India names first envoy to ASEAN
Marking an upswing in India’s relations with Southeast Asia, India has named Mr Suresh K. Reddy as the country’s first ambassador to the separate Indian Mission to ASEAN and East …
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Delhi gets first female chief justice
Breaking yet another glass ceiling, Justice Gorla Rohini has become the first woman chief justice of the Delhi high court. In a male-dominated judicial system in India, Chief Justice Rohini …
Read MoreNigeria Africa’s largest economy
Nigeria’s economy is on a roll. West Africa’s largest economy has clocked an average growth of 6.45 percent, which is 2.39 percent higher than the combined percentage of 4.06 for …
Read MoreSyria announces elections, opposition cynical
Amid a festering civil war in the West Asian country, the Syrian government has announced that it will conduct a presidential election on June 3. The announcement has been greeted …
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Political Turmoil in Bangladesh Likely to Continue
Bangladesh has been facing political turbulence for more than a year now. To press the demand for the installation of a non- partisan interim administration to supervise elections, the opposition …
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Moving beyond right and left, creating a new politics and poetics of India
JAIPUR: Dovetailing the preciosities of the high-brow with the pugnacities of popular culture, the seventh edition of the Jaipur Literary Festival is in full flow in this famous touristy city …
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New beginnings: Maldives leader India’s first state guest in 2014
New Year, new beginnings. Indian diplomacy has kicked off 2014 with the state visit of the newly-elected Maldives president, underlining the country’s focus on building robust relations with its neighbours …
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Chief Minister Kejriwal scripts a new politics of change
Symbolising a new politics of hope and people-centric governance in the world’s most populous democracy, Arvind Kejriwal, the engineer-turned-politician, has become the youngest chief minister of Delhi. In a carnival-like …
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Agony & anguish of Narendra Modi: ‘Shaken to the core’ after Gujarat riots
Narendra Modi, the prime ministerial candidate of India’s chief opposition BJP, has a talent for springing surprises. Demonised by many for his alleged complicity in the 2002 riots in Gujarat, …
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‘India to be world’s 3rd largest economy by 2028’
Amid none-too-bright bright forecasts for the Indian economy in the near term, this projection should bring some cheer to those betting on the India growth story. A London-based economic consultancy …
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