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Lawyers in Pakistan are gearing up to resist the appointment of Ayesha Malik, currently a judge in Lahore High Court, to the Supreme Court
Tri-Services all-women world sailing expedition from India prepares to make history
This historic expedition, the first of its kind, marks a significant milestone in India’s maritime history.
Why are Indians running away from India?
Quite a few years ago I had given a lecture at my alma mater IIT Kanpur. I asked the students if I had the power to grant them a US green card how many would like to migrate. In the auditorium of around 200 students most raised their hands. This pursuit of excellence can be helped by the constant exposure of students to lectures by achievers. Students at an impressionable age once inspired can do wonders in later life.
An agenda for the nation: Streamline business cycle; unleash entrepreneurial enthusiasm
We must also insulate enterprises from pressure and extortion by local power elites, which adversely distorts factory pricing and ultimately adds a burden to the consumer price. This will also enable enterprises to maintain healthy returns within the fixed MRP system, especially for FMCG
Kashmir: A shark-infested 'Heaven on Earth'!
Despite all my patriotic feelings, I do not recommend a visit to Kashmir. It is ill-organized and ill-prepared to receive the rush of tourists. It lacks elementary infrastructure, basic amenities, and essential facilities at present. Worse, the tourists are always at the mercy of the local mafia.
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Yohani, Sri Lanka’s 28-year-old music sensation, to be gifted land in Colombo by the government
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Kashmiri paper mache products are much in demand in Christmas
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India overtakes China as largest source country for international students
India has overtaken China as the world's largest source country of international students
Neena Gupta of Kolkata wins Ramanujan Prize 2021: 'More women are now pursuing maths'
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Durga Puja in Kolkata now on UNESCO's Intangible Heritage List
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India’s award-winning film ‘Chhichhore‘ to be shown in China
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Women to the fore: Over 177,000 women apply for admission into India's National Defence Academy
More than 177,000 applications from women candidates were received for entry into India's National Defence Academy (NDA), the government informed Parliament on Monday
Word of the day: Shashi Tharoor takes swipe at India's ruling BJP
India's opposition Congress party MP Shashi Tharoor, known for his mastery of the English language and his use of big words whose meanings are not commonly understood, took aim at the ruling BJP for allegedly charging people with sedition as “its leadership suffers from allodoxaphobia.”
Miss India is Miss Universe 2021 - after 21 years
"I believed in myself and that is why I am standing here today." With this winning answer, Harnaaz Sandhu, 21, representing India at the 70th Miss Universe 2021, held in Eilat, Israel, became Miss Universe 2021, 21 years after a Miss India won the last Miss Universe title in 2000
Indian doctors do 'breathing lung transplant' in Hyderabad
India has become one of a handful of nations where a "breathing lung transplant" can be conducted
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