News – India & You
India at Toronto International Film Festival
September 16, 2017
Indian cinema is making the headlines in the ongoing Toronto International Film Festival with five Indian films having made fanfare entries into the 42nd edition of the coveted film festival.
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Indo-Japanese relations turn a new page
September 15, 2017
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s two-day visit to India, focused on several agreements, bringing together the two countries in areas of defence, security and infrastructure among others.
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India’s Rohingya policy criticised by the UN
September 14, 2017
While the United Nations Human Rights Council describes the violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar as typical ‘ethnic cleansing’, India's stand regarding the minority refugees also attracts criticism.
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India’s absence felt at the 74th Venice Film...
September 12, 2017
As Venice Film Festival wrapped up, another year of the prestigious festival saw India largely absent.
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Senior journalist shot dead in India
September 7, 2017
As a senior journalist was shot outside her home in southern Indian city of Bengaluru, India’s press freedom and freedom of speech is under the scanner once again.
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India gains new woman defence minister
September 5, 2017
India has appointed a new defence minister, Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday, who became the first woman defence minister to act independently on this post, and second after Indira Gandhi who managed two portfolios during her stint.
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Urban homeless in India
September 4, 2017
The three-member panel appointed by Supreme Court in their final report revealed that almost 90 pc of the urban homeless in India is yet to get a shelter; the ambiguity in handling government funds and fallacious undertakings of the state governments came as striking facts in the...
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Marital rape as social reality in India?
August 31, 2017
Marital rape and its status in India are back under the scanner
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Swan Lake travels to New Delhi
August 29, 2017
New Delhi, the capital of India, is prepping itself for an elaborate performance of the classic ballet ‘Swan Lake’.
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Can Lohani put Indian Railways on the right track?
August 25, 2017
Handpicked by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the post of chairman, Railway Board, does Ashwani Lohani have it in him to change the Indian Railways for the better?
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