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Stop showing women as damsels in distress — VHP message to film and TV serial producers

VHP Matru Shakti, which works on women’s issues, says it is planning a campaign that aims to change the portrayal of women in TV serials and films.

Chhattisgarh follows Kejriwal govt model, looks to set up English medium schools by June

Like Delhi, the Chhattisgarh government is planning to give facelift to existing schools, improving infrastructure and training teachers.

Airlines warn of first global traffic drop since 2009 due to coronavirus

The International Air Transport Association says the outbreak will shave about $30 billion from revenue, with the impact most severe on Chinese airlines.

BJP MLAs trashed Bengaluru elevated road in 2018. Now they say it can end traffic nightmare

Tenders for Rs 26,000-cr project were invited by Kumaraswamy govt in 2018, but Yediyurappa-led BJP govt cancelled the process on coming to power.

Forget trade deal, ease of doing business, US can’t sell own property in Mumbai for 5 years

US Consulate auctioned its lease rights to Mumbai’s Lincoln House to businessman Adar Poonawalla, but the transfer wasn’t completed. Here’s why.

Probe on sacrilege cases to stay with Punjab govt as SC junks CBI plea against the state

The CBI had challenged a Punjab & Haryana HC order that refused to interfere with government's decision to take back all the sacrilege cases from the agency.

This governance index says India is more corrupt than Pakistan

India ranked poorly in the Berggruen Governance Index 2019 that looked at data over 14 years from 38 countries.

India rejects China’s opposition to Amit Shah’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh

China claims that Arunachal Pradesh is a part of South Tibet, and Amit Shah's visit violates Beijing's 'territorial sovereignty' over it.

On Melania Trump’s itinerary, a likely trip to AAP govt’s ‘happiness class’ in Delhi school

During her Delhi visit on 25 February, Melania Trump is likely to take a look at various activities that students at government schools engage in.

Trump’s ‘India hasn’t treated us very well’ remark in context of balance of trade: MEA

Ahead of his India visit on February 24-25, Donald Trump indicated that a 'very big' bilateral deal with New Delhi may not be signed before U.S. presidential elections.

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Mamata’s ‘outside support’ push has many meanings. Does she want INDIA to pick TMC over Left?

TMC should worry about minority voters and how they view her ‘outside support’. Minorities are with the TMC but they have also watched Rahul Gandhi march across the country.

FM Sitharaman stresses govt’s manufacturing focus at a time when ‘some economists’ advise otherwise

Speaking at a CII summit, Nirmala Sitharaman says 99% of phones sold in India are made in the country and that 60% import substitution has been achieved in the telecom sector.Speaking at a CII summit, Nirmala Sitharaman says 99% of phones sold in India are made in the country and that 60% import substitution has been achieved in the telecom sector.

Spain denies port call to vessel carrying shipment of ‘arms to Israel from India’

The Spanish foreign minister says 'the Middle East does not need more weapons, it needs more peace'. Spain has been very critical of Israel’s offensive in Gaza.

What’s common between Netflix Chamkila and Trudeau’s trouble-infested Canada? They don’t get Punjab

Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.