India Today

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Manufacturing has been the Achilles' heel of all central governments in India, including the present NDA regime. In its 2014 election manifesto, the BJP said it would focus on 'labour-intensive' manufacturing to create more employment opportunities i

Los Angeles Times

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NEW DELHI - For a girl from Berkeley, about 5 years old, the setting must have been intoxicating: a bungalow surrounded by greenery in a newly independent African capital, where children ran outside to wave at the president's car as he drove past. Th

The Caravan

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Kaul’s novel explores aspects of resistance, love and militancy in Kashmir through the trajectories of its many characters. These include the bureaucrat Fayaz, his nephew Imran, a young student in Srinagar, and Shireen, the granddaughter of a spy who

Business Today

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In October 2019, telcos lost a 14-year-old case to the DoT. The Supreme Court asked them to pay ₹1.69 lakh crore AGR dues by January 23 Telcos filed a review petition; it was rejected Vodafone Idea reported ₹50,922 crore net loss in 3rd quarter of FY

Himalayas Magazine

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The Himalayan Bond is about a fascinating journey through India taken by two young men – one Indian, Dani, and one British, Roland – to explore the conflicting issues of globalisation and sustainability that affect both urban and rural areas in moder

The Christian Science Monitor

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India is poised to become the world’s next economic colossus. But the culturally diverse country faces several challenges that could stifle its rise.

India Today

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The India Today Mood of the Nation (MOTN) poll was conducted by market research agency Karvy Insights between January 3, 2021, and January 13, 2021. The poll has traditionally been done through face–to-face interviews. However, in this edition of the

Business Today

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Your best life begins with a home that inspires you. Most of us go home after a busy day to recharge and relax. Hence, there is no greater luxury than owning a beautiful home that inspires us. And this is true for our second homes as well. Interestin

India Today

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On June 22, a team of government officials from Jammu and Kashmir's 'Back to Vill­age' programme were surrounded by a group of angry women at Surnhall village in the state's Budgam district. The village's only source of water, in the absence of a pi

India Today

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It was a worthy enough cause. To make a film on the India-China skirmish in Galwan Valley on June 15. Twenty Indian soldiers, including commanding officer Colonel Santosh Babu, and an undetermined number of People’s Liberation Army soldiers were kill

Business Today

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There was more than usual interest among Indian diplomats in the deliberations of the US Senate in the first week of July. Amendments to the US's National Defence Authorisation Act were being debated, one of which would put India, from the US perspec

All About History

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Author Andrew Robinson Publisher Thames & Hudson Price £8.99 Released Out now India: A Short History sets out to achieve what might seem to be an almost impossible feat, to write a history of India that is comprehensive, accessible and appealing. I

India Today

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Kerala's plucky chief minister Pin­a­rayi Vijayan wrestled two consecutive challenges this year, one natural, the other manmade. Both of them tested the mettle of the comrade from Kannur. In August, the worst cloudburst in a century killed over 400 p

Business Today

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Denmark headquartered Novozymes is one of the world's largest biotech companies and the global leader in industrial enzymes, used in things ranging from laundry detergent and dishwashing soap to baking and brewing. Novozymes, which posted a revenu

NPR

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"I don't think India wants to be a formal U.S. ally," says Alyssa Ayres, author of Our Time Has Come: How India Is Making Its Place in the World. "It sees alliance relationships as too constraining."

India Today

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99% of the Jat population is concentrated in the 26 districts of the Agra, Aligarh, Saharanpur, Moradabad, Meerut and Bareilly divisions, per the 1931 caste census 136 of the state’s 403 assembly seats and 27 of 80 LS seats fall in these six divisio

This Week in Asia

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The US-Indian defining partnership took a leap forward in the field of defence at the first session of the "2+2" dialogue of the two countries' foreign and defence ministers in New Delhi this week. It is a "win-win" for Washington. Highly lucrative m

Sunday Tribune

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IN WHAT some see as a clear attempt to polarise India, US Vice-President Kamala Harris’s niece Meena Harris and some international celebrities this week extended their support to protesters agitating against the new farm laws. The government describe

NPR

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He may have thought he was paying the poor a compliment. India's poor, however, do not always have reason to smile.

India Today

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What happens when estranged partners want to signal where their relationship is finally headed? Either they send chocolates and appropriate WhatApp emojis to each other to indicate they want to kiss and make up. Or they harden their stand over differ

India Today

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The second India-US 2+2 joint meeting of their foreign and defence ministers in Washington, DC, on December 18, marked another milestone signalling political and strategic coordination, but parallel developments also exposed some ongoing and emerging

India Today

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I can never reject the tag ‘Muslim’ because I was born in the faith and it has shaped me in many ways. It is the same with being Indian. I was born an Indian and, unless forced by circumstances beyond my control (such as a rash National Register of C

NPR

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Chief International Editor William Dobson announces the NPR International Desk's expansion in Asia.

NPR

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India needs to get its domestic house in order and emerge as a global trading nation, writes Atman Trivedi.

India Today

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Our endeavour at the India Today Best Colleges Survey, now in its 22nd year, has been to provide readers with all the inputs to make an informed choice from over 50,000 higher education institutes. With this goal in mind, we have made our methodology

Business Today

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Over the past few months, the Indian banking industry has been in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. Despite the problems over fraud, rising non performing assets (NPAs) and lower credit offtake, the banking sector is on the cusp of change as d

India Today

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› Over 1.5 million schools across India closed down due to the pandemic › A switch to large-scale digital education is not possible now. Only 24 per cent households have access to the internet, according to a 2019 government survey. In rural India,

The Christian Science Monitor

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A new US administration, red tape, and the high costs have discouraged some applicants from abroad. But in India, many university students say they see a growing sense of opportunity right here, for their college years and beyond.

Business Today

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Rahul Gandhi, President of the Indian National Congress, has said if voted to power, his party will introduce a scheme called NYAY that will assure minimum annual income of Rs 72,000 to poorest 20 per cent of India's households. Gandhi's promise mea

Business Today

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International placements and high salaries that come with it have traditionally been an important highlight of placement reports from business schools. This time, however, the Business Today MDRA study has thrown up data to the contrary. As many as 1