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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

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




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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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There is nothing in budget to push private investments & exports: AK Anand

However, there are certain reductions in duties of components to promote domestic manufacturing




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Budget gives an impetus to infrastructure sector: Nand Kishore

Reduction in corporate tax rates for MSME to give a boost to medium and small companies




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Uganda

High Commission of India, Kampala
Plot 11, Kyadondo Road, Nakasero,
PO Box No.7040, Kampala, Uganda.
[*Con. acc.as Amb to Rwanda(Kigali) and Burundi]

Telephone: 00-256-41-4257368, 4342994, 4344631
Fax: 00-256-41-4254943
E-Mail: hc.kampala@mea.gov.in (HC),hoc.kampala@mea.gov.in (HOC), hoc@hcikampala.co.ug (HOC), pshc@hcikampala.co.ug (HC s Office),education@hcikampala.co.ug (Education),consular@hcikampala.co.ug (Consular Sec.)

High Commissioner*
Saumendra Nath Ray
Second Secretary
Rajesh Ravindra Gawande




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Trinidad and Tobago

High Commission of India, Port of Spain
No. 6, Victoria Avenue, PO Box 530,
Port of Spain.
[*Con.acc. to Grenada (St.George s), Dominica (Roseau) and Montserrat (Plymouth)].

Telephone: 001-868-627-7480/7481
Fax: 001-868-627-6985/5731/4652
E-Mail: hc.pospain@mea.gov.in, hcipos@tstt.net.tt, hoc.pospain@mea.gov.in, ssci@hcipos.org
Website: www.hcipos.org

High Commissioner*
Malay Mishra
Second Secretary
M.P. Bhardwaj




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Thailand

Embassy of India, Bangkok
46, Soi 23 [Prasarnmitr] Sukhumvit
Road, Bangkok-10110.
[*PR of India to UN-ESCAP, **DPR of India to UN-ESCAP].

Telephone: 00-66-2-2580300-06
Fax: 00-66-2-2584627, 2621740
E-Mail: indiaemb@indianembassy.in.th
Website: www.indianembassy.in.th

Ambassador*
Anil Wadhwa
Deputy Chief of Mission**
Prashant Agarwal




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Switzerland

Embassy of India, Berne
Postfach 406,Kirchenfeldstrasse 28,
CH-3005, Berne, Switzerland.
[*Con. acc. to Holy See (Vatican) and Liechtenstein (Vaduz)].

Telephone: 00-41-31-3501130 (Chancery PABX), 3501139(Commercial Section, 3501138(Administration Section)
Fax: 00-41-31-3511557
E-Mail:india@indembassybern.ch (General), hoc.berne@mea.gov.in (HOC), ambassador@indembassybern.ch (Ambassador), political@indembassybern.ch (DCM)
Website:www.indembassybern.ch

Ambassador*
Ms. Chitra Narayanan
Ambassador** (Designate)
Rajesh N.Prasad
Deputy Chief of Mission
Dr. T.V. Nagendra Prasad




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Saint Kitts and Nevis

Honorary Consulate of India, Basseterre
C/o Ram s Trading Ltd., PO Box
No.78, Basseterre,
St. Kitts (West Indies).
[*Under High Commission of India, Georgetown (Guyana)].

Telephone: 00-869-4651077, 4652001
Fax: 00-869-4651021
E-Mail: kishusheila@sisterisles.kn

Honorary Consul *
Kishu D. Chandiramani




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Reunion Island

Consulate General of India, Saint Denis
266, Rue Marechal Leclerc,
97400 Saint Denis, Reunion Island.
[*Also administrative/consular jurisdictionfor Mayotte(Mamoudzou)]

Telephone: 00-262-262-417547 / 48
Fax: 00-262-262-210170
E-Mail:hoc.reunion@mea.gov.in
Website:www.cgireunion.gov.in

Consul General*
George Raju





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New Zealand

High Commission of India, Wellington
9th Floor, 180 Molesworth Street,
PO Box No. 4045, Thorndon,
Wellington-6015 .(*Con. acc. to Samoa, Nauru and Kiribati).

Telephone: 00-64-4-4736390
Fax: 00-64-4-4990665 (HC), 4737149 (HOC)
E-Mail: hicomind@hicomind.org.nz (General), consular@hicomind.org.nz (Consular), hc.wellington@mea.gov.in (HC), hoc.wellington@mea.gov.in(HOC), hicomind@xtra.co.nz (Chancery)
Website: www.hicomind.org.nz

High Commissioner**
Avanindra Kumar Pandey
Second Secretary & HOC
Sanjay Kumar Verma




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Netherlands Antilles

Honorary Consulate of India, Curacao
c/o Boolchands Free Zone, Lood Dl-1
Curacao, Netherlands Antilles.
{For Netherlands Antilles & Arbua} [*Under Emb of India, Caracas].

