Agra

Ashok Kumar, a worker, cuts synthetic leather to make shoes at the Vansh Foot Fashion, a small shoe making factory, in Agra, India, May 30, 2022. REUTERS/Manoj Kumar
Global Economy

Firms in India's ancient shoe capital squeezed by costs, fading demand

Agra has been India's biggest shoe making centre since the Mughals ruled from the city centuries ago but Kumar's small businesses and thousands like it across the country now work on...

Priyanka Gandhi also tweeted the video in which Dr Arinjay Jain, the owner of Paras Hospital, is heard saying that the oxygen supply was cut off for five minutes and 22 people died during that period. Photo: ANI via Hindustan Times
South Asia

Rahul, Priyanka hit out over reports 22 died in ‘mock oxygen drill’ at Agra hospital

A policeman wearing a protective mask stands guard near the historic Taj Mahal during a nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Agra, India, April 23, 2020. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
South Asia

In the city of the Taj Mahal, coronavirus resurgence carries warning signs

Taj Mahal gets air purifier as Indian capital chokes
Environment

Taj Mahal gets air purifier as Indian capital chokes

29 dead as bus falls into drain in Agra
World+Biz

29 dead as bus falls into drain in Agra