Celebrating Cat Day in Japan, weird and funny

Are you a cat person? If so, Japan is the place to be on 22 February because this is when Cat Day is celebrated.Now in its 30th year, Cat Day has lit up Japanese social media with endless portraits of ...cats as well as cat-themed…

India: 10 million people are without water in Delhi

More than 10 million people in India's capital are without water despite the army regaining control of its key water source after protests, officials say.Keshav Chandra, head of Delhi's water board, told the BBC it would take "three…

Female sterilization policy in India is about to change

This is what family planning in India often looks like: Women in their 20s, mostly farmers’ wives, gather at dawn on the stairs of a district hospital. Hours later, a surgeon arrives. His time is short. He asks the women to sit in a row…