News – India & You
Heavy alcohol consumption might disrupt brain grow...
December 13, 2016
Excessive intake of alcohol during the adolescence can prove disruptive for the development of brain, according to a recent study. Despite mixed efforts in India, the country still witnesses more than 15 deaths everyday due to alcohol abuse.
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Destination wedding a new trend in India
December 13, 2016
Among all the places in India, Jaipur in Rajasthan, with its royal culture, has emerged as a preferred destination for a developing trend: destination wedding. The city offers a combination of festive ideas and venue choices in form of resorts like Heiwa Heaven.
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Try these five culinary specialties in India
December 12, 2016
The diverse nation that India is, it has different colours and flavours unfurled across its length and breadth. At every border, begins a new story revolving around the elements of history, culture and food. Be a part of this food-story; travel along the Western front of India fr...
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Reserve Bank of India leaves repo rate untouched
December 8, 2016
Much against the popular expectation, the Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday chose not cut the repo rate. It was left untouched at 6.25 pc.
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Demonetisation triggers cashless travel carnivals ...
December 7, 2016
Impinged by the demonetisation, India’s travel and tourism industry is trying to inject innovation in terms of alluring consumers and turning cashless into a suitable marketing proposition.
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Modi led TIME readers’ online poll
December 6, 2016
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has won the TIME magazine ‘Person of the Year’ reader’s online poll. But the US elect-president Donald Trump was ultimately chosen as the ‘Person of the Year’ by the US magazine’s editors, who had picked Modi in 2014.
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Indian Yoga added to UNESCO’s world of treasures
December 5, 2016
While Yoga, the ancient Indian philosophy for the mind-body discipline gets acceptance in the list of UNESCO's intangible world heritage treasures at the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, the AYUSH ministry in India seeks suggestions from global experts to turn India into a global h...
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Kolkata gets global recognition for tackling clima...
December 3, 2016
Kolkata bags the best cities of 2016 award along with Paris and nine other cities across the globe for its inspiring and innovative efforts towards climate change and solid waste management. At the C40 Mayors Summit held in Mexico City, the capital of West Bengal was the only Ind...
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NGT issues disposable plastic ban in Delhi NCR
December 3, 2016
Alongside recommendations for green waste management practices, the National Green Tribunal on Friday banned the use of disposable plastic in Delhi NCR from next year.
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Goa Tourism goes 100 pc cashless
December 3, 2016
While experts expressed apprehensions about tourism economy getting hurt following the demonetisation in India, Goa Tourism becomes the first government organisation to adopt 100 pc cashless transactions.
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