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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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Shooting stars
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 22/02/2016
» Led by a pair of elderly housewives, hundreds of girls in a region of northern India notorious for honour killings and bias against girl children have thrown off their veils and picked up the gun.
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Caste cauldron
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 29/02/2016
» The Narendra Modi government is in a quandary over how to respond to the demands of the Jats, a Hindu caste numbering 80 million in nine states in northern and northwestern India, following more than a week of deadly riots.
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Banking blues
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 14/03/2016
» The Narendra Modi government has launched a multi-pronged approach to resuscitate the Indian banking sector which has been reeling from a huge increase in non-performing assets (NPAs) in recent years.
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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.
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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.
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Tata in turmoil
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 31/10/2016
» The coup-like ouster of Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry and the subsequent slugfest between him and predecessor Ratan Tata has opened a huge can of worms in India.
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Money mess
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 05/12/2016
» Saurabh Goyal is facing the worst time of his life. The director of BD Green Homes, a New Delhi real estate company, he has not made a single property deal since the government launched its surprise demonetisation campaign.
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Marathon man
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 23/01/2017
» Natarajan Chandrasekaran faces a long road ahead of him as he sets out to restore the reputation and fortunes of India's biggest conglomerate after months of unseemly boardroom infighting.
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One India, one election
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 19/02/2018
» After introducing a single nationwide Goods and Services Tax in India, the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is now floating the idea of a single election day for the entire country.
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