Rimin Dutt
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Judicial panel clears Chief Justice of India from sexual harassment charges
Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has been cleared of the allegations of sexual harassment brou…
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Sri Lanka ban on ‘face veil’ sparks burqa debate in India
Just three days after Sri Lanka issued a ban on all face coverings in the wake of Easter Sunday ter…
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India’s election commission halts release of Bollywood biopic of PM Narendra Modi a day before polls
India’s election commission has again halted the release of the high-budget Bollywood biopic feat…
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‘We have become zombies’, say helpless students at a 450,000-strong Indian university launching a YouTube protest against a broken system
Students screaming ‘‘We want exams” is a rare sight -- pretty much anywhere in the world. Yet, th…
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Tata Group enters airports business with a $3.2 billion restructuring deal with GMR
India’s GMR Infrastructure Ltd. (GIL), which operates the Indira Gandhi International Airport, has …
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Naresh Goyal resigns from Jet Airways following emergency board meeting
Jet Airways founder and chairman Naresh Goyal on Monday stepped down from the board of the struggli…
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Here’s what you need to know about India’s workplace sexual harassment laws
While India’s laws that specially protect women from sexual harassment go back less than six yea…
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International pressure mounts on India and Pakistan to avert a full-blown war
India and Pakistan continue to exchange fire along the Line of Control in Kashmir, even as internat…
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North India is as cold as Southern Europe now because of Arctic winds
A combination of prolonged western disturbances and polar vortex, a phenomenon that is pushing Arct…
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Trump may have an ugly surprise for H-1B visa applicants
The fate of H-1B seekers and employers still hangs in the air as more mixed messages emerge from th…
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Upto 75,000 more jobs at stake as competition intensifies among Indian telcos: Report
The heated competition over cheap voice and data plans in India’s telecom sector may have been a bo…
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Indian govt on back foot as stubble burning worsens air pollution in the national capital
The air quality in Delhi and surrounding cities reach toxic levels every year in October and Novem…
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Why the staggering costs of climate change on India are much more than monetary losses
India saw $79.5 billion in economic losses between 1998 and 2017 due to climate-change disasters, r…
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IMF predicts India will grow faster than China in 2018 to regain the fastest-growing economy tag
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said India should grow at 7.3% in 2018-2019, up from 6.7%…
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Here’s why the Indian government’s intervention to stop rising fuel prices may only be a temporary relief
It has done so by slightly cutting the excise duty, a type of indirect tax, on imported diesel…
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Private equity firms are making bigger and bolder investments In India
For years, the story of private equity (PE) investing in India has been dominated by funding for ea…
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All you need to know about the landmark Supreme Court verdict on reservation quotas for job promotions
The Supreme Court has made it easier to grant caste-based reservations to members of the Dalit co…
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Why India’s reliance on state insurance giant LIC to bailout troubled lenders is worrying
The country’s bad debt crisis involving its state-owned banks had largely been believed to ha…
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Amazon rings up India’s fourth largest grocery chain ‘More’ with co-investor Samara Capital
Amazon.com Inc along with private equity firm Samara Capital has agreed to buy Aditya Birla Group’s…
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China-US trade war just escalated into its worst week putting India on watch
After the US said earlier this week that it would impose 10% levy on $200 billion (₹14.5 trillion) …
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Here’s why the Supreme Court has exempted Saridon from the ban on FDCs
A Supreme Court bench announced its decision while hearing a plea from drug manufacturers P…
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Indian government bans several painkillers, diabetes and antibiotic drugs over safety concerns
The government on Wednesday banned the sale and distribution of over 328 ‘fixed dose combination’ d…
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Raghuram Rajan reminds India what caused bad loans, warns Mudra loans could be the next wave Of NPAs
“Both MUDRA loans as well as the Kisan Credit Card, while popular, have to be examined more clos…
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Why the government wants more from India's booming digital lending market
India is a credit-starved country - at least for most ordinary Indians. But a slew of digital lende…
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India's stock markets recover slightly after plunging on Monday
The BSE Sensex and Nifty 50 recovered only slightly on Tuesday Morning after the previous day’s st…