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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  Time to get real

  Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 12/10/2015

  » Noida Extension -- a 3,600-hectare suburb about 40 kilometres east of New Delhi, where 250,000 housing units are being built -- will tell you why India's property market continues to be in a slump and is unlikely to hit a purple patch anytime soon.

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  Tourist haunt

  Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 19/10/2015

  » An abandoned village in western India has become a major attraction with tens of thousands of tourists flocking there every year in search of a spooky experience.

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  Waste not

  Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 14/12/2015

  » The world of Mohammad Khokun Hamid has rarely been much bigger than 10 square kilometres. The resident of a cramped room in a slum that has arisen on cemetery land near the famous Hazrat Nizamuddin shrine in South Delhi, Mr Hamid is one of thousands of rag pickers and waste collectors in the Indian capital.

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  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.

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  'Twitter minister' to the rescue

  Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 20/02/2017

  » Nearly a year after his wedding, Santosh Bandargattu Achari is optimistic that he will finally be able to settle down with his South African wife soon. The 30-year-old IT specialist from Hyderabad married Monica Lisa Bradshaw, an NGO worker, last March in Johannesburg after a courtship of five years. She applied for an Indian visa in June and waited for months without hearing from Indian authorities.

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  Grappling with success

  Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 06/03/2017

  » Two wildly popular Hindi films have given a huge lift to wrestling, particularly women’s wrestling, with families from across India sending prospective young stars to train in Haryana and Delhi, considered hotbeds of the sport.

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  Bit Boom

  Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 05/06/2017

  » Akshat Gupta, 27, has become a multimillionaire -- he was only a millionaire earlier -- in the last two and a half months. A medical wholesaler and retailer based in South Delhi, he hopes to have another 700% growth in his fortune by 2030.

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