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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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Gloom at the inn
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 21/09/2015
» Anurag Bhardwaj is a man of modest ambitions. The marketing manager of a luxury resort in the National Capital Region, he recently signed a heavily discounted deal with an Indian tractor manufacturer to provide accommodation to staff visiting from its parent company in Italy.
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India’s battle over beef
Business, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 09/11/2015
» The politics of cows and the huge depreciation of the Brazilian currency have threaten to scupper India’s efforts to increase beef exports to Southeast Asia and China and maintain its position as the largest supplier of beef in the world.
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Cell shocked
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 21/12/2015
» Telecommunication companies in India are coming under increased pressure from the Narendra Modi government to fix network problems and reduce a dropped-call rate that is one of the worst in the world.
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Cram-school capital
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 06/06/2016
» Ask Aastik Himta why he's taking coaching classes for the Indian Institute of Technology examination and he offers a blank stare.
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Mission to India
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 13/06/2016
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha can expect a warm welcome when he arrives in India on Thursday, but no endorsement, implicit or explicit, of the military regime he heads.
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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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River rescue
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 19/09/2016
» Every time Ramesh Sharma crosses a bridge over the Yamuna River to get to his office in the centre of New Delhi, his heart aches and his stomach churns.
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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.
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Single screens, multiple pains
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 06/02/2017
» A few decades ago, the family of Mukund Sanghi, a film producer based in Udaipur, owned 20 cinemas in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh states. Over the years 19 of them have closed for various reasons. The only one remaining, the Ashoka in Udaipur, is now run by Fun Cinemas, a brand owned by the international exhibitor Cinépolis.
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