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Best of BS Opinion: Govt's moves on farm marketing, Covid-19 fear, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day




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Best of BS Opinion: Checking fake news, coronavirus crisis, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day




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Best of BS Opinion: Covid-19, creating fiscal space for states, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day




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Best of BS Opinion: Trouble for NBFCs, Covid-19 outbreak, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day




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Best of BS Opinion: Unify the labour market, coronavirus outbreak, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day




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Best of BS Opinion: Coronavirus complexity, structural reforms, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day




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Best of BS Opinion: Reform for next generation, economic package, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day




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Best of BS Opinion: The perils of Covid policy, normal monsoon, and more

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Best of BS Opinion: Covid-19 outbreak, re-building police brand, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces of the day




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Best of BS Opinion: Global financial system, coronavirus outbreak, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day




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Best of BS Opinion: Unemployment rate touches 26%, Covid-19 fear, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces of the day




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Best of BS Opinion: Beyond Covid-19 red zones, oil price crash, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces of the day




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Best of BS Opinion: War with the virus, Jio-Facebook deal, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces of the day




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Best of BS Opinion: Coronavirus outbreak, oil market collapse, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces of the day




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Best of BS Opinion: Coronavirus outbreak, India's labour market, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces of the day




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Best of BS Opinion: Franklin Templeton fiasco, Covid-19 outbreak, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces of the day




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Best of BS Opinion: Unemployment rate, Covid-19 lockdown, and more

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Best of BS Opinion: Fiscal outlook under pressure, Covid-19 crisis and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces of the day




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Govt to set up dairy development fund with corpus of Rs 8,000 cr

Assistance of up to Rs 75 lakhs to be provided to every e-NAM (National Agricultural Market)




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Budget offers huge scope to build a sustainable growth: KE Ranganathan

Focus on infrastructure is bound to channel lot of growth opportunities for downstream industries




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Reduction of custom duty on petroleum is a good move: Nikunj Dhanuka

More spends on the infrastructure & agriculture will put India on the growth path in the future




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Budget lays foundation of digital revolution in agriculture: Rajiv Tevtiya

Knowledge-driven services for agriculture can bring a revolution in the way farming is practiced




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Budget falls short of electronic product makers' expectations

Domestic industry says it encourages imports with all duties such as BCD, CVD, etc being waived off




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Agriculture is the most significant beneficiary of budget: Ankur Aggarwal

Steps to encourage implementation of technology & its tools in Indian agriculture are positive




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Higher budgetary allocations to defence a signal of intent from government

Hike of 20.62% shows that government expects several large acquisitions to be initiated in FY18




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Impact of budget 2017 on healthcare sector: High on ambition, low on vision

It lays out some ambitious targets, but falls short on long term vision, says Dr Dharminder Nagar




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United States of America

Embassy of India, Washington DC
2107, Massachusetts Ave. NW,
Washington DC 20008, USA.

Telephone: 00-1-202-9397000
Fax: 00-1-202-2654351
E-Mail: indemwash@indiagov.org
Website: www.indianembassy.org

Ambassador
Ms. Nirupama Rao
Deputy Chief of Mission
Arun K. Singh




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Mauritania [Islamic Republic of]

Honorary Consulate of India, Nouakchott
ASML Group, Alkaima City Centre 7th
floor, 10 Rue Mamadou Konate,
PO Box 2823, Nouakchott [*Under Embassy of India, Bamako(Mali)].

Telephone: 00-222-45241111 (O & R)
Fax: 00-222-45255795
E-Mail: amouhidine@asmlgroup.com

Honorary Consul*
Mr. Mouhidine Ahmed Saleck




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Luxembourg [Grand Dutchy of]

Honorary Consulate General of India, Luxembourg
25B, Boulevard Road, B.P. 282,
L-2012, Luxembourg.
[*Under jurisdiction of Embassy of India, Brussels (Belgium)].

