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India's new tourism frontier
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 03/08/2015
» Encouraged by a huge increase in foreign visitors to some of its northeastern states following the relaxation of permit restrictions, India's Tourism Ministry is seeking similar respite from the permit raj in all of Arunachal Pradesh as well as parts of Jammu & Kashmir and Sikkim states bordering China.
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Fast track to India
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 31/10/2016
» India has made significant strides under Prime Minister Narendra Modi to position itself as more friendly to foreign investment, but the actual process of getting a new business off the ground is still not as smooth as investors or authorities want it to be.
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Faith, fighting and fakery
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 03/07/2017
» It was a chance encounter with Som (last name withheld) that raised the hackles of authorities at a Sikh regiment training centre of the Indian army in Ramgarh, a city in the northeastern state of Jharkhand.
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GST jumble
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 29/05/2017
» Naseem is a confused man. The owner of two department stores in Ghaziabad, a city just east of Delhi, he is worried that the new Goods and Services Tax (GST) is going to damage his sales.
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Modi's new message
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 25/05/2015
» Rattled by repeated opposition assertions that his government is an anti-poor and anti-farmer, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has embarked on a massive publicity blitz to make people aware of the achievements in his first year in office.
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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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Smartphone supremacy
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 22/04/2019
» Up until three years ago, Gaurav Singh Chauhan used to sell 15 or 20 Micromax mobile phones in a day. Now he considers himself lucky if he can sell one unit a month of the Indian-made handsets.
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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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Single and stronger
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 17/06/2019
» Mohini Devi lived her dream last month when she watched her niece Shanti Devi perform all the rituals in the marriage of her son Inder Singh.
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Right-to-die debate
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 21/01/2019
» Anamika Mishra has been waiting for death for over a decade, saying her health is beyond redemption.
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