Telephone: 00-5999-4612262 (O), 4610331 (R), 4612263 (F)
Fax: 00-5999-4614345
E-Mail:ram-boolchand@gmail.com
Website:http://www.eoicaracas.gov.in/

Honorary Consul*
Ramchand D. Boolchand Nandwani




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Netherlands

Embassy of India, The Hague
Buitenrustweg-2, 2517 KD,
The Hague, Netherlands.

Telephone: 00-31-70-3469771
Fax: 00-31-70-3617072
E-Mail: cpembind@bart.nl (General / FS Pol & HOC), ambassador@indianembassy.nl (Ambassador)
Website: www.indianembassy.nl

Ambassador
Bhaswati Mukherjee
Deputy Chief of Mission
Raj Kumar Singh




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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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Kerala Assembly polls: We will win, claims Ooomen Chandy

CPI(M) leader V S Achuthanandan also asserted that his coalition was set to win the Kerala assembly election




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Oomen Chandy goes down battling graft charges against his govt

The Chandy government had faced the elections under a cloud of charges from bar bribery case to solar scam




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Oomen Chandy steps down as Kerala CM

Chandy handed over his resignation to Kerala Governor P Sathasivam




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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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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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The £7.5M Wentworth mansion with £25k chandeliers and a champagne wall

MailOnline Property takes an exclusive look inside the new £7.5million property on Surrey's desirable Wentworth Estate.




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Couple to host New Year's party after buying £4m flat overlooking Thames and London Eye 

The new homeowners will be able to enjoy one of the best views of the London fireworks held annually on New Year's Eve.




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Whether you buy an Aga or snap up an eco wood burner, weigh up the pros and cons to stay toasty

How much do our favourite winter warmers cost to install, will they be effective, and do they damage the environment? We look at four ways of raising the temperature this winter.




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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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This timber house built in the 1400s was dismantled and kept in a Buckinghamshire barn

Mention a 'flat-pack' home for sale and you might imagine a latest offering from Ikea. You're less likely to imagine a 15th-century former merchant's house, dismantled and kept in dry storage.




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Three interior design tips that you can apply at home, reveals Alexander James

We spent a day with one of the world's top 100 interior designers, Alexander James Interior Design, to learn about its tricks and how they can be incorporated into your own home.




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Fast wifi can seal the deal: How top broadband speeds have become vital to entice home buyers

Forget kerb appeal and marble work surfaces in the kitchen. New research shows that the single most important factor for home buyers in 2019 is having fast broadband speeds.




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£1.15m one-bed flat for sale with cobbled floors and a pillar in the bedroom

The one-bed flat in south-east London is currently owned by the Quay Brothers and is for sale for £1.15million.




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Inside Landmark Pinnacle's indoor garden square at Canary Wharf

The luxury Landmark Pinnacle is in London's Canary Wharf and has an indoor garden on the 27th floor, the size of three tennis courts.




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Art Deco flat for sale has a Grade II listed garage façade and four Shell petrol pumps

Manor Road Garage was once a fully-fledged working petrol station, but has been converted into luxury flats.




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Garages, gardens and sea views are most searched for terms on Zoopla

It appears having a home complete with a garage and garden top the list of priorities for most home hunters, according to data from property website Zoopla.




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How interior design and five Little Greene paint colours transformed a flat

Opportunities may seem much more limited with a flat for moving rooms and creating a totally different feel, but this two-bedroom Notting Hill home provides inspiration for what can be achieved.




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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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Traditional town centres with bakeries and butchers are attracting a new wave of buyers 

Despite the burden of business rates and the rise of online retailing, some high streets still bustle with Christmas customers.




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A new action plan aims to make life simpler for buyers and sellers alike: will it revive the market?

Government figures show the average time from a home going on Rightmove to a buyer moving in is 20 weeks, with 30% of deals collapsing.




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Nine simple ideas to refresh your home and make it feel brand new

Dressing your home for Christmas and New Year is fun, but when the festivities are over and the decorations and tinsel have been stored for another year, the house can look bare.




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Plan carefully and shop around, for now's the time to give your home a refresh - at a snip

Shop smarter by using seasonal clearances and ex-display lines as a way to pick up longed-for large-outlay items such as beds, sofas and mattresses, as well as designer pieces and one-off accessories.




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Japanese glass and timber-framed house in Cambridge is for sale for £1.29million 

The unusual property with a huge Japanese influence is a single-storey home with four bedrooms, and it is on the market with a price tag of £1,295,000.




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Domestic bliss! Rooms dedicated to yoga and meditation are no longer a luxury just for the rich

Kate Hudson, Jennifer Aniston, Ed Sheeran: they've all got them. A home yoga or contemplative space, that is.




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How can you make a rented home feel your own without arguing with the landlord? 

More of us are renting. That won't come as a surprise given the struggle first-time buyers have when scrambling on to the property ladder.