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'Privatisation' debate swirls around Indian Railways
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 04/11/2019
» Indian Railways, the seventh largest employer in the world, is starting to get the private sector more involved in its operations. But don't call it privatisation, says the country's railways minister.
Eco-warriors
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 01/07/2019
» The "school strike" outside the Swedish parliament in August last year and the emergence of the Extinction Rebellion movement have inspired thousands of eco-warriors across India, who are turning up the heat in their campaign against pollution and environmental degradation.
Kashmir calculation
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 11/03/2019
» Air strikes by India on alleged terror bases in Pakistan last month may not have hit their targets as claimed, but they have added to the pressure that was already mounting on Islamabad to deal decisively on militants operating from its soil.
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.