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Migrant workers finally getting respect in India
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 22/06/2020
» The images of millions of Indians walking, cycling or packed into the backs of trucks, concrete mixers or goods train coaches headed back to their home towns are still fresh in everyone's memories.
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India overhauling labour laws
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 08/06/2020
» Sidharth Nath Singh has been smiling from ear to ear since the German footwear brand Von Wellx announced on May 19 that it would be shifting its production from China to Agra in India.
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Migration mess
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 06/04/2020
» When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a 21-day lockdown on March 24, it was aimed at ensuring social distancing and giving authorities time to ramp up facilities including testing kits, hospital beds and ventilators in the fight against the new coronavirus.
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Clean transformation: Indian city winning war on waste
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 24/02/2020
» Fruit seller Neeraj Karat is proud of his city. This was not the case just four years ago, when a large heap of garbage was part of the landscape just a few hundred metres from his stall in Jabalpur.
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Green shoots of revival seen in Indian economy
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 20/01/2020
» Manish Sharma finally has a smile on his face. The general manager for sales at Competent Automobiles, one of the top Maruti Suzuki dealers in India, Mr Sharma had something to crow about in December.
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Once bitten, twice shy
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 11/11/2019
» When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi walked away from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) last week in Bangkok, it was just the latest in a long line of disappointing Indian experiences with free trade.
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'Privatisation' debate swirls around Indian Railways
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 04/11/2019
» Indian Railways, the seventh largest employer in the world, is starting to get the private sector more involved in its operations. But don't call it privatisation, says the country's railways minister.
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Hindu nationalism on campus touches political nerve
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 30/09/2019
» The introduction of an undergraduate course on the history of Hindu nationalism at a government university has led to accusations against the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of promoting a divisive ideology.
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$5-trillion question: Can Modi hit his economic target?
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 12/08/2019
» One hundred trillion rupees (US$1.4 trillion) for highways, railways, airports, waterways, crop storage and digital infrastructure; 20 million new houses; 125,000 kilometres of roads; a reduction in fuel imports by 5-6 trillion rupees as solar power and e-vehicles take hold … the Indian government has a very ambitious to-do list.
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Star-crossed: Indian 'Oscar girls' suddenly unemployed
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 08/07/2019
» Sneha Tanwar and her friend Suman have seen the best and worst of the world in the last four months.
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