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Thailand on front lines of tobacco control
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 28/11/2016
» Thailand has won praise from a United Nations conference on tobacco control for its success in fighting off legal challenges from the tobacco industry in the last two years.
Runaway child brides
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 17/10/2016
» The only things Bali Regar, 16, remembers about her marriage are that she received new clothes, around 1,000 rupees (520 baht) for touching the feet of elders, and got to eat five types of delicacies.
The vegan journey
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 26/09/2016
» When Shankar Narayan first turned to veganism -- consuming 100% plant-based foods and shunning everything originating from animals -- in 2001, he was all alone.
Dried Out
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 30/05/2016
» When his intermediate school examinations ended in March, Shivam Mishra was looking forward to relaxing and having fun until July when the new term would begin.
Best foot forward
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 11/04/2016
» A young civil servant in Rajasthan state has become a trailblazer for his government when it comes to providing free shoes to students. Jitendra Soni has helped nearly 30,000 so far but the campaign is far from over -- an estimated half a million students still walk to school barefoot in the state.
Saints and sinners
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 17/08/2015
» India seems to be witnessing a deluge of cases involving less-than-saintly activity by Hindu "godmen" with at least half a dozen spiritual gurus under investigation for crimes ranging from rape to land grabs, hawala dealing and cheating.
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.
India reins in non-bank lenders
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 03/08/2015
» India's central bank is tightening the noose on the country's shadow banking system by imposing tougher regulations on non-bank finance companies (NBFCs).
Back to school
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 02/02/2015
» India is seeing a growing imbalance in its trade with Asean, Japan and South Korea because its businesses have been failing to take full advantage of free trade agreements. Low awareness among businesses of the potential of FTAs is one reason, and the government has decided that education is the answer.