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What you need to know about India's newly launched ballistic missile defence

Prompted by Pakistan's strategic missile force and employing obsolete air defences, forces India's hand.........Read more

Buddhist Sculptures Discovered in Ruins of Ancient Shrine

Religious sculptures and carvings have been discovered in the ruins of an ancient shrine and courtyard in the Swat Valley in Pakistan.........Read more

National Award panel not qualified enough for Big B: Ram Gopal Varma

Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma said that the National Award Committee is not qualified enough to give megastar Amitabh Bachchan an award.........Read more

Intake for medical, para-medical courses only in Sept - Times of India

Admissions to medical and para-medical courses are likely to start by the first week of September. The results of the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) will be declared only in the last week of August — that accounts for the delay in the intake process.........Read more

Flipkart stake marked down 20% further by 2 investors - The Economic Times

Valic marked the value of their Flipkart shares at $98.19 per unit for February quarter, down 20.2% from $123.11 assigned at the end of November 2015.........Read more

Land Reforms Fail; 5% of India’s Farmers Control 32% Land

The average land given to the rural landless is small and falling, from 0.95 acres in 2002 to 0.88 acres in 2015—a 7.4% drop over 13 years–and a slowdown is evident in the process of taking land away from rich landlords........Read more

The 'promising' world of Tamil Nadu politics: From freebies to bans, here are some pre-poll pledges - Firstpost

Here are the significant and not-so-significant-but-absurd poll promises made by the major political parties for the Tamil Nadu Assembly election 2016.........Read more

Even if Modi’s “Make in India” is working, his government doesn’t have the data to prove it

Surprisingly, the government is not tracking the progress of its own flagship programme.........Read more