imposed a strike ...
Over 500 women register to enter flash point Indian temple in Kerala state
A new standoff between Hindu traditionalists and Indian police over a flash point shrine is looming in the coming week, with 560 women reportedly registering to visit the side when it reopens next Saturday. India's Supreme Court in September ruled that all females should be ...
India's flood-hit Kerala state faces shortages of 'rat fever' drug
India's flood-ravaged Kerala state is facing shortages of a drug that fights an infectious bacterial disease after the worst flooding in a century, forcing authorities to turn to other states to help ramp up supplies. Suspected cases of leptospirosis, a waterborne disease known locally as ...