Telephone: 00-352-473886
Fax: 00-352-222584
E-Mail: jim.penning@legalex.lu
Website: www.indembassy.be

Honorary Consul General*
Mr. Jean Pierre (JIM) Penning




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Congo [Republic of]

Honorary Consulate General of India, Brazzaville
B.P. 168, Avenue Bayardelle,
Brazaville, Republic of Congo.
[*Under jurisdiction of Embassy of India,
Kinshasa, DR of Congo]

Telephone: 00-242-811646 (O) / 810099 (R)
Fax: 00-242-815782 (O&R)
E-Mail: hcgbzv@yahoo.co.in, regalste@yahoo.com (R), regal@mtybernet.com (R), regalcgo2@yahoo.fr (R)

Honorary Consul General*
Parmanand Daswani




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Politicians seek divine intervention ahead of Assembly polls results

Ahead of counting of votes to decide political fate of five states, candidates were seen resorting to different means to calm their nerves Thursday morning




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Kerala Assembly polls: Counting of votes begins

The two-month long campaign saw the ruling Congress-led UDF and CPI(M) headed LDF engaging in a fierce battle




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Will continue as 'sentinel' of people of Kerala: V S Achuthanandan

Achuthanandan's remarks come a day after the party unanimously nominated Pinarayi Vijayan over him for the chief minister's post




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No room for storage? How to create clever hideaways and take advantage of new high-tech solutions

Hideaways are hardly new to British homes. Sutton Place, the grand Surrey home of oil magnate John Paul Getty, featured secret passageways disguised as wooden panelling.




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Plot a lazy future: Communal gardens offer year-round joys without having to worry about the upkeep 

Buy into a housing development with shared gardens and you never again have to face the horror of a jungle to be cleared when you return from holiday, says Fred Redwood.




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Is it time to ditch open-plan kitchen and living rooms in favour of 'broken-plan' spaces?

Certainly, Mary Duggan, a judge for the RIBA House Of The Year award, believes that the rise of technology is contributing to a waning open-plan trend.




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Sellers forced to shave £8,000 off asking prices to get homes sold

Property website Zoopla has revealed where buyers in England and Wales are getting the biggest discounts on initial asking prices - and the locations where sellers achieve 100%.




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The green, green grass of Sir Tom Jones' old home that's up for sale

Llwynddu House is in Ystradowen, just outside Cowbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan and was the property that the singer bought in South Wales in the 1990s.




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Living near a golf course has a cachet of its own - but comes at a price

The lure of the green is something golf lovers know only too well: top of househunters' wishlists are a private gate that leads directly to a green and clear views of a famous hole.




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A sense of repurpose: How to turn worn-out belongings into chic furniture for your home

Most of us will, at some point, have found a new purpose for a household item, revamped a piece of furniture to extend its life, or at least appreciated the idea from afar.




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The Birmingham house of horrors for sale at auction for £1

This three-bedroom property is completely derelict and is being sold at auction via SDL Bigwood Auctions next month, but buyers will need a big budget to make it liveable.




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Owning your own stretch of forest is a prized luxury and the ultimate way to boost wellbeing

Views across rolling hills, swanky kitchens, converted garden sheds, now a new status symbol seems to be elbowing its way into our affections: a private stretch of woodland.




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Swapping a buy-to-let to a short-term holiday let can prove profitable,

Renting out a property as a short-term let or holiday home can be profitable, and a combination of changes to buy-to-let tax and the rise of Airbnb and rivals has made it increasingly popular.




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The London house with an interior that's like a box of Quality Street

The two-bedroom house looks like an 'ordinary' terrace from the outside, but has a colourful interior, combining pink and gold ceilings with purple walls and carpets, and multi-coloured bedspreads.




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Guess the price of these mid-terrace bungalows in our quiz

We've selected 10 mid-terrace bungalows around Britain, but can you work out the difference between the one that costs almost half a million pounds and the one that cost less than £50,000?




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Not everyone is suited to island life, but it offers peace and quiet - often at affordable prices

Crammed into stuffy offices or overcrowded trains at rush hour, the idea of escaping the rat race and starting afresh on an isolated island is a dream for many.




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House prices in London increase ahead of general election 

The shift in London house price momentum is due to a decrease in the number of new properties for sale, which has restricted supply, property website Zoopla said.




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Can I build a green belt house of architectural merit under Paragraph 79?

I'm looking to buy some land in the commuter green belt. It is several acres and I would like to build a new house on it.




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As the popularity of homemade festive decorations soars, it's time to have a merry DIY Christmas

According to Pinterest, there has been a 135 per cent increase in searches for DIY Christmas decorations in the past year.




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Is building with cork the future of housing as this home shows?

Cork made a dramatic breakthrough when it was used to build a house in Eton selected as a 2019 RIBA Stirling Prize finalist.