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Lazying on the Blue Flag certified beaches in India
October 15, 2020
Eight beaches in India have been awarded Blue Flag certification, an international label for clean, safe and environment-friendly beaches, marinas and sustainable boating tourism operators.
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Tanishq buckles under, while Bajaj & Parle G stand firm
October 15, 2020
Recently two contrasting images of how corporate India responds to social issues facing the country emerged. While Bajaj Group and Parle Products decided to withdraw advertising from television channels spreading hatred and fake news, Tanishq, part of the once-venerated Tata Grou...
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7 Hollywood films with popular Indian songs
October 14, 2020
Indian viewers turned nostalgic, ecstatic and stunned when the Ryan Reynold-starring Deadpool (2016) opened to Mera Joota Hai Japani, a Hindi song from 1955 film Shree 420. The fervour reached a crescendo when director Tim Miller included Yuhin chala chal rahi, a song from Swa...
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Covid-19 pushes malnutrition targets further away from India
October 14, 2020
Already lagging behind its goals for eradicating malnutrition, India slides further due to disruptions in food deliveries to vulnerable sections of the society. Government needs to do much more than simply throw money at malnutrition, wishing it will disappear.
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6 eco-friendly traditional practices for sustainable environment
October 13, 2020
Reviving a few traditional practices from different regions in India can go a long way in reducing plastic usage. While covid19 saw an increase in the use of plastics, a few people & companies have turned to traditional alternatives.
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Paswan’s death puts spanner in Nitish Kumar’s poll prospects
October 10, 2020
Union food minister Ramvilas Paswan’s death is bound to upset Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s calculations in upcoming assembly elections.
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Guru Dutt: Melancholic romantic of Indian cinema
October 10, 2020
A stalwart of Indian cinema, Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone is better known as Guru Dutt and his relevance in creating melancholy as a cinematic language still remains a significant chapter in the evolution of filmmaking in the country. Though remembered for his iconic actin...
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SC verdict against the idea of protests, say Shaheen Bagh protesters
October 8, 2020
Shaheen Bagh protestors feel deceived and dissatisfied with the Supreme Court’s verdict that public places cannot be occupied indefinitely in the name of protests.
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H1B Visa Ban: Time for Indian IT firms to move beyond low hanging fruits
October 8, 2020
For the last five quarters, the results of the Indian IT firms, key drivers of the country’s stock markets, have depended upon mood swings of the highly temperamental and unpredictable President of the United States Donald Trump. Ever since he began targeting the relatively sma...
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Six Indian diaspora directors acing Hollywood
October 8, 2020
Hollywood has been a dream destination for many from the entertainment and visual art fields across the world. While Bollywood boasts of being the second biggest money-making film industry in the world, filmmakers from Indian diaspora have also received attention and appreciation...
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Hathras: Protestors burn Yogi Adityanath’s effigy in Delhi
October 6, 2020
In continuing protests against Hathras rape case, UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath effigy was burnt in New Delhi on Monday and protestors vowed to continue till he resigns.
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Travel agents’ association unhappy with SC ruling on airline refunds
October 6, 2020
Hundreds of Indian travel agents are staring at total collapse as airlines keep sitting on refunds of billions of rupees in cancelled tickets.
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