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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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Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur completes 65 years

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur completes 65 years

August 21, 2016

Founded as Easter Higher Technical Institute, and later renamed as Indian Institute of Technology, India’s best technology institution began its journey in 1950. The first foundation stone was laid at Kharagpur in West Bengal, Eastern India, paving the way for many other IITs a...

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Glimpses of unique folk culture in West Bengal

Glimpses of unique folk culture in West Bengal

August 3, 2016

Serving as a rural cultural centre in the village of Satkahania, where theatre and performing arts has become the main means of survival – Ebong Amra, a repertory company leads the way for a group of tribal actors towards artistic emancipation. The village and its unusual loc...

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Indemnity for small tea growers in India

Indemnity for small tea growers in India

August 2, 2016

The Group Personal Accident Insurance Scheme for small tea growers launched by the Tea Board of India followed by the Parliament speech by Nirmala Sitharaman, the Indian Minister of State for Commerce & Industry, received a welcoming response from small tea growers of various tea...

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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 increasin...

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Tepantar’s tribal theatre village in West Bengal

Tepantar’s tribal theatre village in West Bengal

July 18, 2016

While the tribal campus theatre Tepantar in the small village Satkahania in West Bengal (East India) have literally turned the world into a stage, there is a lot more to learn from them apart from the exceptional display of rural tradition and folk art.

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Balade à Kolkata au fil de l’eau

Balade à Kolkata au fil de l’eau

July 16, 2016

Pour découvrir Kolkata, la perle de l’Est de l’Inde, avec ses splendides bâtiments coloniaux, sa poésie qui imprègne jusqu’aux conversations dans le plus petit café et son syncrétisme religieux et spirituel, il faut commencer le voyage sur l’eau, le long de ce fleuv...

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India Born CEOs of International Companies

India Born CEOs of International Companies

July 15, 2016

Indians ruling the international business world: Here are five personalities heading leading multinationals.

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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 futurist...

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Lessons from the terror attack that killed 20 people in Dhaka

Lessons from the terror attack that killed 20 people in Dhaka

July 5, 2016

The dastardly attack by Islamic Militants on Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on last Friday killed 20 global citizens. It brings painful lessons for Bangladesh, but also India and Myanmar.

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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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Man versus Wildlife in India

Man versus Wildlife in India

June 17, 2016

Accidents on railway tracks are not uncommon. Cases of many people getting injured or even dying are reported regularly. But, this time it is Elephants who have been wounded and killed by train collisions and with the expansion of modern high-speed railways and urbanisation in In...

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