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After Floods, Delhi Looks To Its Lakes For Water Solution
Timarpur Lake in northern Delhi had been known for decades as a place for petty crime and the foul smell of sewage. It's now getting ready to welcome visitors with a new amphitheater, children's play area and fountains dotting the landscape.
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India's Worthless Degrees Undercut World's Fastest-Growing Major Economy
Business is booming in India's $117 billion education industry and new colleges are popping up at breakneck speed.
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India Big Beneficiary As Companies Move Towards "China Plus One" Strategy
PM Modi is closer than any predecessor to being able to claim that the nation - which may have just passed China as the world's most populous - is finally meeting its economic potential.
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Fate Of World's Biggest Free Food Program Rests In PM Modi's Hands
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will soon decide whether to extend a food dole out that has cost India $44 billion since the Covid pandemic, or ease the strain on government finances and food supply.
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Paytm's Vijay Sharma Got "Resounding Vote" From Shareholders To Stay
The billionaire founder of Paytm emerged unscathed in a crucial test of investor confidence, with a forceful majority of shareholders voting to keep him at the helm of the fintech pioneer that made one of the worst market debuts in Indian history.
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India May Import Wheat, Months After PM's Promise To "Feed World": Report
Prime Minister Narendra Modi boldly declared that India was ready to "feed the world" after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Less than four months later, the government needs to consider grain imports.
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Is Rice Next After Wheat, Sugar? Government May Decide Soon, Experts say
Rice may be India's next food protectionism target after it restricted wheat and sugar exports, analysts say, a move that could have a devastating impact on global food security as it's an important staple.
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Majority Of India's 900 Million Workforce Stop Looking For Jobs: Report
India's job creation problem is morphing into a greater threat: a growing number of people are no longer even looking for work.
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India Rejects Elon Musk's Calls For Tax Breaks In Fresh Blow
India turned down a demand of Elon Musk's Tesla Inc. for tax breaks to import electric cars, saying rules already allow bringing in partially-built vehicles and assembling them locally at a lower levy.
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We Deserve Better: Beauticians, Delivery Workers Threaten Large Protests
India's 15 million gig workers are taking up the chant of their peers abroad and pressing for improved pay and benefits. They're addressing their demands not only to the creators of the apps that funnel them work but also to the federal government.
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How India Will Handle Regulating Cryptocurrency
The federal ministerial panel will consider a proposed legislation on cryptocurrencies with national security in mind, BJP MP and chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance Jayant Sinha said.
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Vodafone, Cairn May Drop Tribunal Cases, Says Top Government Officer
India is in talks with Vodafone Group Plc and Cairn Energy Plc to settle long-running tax disputes with them, a top government official said after the nation last week moved to abolish a rule on retrospective taxation scorned by investors.
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PM Modi Should Keep Fiscal Deficit Worry On Backburner For Covid: Adviser
India should not let fiscal deficit worries stop it from spending more to fight the Covid-19 crisis, an adviser to Prime Minister Narendra Modi said.
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India Supercharged Its Economy 30 Years Ago. Covid Unraveled It In Months
Thirty years ago, on a summer evening in late July, India liberalized its Soviet-style economy in a transformation that eventually pulled about 300 million out of poverty, fueling one of the biggest wealth creations in history.
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India's Second Covid Wave Leaves Another 7 Million People Jobless
India's unemployment rate rose to a four-month high of nearly 8% in April, and the outlook remains weak with state administrations extending lockdowns to curb a record surge in virus cases.
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After Floods, Delhi Looks To Its Lakes For Water Solution
Timarpur Lake in northern Delhi had been known for decades as a place for petty crime and the foul smell of sewage. It's now getting ready to welcome visitors with a new amphitheater, children's play area and fountains dotting the landscape.
-
India's Worthless Degrees Undercut World's Fastest-Growing Major Economy
Business is booming in India's $117 billion education industry and new colleges are popping up at breakneck speed.
-
India Big Beneficiary As Companies Move Towards "China Plus One" Strategy
PM Modi is closer than any predecessor to being able to claim that the nation - which may have just passed China as the world's most populous - is finally meeting its economic potential.
-
Fate Of World's Biggest Free Food Program Rests In PM Modi's Hands
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will soon decide whether to extend a food dole out that has cost India $44 billion since the Covid pandemic, or ease the strain on government finances and food supply.
-
Paytm's Vijay Sharma Got "Resounding Vote" From Shareholders To Stay
The billionaire founder of Paytm emerged unscathed in a crucial test of investor confidence, with a forceful majority of shareholders voting to keep him at the helm of the fintech pioneer that made one of the worst market debuts in Indian history.
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India May Import Wheat, Months After PM's Promise To "Feed World": Report
Prime Minister Narendra Modi boldly declared that India was ready to "feed the world" after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Less than four months later, the government needs to consider grain imports.
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Is Rice Next After Wheat, Sugar? Government May Decide Soon, Experts say
Rice may be India's next food protectionism target after it restricted wheat and sugar exports, analysts say, a move that could have a devastating impact on global food security as it's an important staple.
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Majority Of India's 900 Million Workforce Stop Looking For Jobs: Report
India's job creation problem is morphing into a greater threat: a growing number of people are no longer even looking for work.
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India Rejects Elon Musk's Calls For Tax Breaks In Fresh Blow
India turned down a demand of Elon Musk's Tesla Inc. for tax breaks to import electric cars, saying rules already allow bringing in partially-built vehicles and assembling them locally at a lower levy.
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We Deserve Better: Beauticians, Delivery Workers Threaten Large Protests
India's 15 million gig workers are taking up the chant of their peers abroad and pressing for improved pay and benefits. They're addressing their demands not only to the creators of the apps that funnel them work but also to the federal government.
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How India Will Handle Regulating Cryptocurrency
The federal ministerial panel will consider a proposed legislation on cryptocurrencies with national security in mind, BJP MP and chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance Jayant Sinha said.
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Vodafone, Cairn May Drop Tribunal Cases, Says Top Government Officer
India is in talks with Vodafone Group Plc and Cairn Energy Plc to settle long-running tax disputes with them, a top government official said after the nation last week moved to abolish a rule on retrospective taxation scorned by investors.
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PM Modi Should Keep Fiscal Deficit Worry On Backburner For Covid: Adviser
India should not let fiscal deficit worries stop it from spending more to fight the Covid-19 crisis, an adviser to Prime Minister Narendra Modi said.
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India Supercharged Its Economy 30 Years Ago. Covid Unraveled It In Months
Thirty years ago, on a summer evening in late July, India liberalized its Soviet-style economy in a transformation that eventually pulled about 300 million out of poverty, fueling one of the biggest wealth creations in history.
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India's Second Covid Wave Leaves Another 7 Million People Jobless
India's unemployment rate rose to a four-month high of nearly 8% in April, and the outlook remains weak with state administrations extending lockdowns to curb a record surge in virus cases.
