Category Archive for: ‘India News’
Interview with Dr. Arvind Panagariya
Recently, Desh-Videsh had the opportunity to interview Dr. Arvind Panagariya. Learn more about the internationally famed economist below. As I understand, PM Modi ji hand-picked you as a Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog. Can you share with our readers how that came about? My acquaintance …
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For the People, By the People: Democracy in the US and India
By Alyssa Ayres India is the world’s largest democracy. However, despite its shared political system with the United States, India’s approach to human rights and foreign policy differs greatly from its Western counterparts. The following excerpt from Our Time Has Come: How India is Making …
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Don’t Lecture India: Look at Your Own Record
By Maria Wirth Europeans have a horrifying record regarding human rights violations. Germany is well known for an unprecedented, systematic holocaust of Jews and gypsies right in the middle of Europe only 80 years ago. Yet Britain, France, Portugal and others were as brutal with …
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Trump’s Historic Visit to India
President Trump’s historic visit to India on February 24, 2020, was an important step towards the partnership between the world’s largest and oldest democracies of the world. President Trump was the sixth United States President to travel to India, and he was the first to …
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Get to Know: Sanjay Chandran
It was my pleasure to interview Sanjay Chandran, who is modest, soft spoken, and exceptionally talented in music as well as in his professional career. He is among eleven young alumni who received the Penn State Alumni Association’s Alumni Achievement Award in 2006. Chandran is …
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Should Savarkar get the Bharat Ratna?
Raj Shah Managing Editor, Desh-Videsh My Short answer is “Absolutely not.” Now let me backup my statement. Some of you may or may not know Savarkar. He was the founder president of Hindu Mahasabha He and was also one of the nine men accused of …
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Marconi Society Awards Indian Students Tackling Women’s Safety & Air Pollution
The Marconi Society has awarded top prizes to students in India who have come up with innovative solutions that address the challenges of women’s safety and air pollution. The Marconi Society celebrates, inspires, and connects innovators building tomorrow’s technologies in service of a digitally inclusive …
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Nawazuddin Siddiqui Honoured at International Film Festival
Critically acclaimed Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui will be conferred with the Golden Dragon Award at the on-going Cardiff International Film Festival 2019. The Gangs Of Wasseypur actor will be receiving the award for his contribution to the world of cinema. The Film Festival is being …
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Modi 2.0: The First 100 Days of Narendra Modi’s Second Term in Office
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has completed the first 100 days of its second term in office. After a landslide victory in the general elections of May 2019, PM Modi’s government secured its second term in power, and upon …
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Revoking Articles 370 & 35A: Benefits Behind the Removal
In a historic move, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the National Democratic Alliance Government to revoke Article 370 and Article 35A of the Indian Constitution. Article 370 Article 370 grants special status and provisions to the state of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K). It grants …
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