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Self-love & storytelling — How India saw a podcast boom in the pandemic year 2020

Time Indians spent on audio streaming platforms grew by 42% in March last year. Spotify, JioSaavn and Gaana also diversified their podcast offerings in 2020 to meet growing demand.

Google enters India’s booming online music market with its YouTube music app

Google's YouTube Music free streaming and download service in India is supported by commercials, while a premium version with no advertisements costs Rs 99.

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Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.