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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.
Political consultants raising the bar in India
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 28/05/2018
» Political research and analysis, designing and planning campaigns, training and managing election workers, data mining, digital outreach and helplines for voters, producing campaign videos -- you name it and Manish Jha does it.
Virtual war
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 26/03/2018
» The battle lines have been drawn. On one side are the massed forces of the Indian government, represented by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), tax authorities and other state agencies, along with public and private-sector banks. On the other side are the proponents of an ever-expanding number of decentralised, stateless virtual currencies.