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Last rites for Delhi’s forgotten: the woman who cremates strangers

Pooja Sharma has dedicated her life to providing a dignified end for thousands of unclaimed bodies lying in mortuaries in India, though she pays for it herself – and it ended her engagementOn an overcast, blustery day, with cars honking in the distance…

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‘It’s impossible to breathe’: Delhi’s rubbish dumps drive sky-high methane emissions

Leaking, ‘super emitter’ landfills of India’s capital are a global hotspot for the potent greenhouse gas, according to satellite dataRevealed: The 1,200 methane leaks from waste dumps trashing the planetThey tower above Delhi like monstrous mountains, …

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Women’s champion Swati Maliwal takes Delhi anti-rape fight nationwide

The campaigner has faced death threats and gone on hunger strike to change laws and bring rapists to justice. She has no plans to stop thereOnce upon a time, Delhi’s Commission for Women was regarded as a toothless, comatose body that few took seriousl…

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‘The complete murder of our young’: India counts cost of another polluting Diwali on a generation of children

One in three children in Delhi is already asthmatic, with many more at risk of organ damage from breathing noxious air. A crowded waiting room at one children’s hospital tells the storyIt is the third time in a week that Pankaj Ram, a construction work…

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Delhi police search journalists’ homes in latest raids on media

Search also carried out on office of news website under investigation for allegedly receiving funds from ChinaPolice have carried out early morning raids on a news portal office and the homes of almost 50 journalists, activists and comedians across Ind…

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Student’s sexual assault and murder shows women’s safety in India ‘not a priority’

Despite reforms, campaigners say Mumbai killing proves lack of progress in protecting students since 2012 ‘Nirbhaya’ gang-rapeThe list of complaints made by female students living at the women’s hostel in the south of Mumbai is depressingly long and go…

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