Sources: VOA News
The World Wildlife Fund reports global populations of tigers, an endangered species, are up about 20 percent over the past six years. This increase in tiger numbers, after declining for a century, was primarily in India, Russia, Nepal, and Bhutan. The third Asian Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation starts Monday in New Delhi, India. 2016-04-10
An earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Moment magnitude scale (MMS) strikes in the Hindu Kush mountain range in northeastern Afghanistan, 158 miles from Kabul, in the remote province of Badakhshan, one of Afghanistan’s most inaccessible regions. Tremors reached as far as New Delhi, India. At least 263 are dead in Afghanistan and nearby northern Pakistan with more than 1,000 injured. The death toll will likely climb since communications in much of the affected areas are cut, and rescue teams had not yet reached districts closest to the epicenter, including some that are controlled by Taliban insurgents. 2015-10-26
People rallying against last weekend's gang rape of a female student are showered in tear gas and water cannons in New Delhi, India. 2012-12-22
Tibetans demonstrate near the Chinese embassy in New Delhi, India, following recent self-immolations by Tibetan monks and nuns protesting the Chinese government's repressive policies in Tibet. 2011-11-16
A bomb explosion outside the Delhi High Court in the Indian court in New Delhi kills at least nine people and injures another 45. 2011-09-7
At least 10,000 people gather in the Indian capital New Delhi to support a hunger strike by social activist Anna Hazare in support of tougher anti-corruption legislation. 2011-08-20
A Tibetan parliament-in-exile delegation appeals to foreign embassies in New Delhi, India, for help to release three monks from the Kirti monastery in northeastern Tibet detained by Chinese authorities and to address additional human rights violations in Tibet by China. 2011-05-3
Police in India break up a demonstration of pro-Tibet protestors outside the Chinese embassy in New Delhi. 2011-03-9
The death toll from the collapse of an apartment building in the Indian capital New Delhi rises to 66 with the search for victims continuing. 2010-11-16
At least 42 people die after a building collapses in eastern New Delhi, India with at least twenty people trapped in the rubble. 2010-11-15