The poster by students at the Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology in Bangalore details things that a bad girl does in India. There are many ways to be labelled ‘A bad girl’ in the UK, including stealing from the tuck-shop, cheating in an exam and smoking behind the bike sheds. But in India, the bar for being a disappointment to society is much, much lower. A group of students from... 

Indian labourers work in a field of Jatropha in the village of Hassan, some 250 kms from Bangalore. Jatropha, a wild shrub that grows abundantly across India, has been hailed as an eco-friendly solution to the energy needs. 2 million kilometers of foreign purchased land in developing countries is either idle or used for Western biofuel production, according to a British charity. Oxfam’s report... 

Baby Afreen: The three-month-old died at Vani Vilas Hospital in Bangalore after her own father allegedly beat her because she was born a girl instead of the son he desired For about a week, she tried hard to hold on and fight hard. But allegedly brutalised by her father for being born a girl, she stood little chance. Baby Neha Afreen died after a cardiac arrest in a government hospital in Bangalore... 

Microsoft shifted operations to India, meaning low class workers from India are taking the jobs from more competent American engineers. According to U.S. daily Seattle Times, the Redmond, Wash.-based software giant is relocating its customer support work in Texas and North Carolina to India. The two centers, which handles e-mail and phone queries on Microsoft software, currently employ about 800 workers...