No School Bags Or Homework For Classes 1 & 2, Says CBSE
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has decreed that students of classes I and II should not be given homework by its affiliate schools, and they should not be made to carry school bags,...
View ArticleDiego, Father Of 800, Has Single-Handedly Saved His Species From Extinction
He has been described as a lady's man, sex mad, the Don Juan of the Galapagos, and the stuff of legends. He is Diego, a 100-year-old tortoise, who has single-handedly saved his species from extinction...
View ArticleIndia Raises Balochistan Issue At The UN, Hits Out At Pakistan
GENEVA -- Raising the issue of Balochistan for the first time before the UN, India on Wednesday accused Pakistan of widespread human rights violations there as well as in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir...
View ArticleAnil Ambani's RCom Is Merging With Aircel To Become India's Third Largest...
India's Reliance Communications Ltd is to combine its wireless business with smaller rival Aircel to create the nation's third-biggest mobile phone network operator in terms of subscribers, as...
View ArticleThe Freakonomics Of The Indian Marriage Market
The practice of taking dowry has long been declared a criminal offence. Yet, it shows no signs of abating, with the bride's side continuing to bestow it in the form of cash, gold, luxury cars,...
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7 Indian Brands That Let You Order Freshly Ground Coffee In An Instant
The Little Black Book crew believes that coffee is the purest form of love. Sure, you'll also find many of these artisanal coffee roasters offline, but something about customizing the grind to our pick...
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Guys, I Conquered Tinder And So Can You
Lots of people I know, men and women, are upset over Tinder. I have heard colleagues, friends and acquaintances complain about how bad, useless or creepy it is. How it is so difficult to get a match...
View ArticleSorry, I Refuse To Participate In The Parenting Rat Race
In an effort to avoid transforming into something we almost always end up becoming it.One of the things I never want to do as a parent is to constantly talk about my daughter with every person I meet....
View ArticleIndia Through The Eyes Of An Afghan Shia Intellectual
When the Indian government pursues foreign policy initiatives, it often difficult for the lay citizen to understand its human impact. Here's a real life example of how our neighbours look upon a...
View ArticleHow Indian States Can Implement The GST Effectively
By: Mukul G Asher - Professorial Fellow, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of SingaporeIndia, a federal country with 29 states and seven union territories and a population of...
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Caught Between Son And Brother, Mulayam Singh Yadav Steps In To Defuse Family...
The ruling SP in Uttar Pradesh was still battling the raging crisis in the wake of the open war in the first family with Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his uncle Shivpal Yadav said to be showing no...
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Photos: A Peaceful Eid ul-Adha In Feroz Shah Kotla
On Tuesday, 13 September, Muslims the world over celebrated Eid al-Adha or the "Feast of Sacrifice", which is held to commemorate Prophet Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son before God...
View ArticleTata Sons-DoCoMo: Govt Said To Be Moving Case To ED For Alleged Forex Violations
India's Finance Ministry has asked a federal agency to probe if a deal by Tata Sons Ltd. to sell a stake in its wireless unit for about $2.5 billion to NTT Docomo Inc. violated the nation's foreign...
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Dhaka Streets Turn Into Rivers Of Blood After Bakrid
DHAKA -- Large-scale animal sacrifices marking the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha combined with heavy rains have turned the streets of Bangladesh's capital into rivers of blood.Authorities in Dhaka...
View ArticleFor Critics Of India's Manufacturing Focus: Let's Not Forget That The Robots...
One of the most striking ways in which Narendra Modi's government has changed the policy narrative in India is to make manufacturing central to its ambitions. This is an overdue recognition of the fact...
View ArticleWho Will Raise My Baby, Asks 16-Year-Old Pregnant Rape Survivor In Bareilly
A 16-year-old rape survivor in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, whose pregnancy has advanced too far to be legally aborted, has asked the state or the judiciary to put up her child for adoption after it is...
View ArticleThe Morning Wrap: IAFs Rafale Jets Equipped With Meteors; No Decision On Khel...
The Morning Wrap is HuffPost India's selection of interesting news and opinion from the day's newspapers. Subscribe here to receive it in your inbox each weekday morning.Essential HuffPostAamir Khan...
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Sushma Swaraj Offers To Help British Couple Forced To Leave Surrogate Baby In...
NEW DELHI -- External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday questioned the practice of commercial surrogacy, giving an example of a British couple in India who have not been able to get a British...
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In This Kerala College, Sunny Leone And Mia Khalifa 'Welcomed' Freshers
Kerala is known for many things -- temples, India's highest literacy rate, the backwaters, Kathakali, appams, this, that. To this fine list, we can now add, the best welcome sign for a freshers...
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