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Noisy, colourful firecrackers have been around for centuries but while attitudes are changing, with pollution a key concern and reason for bans, many point out poor air quality is not just linked to festival celebrations. Source link

Indian trawlers often illegally poach in Sri Lanka’s waters; now a China-owned venture has been helping Sri Lankan fishermen to cultivate sea cucumbers, instead of heading out to sea. Source link

Thousands of mansions in a remote corner of India once housed some of the nation’s wealthiest bankers and traders but a century later most of them lie abandoned, their desolate remains a mute testament to lost riches.The tycoons of Chettinad, near the country’s southern tip, made their fortunes trading precious …

Foxconn Technology Group pledged to revamp its management and operations in India after a labour protest forced the shutdown of a key smartphone plant in southern India.Foxconn, which makes phones for the likes of Apple Inc. and Xiaomi Corp., apologised for lapses in living standards that prompted some of its …