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Overview of India

India contains twenty-eight states and seven Union Territories

BBC Country Profile: India

CIA World Factbook: India - Basic overview, maps, geographic, demographic and statistical information.

India-Specific Search Engine: Yahoo India - Use this search engine to find information relating to India.

University of Texas India Map Collection - extensive collection of maps, including historical, language, religion, population and crops.  

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News Resources for India

 The Guardian's Guide to India News Sources

The Times of India

[Please note: full text of NY Times articles is available to PSU students/faculty/staff through ProQuest - see below for more information on Library Resources or read the "Finding Articles in the New York Times" help page ]

All India Newspapers - Links for many newspapers in India, in several languages

IndianExpress.com

IndiaTogether - From their site: " India Together provides in-depth information & news on the issues that matter covering 15 major topics and over 15 states. India Together also helps leaders, experts, practitioners, scholars and artists take their ideas, insights and concerns expeditiously to an interested national and global audience. "

BBC South Asia news

New York Times archives of articles about India or check this PSUGA list of recent articles relating to India.

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Research Guides and Links on the Web for India

• Health Issues
• Economics and Social Conditions
• Women's Issues
• Technology, Business and Industry
• Government and Leaders
• Religion
• History
• Art & Music
• Literature
• Mathetmatics & Science
• Travel
• Other Research Guides
• Pittsburgh Area Links

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Health Issues

 HIV and AIDS in India: Avert.org

World Health Organization: India - Provides demographic and statisticall information; overview of health-related issues

United Nations reports on AIDS in India --or-- search UN India pages.   

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Economics and Social Conditions

Economic Times - economic/business news\

India Ecomonic Indicators

India Census Info 2001

Gov't of India Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation - provides statistical information about the population of India

A subset of the Ministry of Statistics, the The National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) "carries out socio-economic surveys, undertakes field work for the Annual Survey of Industries and follow-up surveys of Economic Census, sample checks on area enumeration and crop estimation surveys and prepares the urban frames useful in drawing of urban samples, besides collection of price data from rural and urban sectors." (this description from their site)

Overview of themes in Indian Society (U.S. Library of Congress)

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Women's Issues

Women's Issues in India links page - contains links to information about women's health, reproduction, civil rights and human trafficking.

Frequently Asked Questions about women in India

Google Directory listing of Women in India links - contains links to womens groups, womens organizations and advocacy groups, and more

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Technology, Business and Industry

World Bank - India: Statistics, Development Indicators, Business Information

India Business and Technology Resource page - links to many useful sites for researching these topics.

ZDNet India - latest news and articles about India and technology.

Indian Gov't Dept. of Information Technology (Branch of Ministry of Communication and Information)

BusinessWorld India - excellent source of up-to-date business, economic and technology news

India: Labor and Workforce Issues (From the Library of Congress)

BBC News Article: Why India's labour laws are a problem By Kaushik Basu
Professor of economics, Cornell University, 18 May 2006

India's Ministry of Labour

Currency Converter from Yahoo - (Indian Rupee is India's primary currency)

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Government and Leaders

Overview of India's foreign relations (U.S. Library of Congress)

Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations

Parliament of India

Constitution of India

Directory of Indian Government Websites - includes Executive, Legislative, Judiciary and links to each state's government sites.

Mahatma Ghandi biography from UCLA

Jawaharlal Nehru biography from Answers.com - "First prime minister of independent India (1947–64)."

Brief bio of Indira Ghandi from Answers.com

Indira Ghandi biography from UCLA - (1917-1984) "Mrs. Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, 1966-77 and 1980-84. She was assassinated in 1984."

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Religion

Brief overview of India's religions: AsianInfo

Overviews of world religions from the BBC

Overview of Hindu Caste System - First reference to the castes was in the sacred Hindu text the Bhagavad-Gita.

The most commonly mentioned castes are: Brahmins -- those engaged in sacrifices, and priestly functions, Kshtriyas -- rulers and warriors, Vaishyas -- Merchants, farmers, and tradesmen, Shudras -- Laborers, craftsmen, service professions, Asprushya -- called Dalits, Harijans, the "Scheduled Castes" or the "Untouchables," this is the lowest status.

Indian Fairs and Festivals - from a variety of religious traditions and Indian states

History of Yoga - "The beginnings of Yoga were developed by the Indus-Sarasvati civilization in Northern India over 5,000 years ago. The word yoga was first mentioned in the oldest sacred texts, the Rig Veda."

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History

The Ancient Indus Civilization - The history of India can be traced back to the Indus valley civilization 4,500 years ago. Browse 1,140 illustrated pages by leading scholars of ancient India and Pakistan

Forham University's Internet Indian History Sourcebook - extensive coverage/links regarding the history of India. Provides many links to other Indian history metasites as well.

Concise Timeline of Indian History

UCLA Overview of British India - The British East India company established a presence in India in the early 1600s and was there until 1947. Read more about the history of 300 years of British occupation .

Emory University overview of The Partition of India (Division of India and Pakistan in 1947)

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Art & Music

Art India: Performing Artists' Network of India - Explores classical dance and music

Pitt Radio - Local online Indian music radio station

A brief summary of Indian music (excepted from The History of Rock Music)

Indian Music

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