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Topic: South Africa

PM Modi asked to take on the US to ensure TB drugs remain affordable

Modi announced India’s plan to eliminate TB by 2025 four months ago, but American intervention has put spanner in the works.

World’s most precious metal Rhodium set to get costlier due to supply shortage

Rhodium can resist high temperatures and outperforms other platinum-group metals in removing nitrogen oxides from car exhausts.

Why didn’t Modi’s Africa trip get wall-to-wall coverage?

Media’s reluctance to cover Africa is a possibility, but there’s the elephant in the room — Chinese rise in the continent.

South Africa rejects demand by Kashmir groups to arrest Narendra Modi for ‘war crimes’

PM scheduled to visit the country for BRICS summit; SA’s prosecuting agency says UN report ‘inadequate’ for legal action

Here’s the solution for 1.3 billion people still lacking electricity

Geospatial analysis shows that 'mini-grids' would be the cheapest technology to provide universal electricity access by 2030.

Kevin Pietersen will deliver MAK Pataudi lecture. And that’s not cricket, is the chorus

Invitation to flamboyant English cricketer to speak at Pataudi lecture divides BCCI; ex-players says former Indian great ‘doesn’t deserve this spat’ and that BCCI not keen on hosting lecture.

Global Pulse: China is on the sidelines for North Korea-US talks

Kim Jong-un will meet South Korean president Moon Jae-in later this week and with Donald Trump later this month. If a diplomatic decision is reached, China could find itself losing influence in the region. 

Global Pulse: For the first time in 60 years, there will be a non-Castro Cuban president tomorrow

April 17 is Raul Castro's last day as the President of Cuba, and the transition to a new presidency is a landmark for the country.

Global Pulse: The Venezuelan exodus is now Latin America’s worst refugee crisis

The human outflow from Venezuela is now more than 1.1 million people — which makes it the largest displacement of people in Latin America.

Global Pulse: Italy is witnessing the resurrection of Silvio Berlusconi in its search for stability

In the run up to the upcoming Italian elections, Silvio Berlusconi has somehow become a reliable "candidate of calm."

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Big win for Delhi factories as MCD scraps an extra layer of red tape for ease of doing business

Until now, units operating even in recognised industrial areas needed a separate factory licence. The move is expected to especially give a boost to small and medium enterprises.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.