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Adieu Ambassador – French automaker Peugeot now the proud owners
February 13, 2017
Seven decades of nostalgia versus the eventual urge to survive; Ambassador, the car that defined a class in India is now compulsively a French affair.
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Indian film Sexy Durga wins big in Rotterdam but offends Hindus
February 10, 2017
Malayalam film, 'Sexy Durga' won the prestigious Tiger Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam(IFFR) but the name has apparently hurt the esteem of a Hindu organisation leading to open social media threats and intimidating messages asking to change the title of the fil...
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Is Sasikala the right fit for Tamil Nadu chief ministership?
February 7, 2017
VK Sasikala is all set to be sworn in as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu on February 9. This shocking political development puts the new chief minister, the ruling party — AIADMK — and Tamil Nadu in the spotlight.
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Bob Marley: Remembering the reggae king
February 6, 2017
As the world celebrates reggae maestro, Bob Marley’s birthday, Indians too keep him alive in their memories in many ways.
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Can electoral bonds ensure free and fair elections?
February 5, 2017
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced electoral bonds in the recent Union Budget. Can these bonds usher in a new era of much-needed glasnost in political financing in the world’s largest multi-party democracy?
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World Cancer Day 2017: A report
February 4, 2017
Notwithstanding precautionary measures and awareness drives, cancer is spreading widely, killing approximately 8.8 million people annually worldwide. And thus, the focus this year is on early diagnosis.
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Complex permutations to decide Goa’s truncated political landscape
February 4, 2017
Who will rule over India's tourist paradise—the tiny state of Goa—when it goes to polls on February 4 to elect 40 members of the legislative assembly? Torn by an internal feud and a tussle with the ideological fountainhead, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the ruling BJ...
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Union Budget 2017: India on the path of remonetisation
February 3, 2017
After the Indian government has started wheeling the remonetisation mechanism enduringly, banks and ATMs are witnessing a flow of currency. However, the authorities are urge the citizens to go cashless and it was reflected on the budget this year, which was centralised at spendin...
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Union Budget 2017: An international perspective
February 1, 2017
Presenting India’s Union Budget 2017, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has made a number of announcements on Wednesday that need to be understood in a broader global economic context, which could well impact those good intentions, especially since demonetisation has taken a toll o...
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Virat Kohli – The Great Indian Promise
February 1, 2017
As Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the former Indian national cricket team’s limited-overs formats captain, relinquished his post, making way for Virat Kohli on January 4, the young maestro is now entrusted with the responsibility of driving a billion hopes in all three versions of crick...
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Two-horse electoral race to determine Uttarakhand’s fate
January 30, 2017
Uttarakhand will be one of the five states to go to assembly polls in February. Not surprisingly, the state has turned into an electoral battlefield for the principal contenders - the ruling Congress (I) and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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Bengal Global Business Summit: Striving for inclusive and sustainable development
January 22, 2017
With demonetisation playing its game of throne behind the scene, BGBS 2017 called its curtain with an announcement of a remarkable INR 2,353 billion investment commitment floated on the floor.
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