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  • 8 Aug 2007
    Tutu hails people's legal verdict against drugs giant

    Emeritus Archbishop Desmond Tutu and other global church leaders have welcomed a ruling from the Madras High Court in Chennai that dismissed a challenge to the constitutionality of India's patent law from a Swiss pharmaceutical giant.

  • 6 Aug 2007
    International community neglecting South Asia flood victims

    The poorest people in India, Nepal and Bangladesh are the chief victims of major monsoon-driven floods across South Asia. And the situation is being made worse by lack of effective international action, local development planners are saying.

  • 4 Aug 2007
    NGOs in India, Bangladesh and Nepal gear up for flood crisis

    More than 150 people have died and 20 million have been displaced from heavy floods in south Asia. Reports estimate more than 12 million people in India, 5.5 million in Bangladesh and 750,000 in Nepal are affected.

  • 3 Aug 2007
    Support for South Asia flood victims

    India, Bangladesh and Nepal are in need of urgent aid and development support, following the latest disaster.

  • 31 Jul 2007
    Indian Christian women protest against female feticide

    Christian women activists have expressed anger at what they say is an alarming crisis due to female feticide in India, after two dumps of illegally aborted female foetuses were found in the world's second most populous nation.

  • 9 Jul 2007
    Indian Christian leader warns against HIV complacency

    A Christian health organization in India has warned that new official statistics showing a fall in the number of people living with HIV/AIDS in the south Asian country should not lead to people lowering their guard.

  • 18 Apr 2007
    Indian churches praised for role in HIV-AIDS struggle

    The Indian government and the United Nations has praised the minority Christian community in India for its important efforts in helping to combat the spread of HIV and AIDS.

  • 30 Mar 2007
    Exploration of the role of children in peacebuilding

    Children are not often asked for their opinions on the big issues of life, but church partners in India and the UK have decided that children are the perfect place to start when talking about peace.

  • 9 Mar 2007
    Christians and Muslims unite in defence of Dalits

    Defying perceptions of widening division between the two faiths, Muslims have joined an Indian sit-in organized by Christians.

  • 13 Feb 2007
    Hundreds of thousands join Asia's largest Christian gathering

    The largest Christian gathering in Asia is taking place in India this week. The 112th Maramon Convention, which runs through to 18 February 2007 in Kerala, is organized annually by the Mar Thoma Evangelistic Association, the mission and evangelism wing of the Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar ‚Ä' which has roots in both the Anglican and Orthodox traditions.