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India toying with budget reforms

India toying with budget reforms

September 21, 2016

India is all set to scrap the Railway Budget, introduce outcome-based budgeting and present a separate farm budget.

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India Tourism aims to optimize foreign investment potential

India Tourism aims to optimize foreign investment potential

September 6, 2016

While the ambit of the travel and tourism industry in India is looking prospective, the government is looking at attracting national and international investments to explore new opportunities and improve core infrastructure.

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Crimes against women in India slightly decline

Crimes against women in India slightly decline

September 1, 2016

The percentage of criminal cases against women in India declined in 2015 on a yearly basis, but still, approximately 95 women are raped in the country every day, which is a huge cause of concern for women safety.

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Travel industry leaders tap India for potential audience

Travel industry leaders tap India for potential audience

August 26, 2016

Travel industry leaders see a potential market in India, as the travel and tourism industry here witnesses a boom. One of its kind and a full-fledged travel mart, the Business and Luxury Travel Mart (BLTM) to be organised in New Delhi from October 24-25, 2016.

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Poor road infrastructure

Poor road infrastructure

August 2, 2016

The problem of poorly constructed roads is long engraved in India, not only in the rural areas but the issue concerns urban population alike. Potholes, roads under construction, poorly concreted speed breakers and down-and-out drainage system on the roads are a cause of increasing accidents, deaths and health problems in the country and also a source of exasperation, such as during the recent gigantic traffic jam in Gurgaon, in the region of the Indian capital.

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New Tribal battalion to fight Maoist Guerrillas in Chhattisgarh

New Tribal battalion to fight Maoist Guerrillas in Chhattisgarh

July 27, 2016

In order to enhance the security situation in Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, in Central India, the Centre (Union Home Ministry) is planning to raise a special battalion, Bastar Battalion, which will be done by recruiting people from the Bastar district only. There-fore, several recruitment parameters have been relaxed, considering this as an employ-ment opportunity for the locals.

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Great Indian artist and France lover S.H. Raza passes away at 94

Great Indian artist and France lover S.H. Raza passes away at 94

July 26, 2016

Syed Haider Raza or S.H. Raza, a prominent Indian artist who co-founded the Indian Progressive Artists Movement in the late 1940s to early 1950s, passed away at the age of 94. On 23rd July, he took his last breath in India after having lived in France for over six decades.

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Another Indian Film at Locarno’s prestigious cinema festival

Another Indian Film at Locarno’s prestigious cinema festival

July 19, 2016

Lagan-famed director Asutosh Gowarikar is all set to travel with his recent film ‘Mohenjo Daro’ to Switzerland for the 69th Locarno international film festival (3 – 13 August).

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Narendra Modi’s Cabinet Reshuffle

Narendra Modi’s Cabinet Reshuffle

July 6, 2016

Yesterday 19 new members inducted in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s council of ministers took oath in the majestic Darbar Hall of the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The expansion reflects a strategic move by Modi, in view of the elections in Uttar Pradesh early next year and more futuristically the Lok Sabha election in 2019.

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Nearly 74 tigers died in India in six months

Nearly 74 tigers died in India in six months

June 29, 2016

India witnessed an increase of 500 tigers in April 2016 but things seem to be a little topsy-turvy with the death of about 74 tigers in the country.

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