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Tri-Services all-women world sailing expedition from India prepares to make history

This historic expedition, the first of its kind, marks a significant milestone in India’s maritime history.

Why are Indians running away from India?

Quite a few years ago I had given a lecture at my alma mater IIT Kanpur. I asked the students if I had the power to grant them a US green card how many would like to migrate.  In the auditorium of around 200 students most raised their hands. This pursuit of excellence can be helped by the constant exposure of students to lectures by achievers. Students at an impressionable age once inspired can do wonders in later life. 

An agenda for the nation: Streamline business cycle; unleash entrepreneurial enthusiasm

We must also insulate enterprises from pressure and extortion by local power elites, which adversely distorts factory pricing and ultimately adds a burden to the consumer price. This will also enable enterprises to maintain healthy returns within the fixed MRP system, especially for FMCG

Kashmir: A shark-infested 'Heaven on Earth'!

Despite all my patriotic feelings, I do not recommend a visit to Kashmir. It is ill-organized and ill-prepared to receive the rush of tourists. It lacks elementary infrastructure, basic amenities, and essential facilities at present. Worse, the tourists are always at the mercy of the local mafia.

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At minus 7 degrees, Gulmarg's ski slopes beckon winter sports lovers

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Biggest ever Indian Soccer League (ISL): Football takes centre-tage in new-normal India

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World’s largest Sanskrit-Nepali e-dictionary launched

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Bangladesh man arrested for sending obscene messages to Kolkata actress

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Tagged falcons visit India covering 33,000 km before reaching Somalia

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Cash-strapped Dhaka theatres struggle to return from pandemic blues

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Bangladeshi teenager wins International Children’s Peace Prize 2020

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Real Kashmir football club spread positivity with 'above and beyond' outreach program

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Transgender dancer declared threat to peace in Pakistan, expelled from district

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