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The week in charts: India's RCEP re-entry, job cuts at banks, GST revamp, ethanol blending debate

New Delhi, Aug. 23 -- From the Centre's proposed ban on online gaming to India's possible return to an eastern trade bloc, a slowdown in private banks' hiring, and a reboot of the GST regime-here are ... Read More


How Europe's high-density apples are eating into Kashmir's fruit economy

New Delhi, Aug. 23 -- In the small village of Losedanow, nestled in Kashmir's apple town of Shopian, Sayar Ahmad Lone hoped to change his family's fortune when he invested Rs.16 lakh in European high-... Read More


Rural Colorado mourns 6 who died from suspected gas exposure at dairy farm

New Delhi, Aug. 23 -- Six workers who died in what authorities suspect was exposure to gas at a dairy farm include a 50-year-old father and two sons, an incident that left rural Colorado communities i... Read More


Family in distress as pregnant Bengal woman, kin land in Bangladeshi jail after 'pushback'

India, Aug. 23 -- Family members of the eight-month-old pregnant woman from Birbhum in West Bengal, who was allegedly "pushed back" into Bangladesh, don't know that she, her husband, and child are beh... Read More


Uttarakhand flash floods renew Himalayan development debate

India, Aug. 23 -- A flash flood on August 5 in Kheer Gad ravaged Dharali village in Uttarkashi, leaving several dead and missing. Unchecked construction on fragile debris-flow fans worsened the impact... Read More


Is the new online gaming bill aimed at keeping the poor out?

India, Aug. 23 -- India's parliament just told its poor that their dreams are illegal. Amid much sound and fury, lawmakers passed the Online Gaming Bill. The ruling benches claimed they were "protecti... Read More


Kishan Reddy slams Congress govt for 'neglecting' Hyderabad's development

Hyderabad, Aug. 23 -- Union Minister for Coal and Mines G Kishan Reddy has accused the Congress led Telangana government of completely neglecting the development of Hyderabad. He said that just as the... Read More


Building a nationwide custom clothing network

India, Aug. 23 -- "Tailor Smart is built on a simple idea," says Pritam. "We make clothing truly personal and convenient. Off-the-rack garments are typically sized for Western body types, which often ... Read More


HC pulls up BMC over delay in completing Bandra East foot overbridge

India, Aug. 23 -- The Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to clarify its stance on the stalled construction of the Bandra East foot overbridge (FOB), w... Read More


Moving back to India from US backfires: NRI endures ' rRs.r14 crore loss, faces scams'

India, Aug. 23 -- Coming back to India felt like a dream for an NRI after spending years abroad, but that soon turned nightmarish, and now the individual has taken to Reddit to share the "dark truth" ... Read More