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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.
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.
Women on wheels delivering change in India
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 04/09/2017
» When Parvati Kumari, 21, went out to deliver KFC chicken for the first time to a house in Lucknow in March, she was scared and nervous.
India cracks down on abuse of matchmaking websites
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 20/06/2016
» A young man meets a young woman on a matrimonial website. He wins her confidence online and, after promising marriage, asks her to deposit money in his bank account to meet an unspecified "emergency". Another man meets a woman through a matchmaking site, invites her to his home and rapes her.
Alternate-day driving comes to choking Indian capital
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 28/12/2015
» New Delhi will greet the New Year with as many as 900,000 fewer private vehicles on its congested, smog-shrouded roads. The number could rise further now that the state government has decided to extend its alternate-day driving restrictions to vehicles entering the megalopolis of 25.8 million from outside.
Indian PM ready to make new overtures to Asean
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 23/11/2015
» Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is preparing to outline new proposals to stimulate the "blue ocean" economy through new areas of partnership with Asean when he delivers a major address in Singapore today.