Foreign secretary designate V.M. Kwatra was at PMO in Modi’s early days in the chair. ThePrint looks at how other officers from 1st Modi PMO in 2014-15 have risen in their careers.
A missed evacuation, followed by visa troubles, have left a pregnant Indian woman and her Afghan husband in a predicament. She can return to India alone, but won't ‘abandon’ him.
An air-conditioned building near Amritsar contains the Randhawa family’s ‘progressive’ farm, where different varieties of mushrooms — button, shiitake, oyster, paddy straw — are grown.
Villagers in Rohtas are getting calls from as far as London about brazen theft of a footbridge. But, had old rivalries and resentments not surfaced, there might have been no story.
Street gangs are building a Hindu nationalist state with low-grade, everyday terrorism. Earlier phases of communal violence at least didn't undermine the authority of institutions.
Shandongs are pits used to trap wolves that prey on pashmina goats & stone them to death. Conservationists have worked with local people, monks to turn pits into Buddhist stupas.
MDH has rubbished reports of a takeover by Hindustan Unilever Ltd. It's a company that journeyed from a shop in Sialkot to become one of India’s leading spice producers.
In riot-hit Khargone areas, dozens have lost homes and shops in bulldozing campaign. Legal experts question authorities' stated use of encroachment laws to punish another alleged crime.
A noticeable effect of smoking is premature aging. Studies indicate that the skin biopsy of a 40-year-old heavy smoker can resemble that of a 70-year-old non-smoker.
Under this model, battery is provided to EV owners on a subscription basis or lease. With more people open to buying EV cars, the lower upfront cost could likely drive wider acceptance.
The armoured platform is India's first amphibious infantry combat wheeled vehicle. Last year, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces had procured 90 military trucks from the Tata Group.
How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?
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