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Green shoots of revival seen in Indian economy
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 20/01/2020
» Manish Sharma finally has a smile on his face. The general manager for sales at Competent Automobiles, one of the top Maruti Suzuki dealers in India, Mr Sharma had something to crow about in December.
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$5-trillion question: Can Modi hit his economic target?
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 12/08/2019
» One hundred trillion rupees (US$1.4 trillion) for highways, railways, airports, waterways, crop storage and digital infrastructure; 20 million new houses; 125,000 kilometres of roads; a reduction in fuel imports by 5-6 trillion rupees as solar power and e-vehicles take hold … the Indian government has a very ambitious to-do list.
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'Sleeping elephant' awakens
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 20/08/2018
» Umesh Thakur says he has never had it so easy and comfortable. The 30-year-old lentil vendor in Greater Noida, 40 kilometres east of New Delhi, has more than doubled his profits, built a new house, opened a new shop and bought furniture, a deep-freezer and two high-end mobile phones in the last six months.
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'Modicare' to the rescue
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 11/06/2018
» Sunita Devi, 45, has been losing hope for her niece, 13-year-old Soni Kumari. The housewife from Bihar state has been camped on the pavement outside the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), India's premier healthcare institute in New Delhi, since May 16.
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Bloom and doom
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 02/04/2018
» When the American poet Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "The earth laughs in flowers", he didn't have the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand in mind. But the premature blooming of rhododendrons in parts of the Indian Himalayan region is putting frowns on the faces of scientists, who believe it could be linked to climate change.
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Real estate blues
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 08/01/2018
» Real estate, the second largest employer in the Indian economy, has been hit badly by reforms including demonetisation, the crackdown on "black money", tax changes and new consumer-friendly regulations intended to hold developers more accountable.
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Nowhere people
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 16/10/2017
» Noor Fatima would prefer jumping into the Yamuna River to being deported to her village in Rakhine province of Myanmar.
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River rescue
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 19/09/2016
» Every time Ramesh Sharma crosses a bridge over the Yamuna River to get to his office in the centre of New Delhi, his heart aches and his stomach churns.
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Connected at last
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 16/05/2016
» There are dark circles under his eyes. His smile displays teeth stained by constant chewing of betel leaves. His vest hangs out from under his shirt along with an evident paunch. Open buttons under the collar expose a gold chain he proudly flaunts.
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India's renewable push
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 30/11/2015
» The Narendra Modi government is working at a frenzied pace to pass regulations to meet its target of generating 175 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy by 2022, as part of India's campaign to reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) and combat global warming.
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