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UFOs, H-bombs, new religion: CIA cables reveal an era of intrigue and assassination plots in India
For a good part of the last century, India and the US weren’t the best of friends. While the US saw India tilting towards the Soviet...
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Jan 31, 2017
Dangerous Fruit: Mystery of Deadly Outbreaks in India Is Solved
NEW DELHI — Three years ago, Dr. Rajesh Yadav, an investigator with the India Epidemic Intelligence Service, moved to the city of...
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Jan 25, 2017
The five finalists in Google’s private-sector race to the moon have 341 days to launch…and counting
Five teams now have until the end of the year to launch spacecraft to the moon in search of the $20 million first-place Google Lunar...
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Jan 25, 2017
Indian government wants Apple, but not all officials are biting
Some Indian officials have balked at Apple's (AAPL.O) demands for concessions before it assembles iPhones there, raising doubts about a...
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Jan 23, 2017
At Least 39 People Killed After Train Derails In Southeast India
A passenger train leapt the tracks overnight in southeast India, killing at least 39 people and injuring more than 60. The derailment,...
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Jan 21, 2017
Villagers knit jumpers for Indian elephants to protect the large mammals from near-freezing temperat
Elephants in India are sporting colourful woollen jumpers after villagers knitted the super-size garments to protect the animals from...
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Jan 19, 2017
Boris Johnson Says Britain Wants Free Trade Deal with India
NEW DELHI, INDIA — Visiting British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said Wednesday that his country would like to forge a free trade...
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Jan 12, 2017
Nepal-India meeting likely on Thursday
Jan 9, 2017- The Indian government has finally responded to Nepal’s request to form a modality to exchange demonetised Indian banknotes...
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Jan 10, 2017
Narendra Modi: The man who would purify India
Perhaps the most important part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech on New Year’s Eve was not the niggardly sops announced, not the...
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Jan 7, 2017
India’s demonetization is tightening the payment startup race, but the winner could well be the Indi
It is bonanza time for digital payment providers in India. With demonetization leading to a severe cash crunch over the past two months,...
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Jan 4, 2017
India Said to Get 97% Banned Notes in Setback to Graft Crackdown
Indians have deposited nearly all the currency bills outlawed at the end of the deadline last year, according to people with knowledge of...
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Jan 4, 2017
India's double first in climate battle
Two world-leading clean energy projects have opened in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu. A £3m industrial plant is capturing the CO2...
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Dec 29, 2016
Kalki Subramaniam to inaugurate India’s first transgender school in Kochi tomorrow
Kochi: Transgender activist and artist Kalki Subramaniam will inaugurate India’s first residential transgender school in Kochi on Friday...
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Dec 29, 2016
Why women in patriarchal Tamil Nadu worshipped Jayalalithaa
One of the visuals that has defined the reaction to Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa Jayaraman’s hospitalisation, before she passed...
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Dec 29, 2016
Jayalalithaa, the movie star who became one of India’s most controversial politicians, dies at 68
Jayalalithaa Jayaraman, a movie star who transformed into one of the most powerful politicians in southern India, passed away late on...
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Dec 29, 2016
Indian train derails injuring 61; latest crash to raise concern
A train derailed in India on Wednesday injuring 61 people, police and rail officials said, the third significant accident in recent...
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Dec 23, 2016
Expressway to open to public from Dec 23
LUCKNOW: Finally, the country's longest expressway from Agra to Lucknow will open to public from December 23. Speaking to TOI, chief...
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Dec 23, 2016
Agra-Lucknow Expressway to open for commuters on Dec 23
The new Agra-Lucknow Expressway is all set to open for commuters on December 23. The country’s longest expressway will offer a smooth...
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Dec 15, 2016
India’s outgunned Russia and Saudi Arabia to become the world’s fourth-largest defence spender
India has broken into the world top-five defence spenders’ club. Asia’s third-largest economy spent $50.6 billion in 2016, up from $46.6...
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Dec 12, 2016
India's exports rise sharply in October, gold imports spurt; trade deficit widens
India had reasons to cheer both on the inflation and external trade fronts. Data for October released by the government on Tuesday showed...
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