India cannot abandon ethnic Indians abroad. But to be effective, its expressions of interest must be diplomatic and must balance several factors.
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The company has reportedly entered into a sourcing agreement with Rosy Blue, one of the largest jewellery manufacturers, for operations. The jewellery foray is part of the company's lifestyle retail, which includes books and music, cosmetics, lifestyle accessories and home solutions.
'For around five hours the storm, reportedly the strongest one ever recorded in the Bay of Bengal, that mother of many a deathly vortex, shook Kolkata like a toddler playing with a rattling toy,' observes Debashish Chatterjee.
In the normal circumstances, Raina, who last played for India in 2018, would be playing in the IPL but instead he is enjoying cooking for his family.
Many offer personalised ornaments with 3D printed images and engraved names to lure customers in a scenario of high gold prices.
Special firecrackers named after Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and other cricket stars -- Yuvraj Singh and Virendra Shehwag are selling like hot cakes in Patna and other towns of Bihar.
Supreme Court judge Justice Kurian Joseph has declined to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi's dinner for top judges on Saturday on the ground that the event and the ongoing judges conference clashed with Good Friday and Easter weekend.
In the bitterly-fought election, the BJP secured a landslide mandate, winning 312 out of 403 seats in the northern state.
Dhanteras' buying seemed to have been sparked by the belief that prices would remain firm
The dragon this Diwali is lying low as far as the crackers are concerned.
India's gold imports could pick up in the next few months after slumping 81 percent in June as falling prices spur buying, a government source said, adding to New Delhi's anxiety over a record-low rupee and a wide current account deficit.
Devoting an hour of his speech at the RIL's 42th annual general meeting, the billionaire industrialist said Jio was targeting 100 million users in a shortest possible time
As visibility remained poor and the city choked due to a haze, the Centre for Science and Environment asked the Delhi govt to roll out stringent plans for controlling winter pollution.
'Virat is the captain of the Indian side and Anushka is an A-list Bollywood actor. Something like this has not happened before.'
The silver lining is that the production of capital goods continues to soar, rising 18.6 per cent in September and pointing to ongoing strong investment spending. Assuming the capital spending is going to the right areas, this is exactly what the country needs to remove the bottlenecks so evident in surveys of capacity utilisation.
'I felt a constant gag in my throat, and emerged from the movie somewhat mugged,' confesses Sreehari Nair.
'The current economic contraction is certainly due to the lockdowns as a response to the pandemic, which is an act of God.' 'Nobody has seen such a thing in the last 100 years.' 'Saying that this was an act of mismanagement is largely incorrect'
Is our government soft on terror? Are its policies toothless to tackle terror? In effect, do we, as a country, come across as a soft target to terrorism?
Jeff Bezos, chief executive officer of Amazon, has committed to invest $5.5 billion into India and that figure is approaching quickly.
Strident Hindutva has not been the Shivraj Singh Chouhan's hallmark in his long tenure as chief minister. What has changed?
India is definitely not a country for mild flavours. And a new generation of Indian entrepreneurs are cashing in on it by adding a delicious twist to our favourite traditional snacks.
Tailang was under treatment for brain cancer since 2014 and breathed his last at his East Delhi residence in Mayur Vihar.
The Scotland Yard has said an "appropriate" policing plan is in place but no restrictions have been imposed on any London routes.
The arrest lends weight to the Prime Minister's Diwali-eve comment that there were external links to terrorism on Indian soil.
Pandurang Salgaoncar's fall from grace has suddenly shifted focus on pitch curators - a section in cricketing community who have a major role to play but are grossly underpaid.
Advertisers take to pitching family values and social causes, giving celebrity endorsers and flamboyance a miss. Nikhat Hetavkar reports.
Now, in many cases, they give no old jewellery but the bills they get show gold as provided by them, the jeweller's making charge and the GST on that.
The top Republican leadership in the United States has congratulated Narendra Modi on being nominated as the prime ministerial candidate of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, and has extended an invitation to address Congressional leaders and Indian Americans via satellite at the Capitol Hill.
India has made 7,000 reforms for attracting foreign direct investment in various sectors including real estate and defence: Modi.
The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) stares at financial ruin after its powerful Indian counterpart demanded nearly $42 million in damages for the Caribbean team's abrupt withdrawal from a tour of India last month.
Shiv Kapur played an extremely steady and solid final round of two-under 70 without any bogeys to claim the season-ending Dubai Festival City Challenge Tour Grand Final at the Al Badia Golf Club.
Will you bite the bait or rather do something else with that money?
'I've flown more than 2000 flights so far. A pilot retires at sixty five, and I want to keep going until then to prove the naysayers wrong.'
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