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/ARTS&ENTERTAINMENT/CULTURE-INDIA: Globalisation Gives in to Local Tastes
There was a time when popular American fast food global companies took pride in the strict uniformity of fare served at their outlets around the world.RIGHTS-INDIA: Politicians Blamed for Growing Police Brutality
Ershad Khan's death at the hands of four policemen who mercilessly beat him before the eyes of his four- year-old son in the Indian capital, has revived calls for drastic reform in the country's police force.DEVELOPMENT-INDIA: New Phase of Anti-Narmada Dam Campaign After Court Defeat
Following the biggest set-back to their 15-year-old campaign, activists opposing the giant Sardar Sarovar dam are preparing to resume their people's battle against 'destructive development' in the central Indian Narmada Valley.DEVELOPMENT-INDIA: New Phase of Anti-Narmada Dam Campaign After Court Defeat
Following the biggest set-back to their 15-year-old campaign, activists opposing the giant Sardar Sarovar dam are preparing to resume their people's battle against 'destructive development' in the central Indian Narmada Valley.HEALTH-INDIA: Women’s Groups Campaign Against Birth Control Injections
Leading women's rights groups in India are pressing the government to give up plans to use contraceptive injections as part of the national birth control programme, which they say is turning coercive./CORRECTED REPEAT/DEVELOPMENT-INDIA: Well-paid, ‘Backroom’ IT Jobs for the Once Unemployable
Reshmi, a young woman living in the Indian capital city, had never imagined that the Hollywood films she skipped college classes to see, would one day help her earn a living.DEVELOPMENT-INDIA: Well-paid, ‘Backroom’ IT Jobs for the Once Unemployable
Reshmi, a young woman living in the Indian capital city, had never imagined that the Hollywood films she skipped college classes to see, would one day help her earn a living.DEVELOPMENT-INDIA: Well-paid, ‘Backroom’ IT Jobs for the Once Unemployable
Reshmi, a young woman living in the Indian capital city, had never imagined that the Hollywood films she skipped college classes to see, would one day help her earn a living.POLITICS-INDIA: Jail for Ex-Premier No Help to Anti-Corruption Campaign
The award of a three-year jail term to a former Indian prime minister will not deter wrongdoers in high places in the country, said media commentators, even as others alleged political vendetta behind the conviction.POLITICS-INDIA: Ruling Coalition Troubled by Vajpayee’s Health
Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's admission Monday to a private hospital in the west coast city of Mumbai for knee surgery had revived speculation about the ability of his 21- party ruling coalition to hold together./REPEATING/DEVELOPMENT-SOUTH ASIA: ‘Basmati’ Patent Win Not Final, say Food Security Experts
India and Pakistan could still lose a fight over the ownership of 'Basmati' rice to a U.S.-based company, which has been forced to withdraw patent claims on the fragrant rice that has been grown for centuries in the central Indian Himalayan foothills.SOUTH ASIA: India-Russia Arms Deal to Fuel Arms Race – Peace Activists
India's order for three billion U.S. dollars worth of Russian arms, during Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit, shows that having nuclear weapons has not increased security in South Asia, say peace activists./CORRECTED REPEAT/POLITICS-INDIA: More Sympathy than Criticism for Convicted Ex-Premier
The conviction of a former Indian prime minister on the charge of using money to stay in office, has evoked more sympathy than criticism of the leader credited with 'liberating' the country's economy.POLITICS-INDIA: More Sympathy than Criticism for Convicted Ex- Premier
The conviction of a former Indian prime minister on the charge of using money to stay in office, has evoked more sympathy than criticism of the leader credited with 'liberating' the country's economy.ECONOMY-INDIA: Oil Price Hike Not Anti-Poor, say Economists
The weekend resignation of two Indian government ministers to protest the steep hike in transport and cooking fuel prices, has more to do with politics than genuine concern for the poor, say independent economists.DEVELOPMENT-INDIA: Improved Life Expectancy Means More Years of Misery for Old Women
Munna Devi fractured her hand last winter. All that the 75-year-old woman did was tug her heavy blanket closer and the bone-destroying osteoporsis disease, she suffers from, took care of the rest.POLITICS-INDIA: Rulers Alleged to be Backing Criminal Gangs
Events following the gun attack in Thailand on the man, who is believed to be one of India's most feared gang leaders, have revived worries about India's growing underworld-politician nexus.HEALTH-INDIA: Big Hurdles to Anti-Polio Drive, Say Authorities
Five years after India began its ambitious polio eradication drive, which is vital for the global elimination of the crippling disease, its managers admit that there are serious hurdles.POLITICS-INDIA: Rebel’s Freedom from Thai Jail to Help Peace Talks
The release of a north-east Indian rebel leader from a Thai jail, has boosted chances of tackling a violent secessionist campaign in India, say close observers of this country's oldest insurgency./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/CULTURE-INDIA: Lotus Threatened Despite Religious Value
Airline pilots on the smog-obscured landing approach to the Indian capital, are grateful for the guidance provided by the shimmering giant white lotus.Geneva. DEVELOPMENT: UNCTAD Warns India, China About Foreign Capital
The big Asian economies of India and China grew by a healthy seven percent last year, but they are in danger of repeating the recent history of some East Asian nations, warns the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).« Previous Page — Next Page »
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