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It takes a village – the pioneering tourism project breathing new life into India’s mountain communities ⊕
Over the past 21 years, Village Ways has been leading low-impact tours of remote communities in the foothills of the Himalayas, supporting traditional ways of life and offering a rare glimpse of pris…
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Bars and coins steal the shine from jewelry as Indians splurge up to $11 billion on gold this Diwali ⊖
Indians bought up to $11 billion of gold in the Diwali week. But more gold was sold in the form of coins and bars than jewelry.
Indian village celebrates end of Diwali with cow dung fight ⊕
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Villagers in Gummatapura, southern India, hurl cow dung at each other for the Gorehabba festival.
India trials Delhi cloud seeding to clean air in world’s most polluted city ⊕
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Bharatiya Janata party launches first test flight as brown haze blankets city after Diwali – but experts decry ‘gimmick’
The Delhi regional government is trialling a cloud-seeding experiment to induce…
CNBC's Inside India newsletter: Diwali sans sparkles for tariff-hit Indian exporters ⊕
As months pass without a trade deal with U.S., Indian exporters face the brunt of unsold inventories, importers bargaining for discount and idle capacities.
Waves of white foam and Diwali: photos of the day – Wednesday ○
The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
Continue reading...Delhi awakes to a toxic haze after Diwali as pollution season begins ○
Air breathed by people in the city categorised as ‘severe’ in quality after fireworks contribute to thick smog
Delhi awoke to a thick haze on Tuesday, a day after millions of people celebrated the Hin…
Diwali provokes ‘hazardous’ alert over New Delhi air quality ⊕
Fireworks set off for the festival of lights contribute to Indian capital's 'worst in the world' air quality.
Thick smog blankets New Delhi after Diwali fireworks ⊖
Diwali celebrations push air pollution to hazardous levels, impacting health and visibility.