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Away from the glare of big-ticket diplomatic blitz, India’s growing global stature got a thumbs-up when External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid became the first foreign minister from an Asian country …
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It’s a unique confluence of Shaivism and Buddhism, telescoping the centuries-old historical and cultural connect between India and Southeast Asia. A 1,100-year-old Shiva temple, Preah Vihier, perched atop a hillock …
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India’s “special relations” with Bhutan, often cited as “a model of good-nighbourliness,” has got a fresh vote of confidence, with New Delhi assuring Thimphu that issues arising out of the withdrawal …
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A tradition-bound village institution in northern India, notorious for regressive honour killings, has done a sharp turnaround by joining the country’s battle against female infanticide. Haryana’s ‘khap panchayat’ is in …
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Relief has been pouring into Uttarakhand ever since the floods ravaged the Himalayan state. Besides the armed forces and government, innumerable NGOs, charitable organisations and religious institutions have been working …
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In an ironic twist, Britain, which colonised India for centuries, is now going to expose its school children to the history of India’s freedom struggle. If the new national curriculum …
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It’s raining houses in the US for Indians, quite literally. The US real estate market has been flooded by Indian investments ever since the bursting of the housing bubble in …
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Against the backdrop of the increasing strategic salience of the Indian Ocean and China’s rapidly expanding footprints in the region, India has signed a trilateral maritime agreement with Sri Lanka …
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The holy Bodhi tree, under which Lord Buddha is believed to have attained enlightenment centuries ago, has emerged unscathed, but a string of horrendous blasts targeting the famed Mahabodhi temple …
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Amid festering strategic distrust between Asia’s rising powers, the defence ministers of India and China are set for wide-ranging talks in Beijing that aim at buttressing trust and promoting enhanced …
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