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India overhauling labour laws
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 08/06/2020
» Sidharth Nath Singh has been smiling from ear to ear since the German footwear brand Von Wellx announced on May 19 that it would be shifting its production from China to Agra in India.
Clean transformation: Indian city winning war on waste
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 24/02/2020
» Fruit seller Neeraj Karat is proud of his city. This was not the case just four years ago, when a large heap of garbage was part of the landscape just a few hundred metres from his stall in Jabalpur.
Ramayana weaves a trail across South and Southeast Asia
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 10/02/2020
» When Bala Venketeswara Rao Sankuratri, a researcher from Sri Lanka, proposed that about a dozen countries join together to issue a "Ramayana visa" for travellers, he found instant support in a hall packed with devotees of the Sanskrit epic and its regional variants.
Female-friendly travel
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 27/01/2020
» Ask blogger Chittra M about the kinds of difficulties she faces while travelling alone around India and she will tell you about an experience she had in Nagpur in 2018.
Plans take shape for Hindu mega-temple in Ayodhya
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 23/12/2019
» Emboldened by a Supreme Court decision that came down on the side of Hindus, the Indian government is pressing ahead with plans for a major temple complex and tourist attraction at a long-disputed site in Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh state.
Green wheels: Rooftop garden sprouts on a car
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 02/12/2019
» It was sometime in January 2017 that K Suresh, a civil lawyer in the Bengaluru High Court, got the idea of doing his part for a clean environment. He decided to grow a garden on top of his car.
'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.
Farewell to the Jet set
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 29/04/2019
» Sana Thomas doesn't know how she is going to make her next mortgage payment and take care of her parents.
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.
Visitors throng Delhi to trace Gandhi's footsteps
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 08/04/2019
» Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the guiding light of India's freedom struggle against the British Empire, lived in Delhi for only 720 days. But during that brief stay he left his mark on numerous locations that today draw throngs of tourists seeking to follow in his footsteps through the capital.