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Amazon, Flipkart pay heavy price for new regulatory norms in India
February 3, 2019
Both Amazon and Flipkart, which account for about 75-80 pc of the online retail business in India and rely on a handful of large sellers for majority of sales, together lost over USD 50 billion in market capitalisation on February 1.
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Budgeting for Votes
February 2, 2019
Reeling under the severe shock of recent defeat in three assembly polls in Hindi heartland that has left the Narendra Modi government worried about the prospects of general elections to be announced in a few weeks from now, tried to shower pre-poll sops when his stop gap finance ...
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The 14th ATOAI convention unleashes the potential for adventure tourism
February 1, 2019
With a vision to promote safe-adventure tourism, the 14th ATOAI convention highlighted adventure travel with its theme “Adventure Travel: Future Challenges and Opportunities in the digital age.” The convention showcased potential stakeholders, tourism boards, tour operators a...
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Indian-American Sikh receives Rosa Parks Trailblazer award
January 30, 2019
Indian-American philanthropist and entrepreneur, Gurinder Singh Khalsa, has been presented with the prestigious Rosa Parks Trailblazer award for his campaign that forced US authorities to change their policy towards turban (headgear of the Sikh community).
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Preserving the unparalleled history of films through national museum
January 29, 2019
The National Museum of Indian Cinema (NMIC) provides a glimpse into Indian film history and helps film students, film-makers, fans and critics to learn and understand cinema as a medium of artistic expression in the country and globally.
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Airbus India reaps Indian talent for global projects
January 29, 2019
Europe's aerospace giant Airbus' India chapter- Airbus India- is looking at Indian talents to work on its projects, and not just in India but also back home.
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Five unique places in the middle of nowhere
January 25, 2019
Located in far-off corners of India, these places are not easy to access and require long travel times to finally reach, but are lost treasures waiting to be rediscovered.
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DIAL to levy charges for baggage X-ray February onwards
January 24, 2019
The Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India (AERA) has allowed DIAL to charge the baggage scanning fee after the airport operator remitted almost INR 1.2 billion to the government.
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The rising income disparity in India and women are its biggest victims
January 24, 2019
The Oxfam Inequality Report 2019, released on January 21 details shocking levels of wealth inequality in the country, adding that wealth is being further concentrated in the hands of the richest while the poor are pushed deeper into deprivation.
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Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2019 focuses on building new India
January 23, 2019
With the theme "Role of Indian Diaspora in building New India", Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2019, is seeking to reconnect Indian expatriates and diaspora with their motherland.
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EWS Reservation: A political lollipop
January 22, 2019
Is the recent legislation of providing 10 pc reservation for economically weaker section (EWS) legally tenable and practical? Or is it an easy political tool to woo a section of electorate that can fetch votes for the ruling party in the general election to be held this year.
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Vibrant Gujarat celebrates Africa Day
January 21, 2019
At the recently concluded global trade summit Vibrant Gujarat, Africa Day pinned the business ties India and Africa can have while also throwing light on some of the recent developments between the two lands.
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