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Kartarpur corridor: a curious dilemma, if there has been one
November 12, 2019
For more than seven decades and indeed, even before the events leading up to Partition, Sikhs have traditionally pleaded for access to their gurdwaras in Pakistan Punjab and Darbar Sahib topped that list.
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RCEP races ahead, India opts out
November 7, 2019
Flagging domestic concerns-fears of heightened trade deficit and a perceived threat to small producers, agriculture, including dairy and poor free trade record India opted out of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
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Delhi asphyxiée : une urgence de santé publique
November 4, 2019
Les niveaux de pollution de l’air dans la région de la capitale nationale de Delhi (Delhi-RCN) se sont dégradés de manière intense ces derniers jours, constituant, depuis le vendredi 1er novembre, une « urgence de santé publique » selon l’autorité de prévention et ...
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Global Hunger Index 2019: India ranks 102 among 117 countries
October 25, 2019
India has ranked 102nd among 117 countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI), an annual report jointly published by Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe with India being among the 45 countries that have serious levels of hunger.
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Modi, Xi Jinping to meet for informal summit
October 10, 2019
The second informal summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping is an opportunity to strengthen the bilateral relationship.
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India censors online data the most, says study
October 6, 2019
According to a study by Britain-based tech research firm Comparitech, India has topped the list of countries in terms of sending content removal requests to technology companies like Facebook, Twitter, Google, Microsoft and Wikimedia.
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Climate change from G20 to G7
August 21, 2019
Global leadership has so far failed to address climate change. The G7 Summit offers an opportunity for at least some of the leaders to move from intention to implementation.
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Cinematic avatars of our freedom fighters
August 15, 2019
With a lot of Indian films revolving around the national struggle for Independence, here are a few that focus primarily on the lives of the freedom fighters. India’s struggle for independence is a long saga of oppression, injustice, rising protests, blood baths and heroic epi...
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Money gifts to NRIs becomes taxable
August 7, 2019
The recent Budget for 2019-20 introduced a few significant changes, one of which was about taxation of gifts from resident individuals to non resident Indians (NRIs).
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Afghanistan peace talks
August 3, 2019
As US-led peace talks with the Afghan Taliban pick up, India squirms uneasily as it is not part of the crucial negotiations about the future of the highly volatile nation.
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Indian kids are the most cyberbullied in the world, says report
July 23, 2019
As technology gets more entangled with our social presence, cyberbullying is becoming a great concern for social media users.
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Budget 2019: Offerings for tourism sector
July 13, 2019
The tourism industry has hailed the Union Budget of 2019 as a boost to the growing tourism sector of India.
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