Once said to be the Manchester of Bihar for its weaving tradition, Patwa Toli is now known as an IIT Village. Read more at ...

LOHATA, India (AP) — This cluster of poor villages, long known for its colorful silk saris, now is known for something else: tuberculosis. Nearly half of Lohata’s population has it — some 100,000 ...

When it won its independence in 1947, India suffered from appalling poverty. Campaigning in rural districts, Jawaharlal Nehru, the country’s first prime minister, had seen the “mark of this beast” on ...

Discover Satara Village, the clean and sustainable Maharashtra hamlet praised by Anand Mahindra. Explore its community-led ...

USAID funding supported efforts to eradicate tuberculosis in India, one of the country’s deadliest diseases. Now, that money ...

GANDAMAN, India/NEW DELHI, July 21 (Reuters) - The village school in India where 23 children died by poisoning last week had been providing lunch under a government-sponsored scheme without checks or ...