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Capital
New Delhi

Area
3.3 million square km, stretching from the Himalayas in the north to the Indian Ocean in the south. India shares borders with Pakistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar and Bangladesh.

Language
There are 400 registered languages, but Hindi in the Devanagari script is the official language. The Constitution also recognises 17 regional languages, of which the most widely spoken are Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu. English is widely used for administrative purposes.

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thumb for Tropical storm Phyan 11 Nov 2009 14:42:00 GMT
Tropical storm Phyan
Tropical storm Phyan struck India at about 06:00 GMT on 11 November.

thumb for PHOTOS: India floods 06 Oct 2009 12:30:00 GMT
PHOTOS: India floods


thumb for PHOTOS: India floods 14 Sep 2009 14:18:00 GMT
PHOTOS: India floods


thumb for Tropical storm Three 05 Sep 2009 09:07:00 GMT
Tropical storm Three
Tropical storm Three is forecast to strike India at about 06:00 GMT on 5 September.

15 Jul 2009
India monsoon picks up; govt says no need to panic
* Govt says no need to panic over rains * Weather officials see rains in key crop areas * Monsoons almost half normal June levels (Recasts with minister quote, adds data) ...

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NGO latest

•  World AIDS Day on 1 December 2009: "HIV education on track" / Malteser International reaches out to migrants on the trains of South India
Malteser International - Germany

•  Five Years after the Indian Ocean Tsunami, Rebuilding Complete
CRS - USA

•  Red Cross and Red Crescent honours remarkable humanitarians
ICRC - Switzerland

•  ACT Preliminary Appeal: Tamil Nadu Floods, India
ACT - Switzerland

•  ACT Appeal: Karnataka & A. Pradesh Floods, India
ACT - Switzerland

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Jobs

•  Asia Pacific Region HR Business Partner
WV - International

•  Public Health Promoter – Humanitarian Support Professional (HSP) (Oxfam GB)
Oxfam GB - UK

•  Country Director, ActionAid India
ActionAid

•  Asia Pacific Region HR Business Partner - Home Country Based
WV - International

•  WASH Adviser - Regional Public Health Engineer (Oxfam GB) Fixed - Term contract
Oxfam GB - UK

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Related links


  • Government of India official website

  • Indian parliament

  • SARAI - Columbia University's South Asia Resource Access on the Internet

  • Maps

  • South Asia Citizens Web

  • South Asia Monitor - Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

  • Times of India

  • ReliefWeb

  • The Newspaper Today - Indian online newspaper

  • Disaster Mitigation Institute - India


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