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July 29, 2018 The India Observer #childreneducation, #costofeducation, #TIO, #universityeducation, India

Indian parents work extra hours and borrow to put kids into varsities: Report

The survey reveals that 84 per cent rely on their income to support their child’s university education, with 41 per

July 22, 2018 The India Observer #AshadiEkadashi, #CMFadnavis, #MarathaKrantiMorcha, #Pandharpur, #reservations, #Solapur, India

Maratha protests for quota turn violent; bus set on fire

CM cancels Pandharpur temple visit amid protest threats Mumbai, July 22. Protests by the Maratha community which is demanding reservation

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July 22, 2018 Adam Rizvi #Americanschools, #Culture, #hatecrime, #NewyorkCity, #Sikhs, #TIO, #Trump, India

NY schools to educate American students about Sikhism: Report

New York, July 22 By Adam Rizvi: With over 70 percent of Americans ignorant about Sikhism, schools in the US

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July 19, 2018 The India Observer #PMModi, #Tariffs, #Tradewar, #Trumpadministration, India

Retaliatory tariffs from India, China hurting US: Congressman

Washington, July 19 The retaliatory tariffs being imposed by countries like India and China are having an adverse impact on

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July 18, 2018 Adam Rizvi #JammuandKashmir, #Pakistan, #UNHRC, #UNReport, India

Disappointed over Kashmir human rights report criticism: UNCHR

The United Nations High Commission for Human Rights (UNHCR) on Tuesday quashed the criticisms levelled by the Indian authorities and media for

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July 10, 2018 The India Observer #Asia, #China, #mostpopulouscountry, #Population, #Populationcontrol, India

China’s Population Would be 65% of India’s by 2050 Due to ‘Low Fertility Trap’: Expert

China ended its decades-old one child policy in 2016 and permitted couples to have two children as the population of

News World

June 29, 2018 Adam Rizvi #Greencard, #Legalmigrants, #Meltingpot#DACA, #migrants, India

President Trump calls for end to ‘agonising Green Card wait’, asks US lawmakers to bring in bill to help legal Indian-American migrants

Washington: President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked US lawmakers to vote for an immigration bill which among other things would

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June 28, 2018 Shirin Abbas #crimeagainstwomen, #NationalCommissionforWomen, #RekhaSharma, #ThomsonReuters, India

Thomson Reuters report indicts India as World Rape Capital, Govt debunks it as “subjective”

New Delhi: June 28: The most raging debate in India at the moment is not the Muslim ban or the

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June 26, 2018 The India Observer #crimeagainstwomen, #metoo, #Rape, #sexualviolence, #womensafety, India

India most dangerous country for women: Survey

London, Jun 26 (PTI) India is the world’s most dangerous country followed by war-torn Afghanistan and Syria for women due

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June 26, 2018 Adam Rizvi #JammuandKashmir, #MaleehaLodhi, #Pakistan, #UN, India

Kashmir integral part of India, no ‘empty rhetoric’ will change reality: Delhi’s reply to Pakistan at UNGA

India exercised the Right of Reply, strongly rejecting Pakistan’s reference to Kashmir in the 193-member UN body. India has told

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June 26, 2018 Adam Rizvi #SecurityCouncil, #SyedAkbaruddin, #UN, India

How can ‘grossly unrepresentative’ Security Council pursue noble cause of responsibility to protect: India

During a General Assembly debate on Monday, India’s permanent representative to the UN ambassador Syed Akbaruddin said that there are

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June 16, 2018 Adam Rizvi #almonds, #aluminium, #Apple, #customduties, #Ironore, #motorcycle, #PresidentTrump, #Tradewar, India, US

US import tariffs on steel, aluminium: India hits back, to suspend concessions on 30 products

Responding to the US import tariffs on certain steel and aluminium products, India has decided to suspend concessions on 30

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June 14, 2018 Adam Rizvi #humanrights, #Jammu&Kashmir, #Pakistan, #UN, India

UN rights chief calls for international inquiry into Kashmir violations

Decades of rights violations on both sides of the Line of Control in Kashmir have “claimed or ruined numerous lives”

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May 31, 2018 The India Observer #ModiinSingapore, #NarendraModi, #Singapore, India

Singapore a bridge between India and ASEAN, defence relations with it among strongest: Modi

Singapore a bridge between India and ASEAN, defence relations with it among strongest: Modi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday

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May 18, 2018 Adam Rizvi #Awqaf, #Christian, #Fujairah, #Mosque, #Muslims, #UAE, India

Christian businessman from India gifts mosque to Muslim workers in UAE

A wealthy Christian businessman from India has gifted a USD 3 lakh mosque to hundreds of Muslim workers ahead of

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April 29, 2018 Adam Rizvi #China, #Militarydrills, #Pakistan, #SCO, #SHanghaiCooperationOrganisation, #UralMoumtains, India

In a First: India, Pak to carry out military drills as part of multi-nation exercise

New Delhi, Apr 29 In a first, arch rivals India and Pakistan will be part of a multi-nation counter-terror exercise

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April 27, 2018 Roy Daniels #modi, #Trump, India

Modi’s India on Sale–any takers?

SO, WHERE ARE WE, INDIA? IN 2018? Some time back, TOI’s front page gave us the paid for information that

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April 19, 2018 The India Observer #Kathua, #Manmohansingh, #PMModi, #Unnao, India

Manmohan Singh to PM Modi: ‘Follow your own advice to me and speak more often’

You are Here: Tweet, Like, Share, Comment, Subscribe…be the Voice of Free Press! The India Observer, TIO: Taking a dig

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April 9, 2018 Juhi Mehta #Indianrailways, #Odisha, India

Close shave for passengers as 22 coaches travel 15 km sans engine

In a strange incident that could have led to a major tragedy, at least 22 coaches of an express train

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April 2, 2018 Shirin Abbas #BharatBandh, #Dalitprotest, #Dalits, #SCSTAct, India

Eight Dead, Thousands Arrested as Violent Dalit Protests Sweep India

NEW DELHI: The country-wide strike call given against the Scheduled Tribes/Scheduled Caste (SC/ST) Act on Monday left 8 dead in

Books

April 1, 2018 Shirin Abbas #Ahmedabad, #IndiAlphabet, #Mughals, #REdfort, #Sabarmati, India

Indi-Alphabet: Introducing India to KG kids

Bharat Babies and Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan take readers on a fun journey from Ahmedabad to Zirakpur. From sampling yummy biryani,

Editorial

March 31, 2018 Adam Rizvi #Editorial, #pointofview, #worldaffairs, India

TIO’s new offering. A New Column: POV (Point of View) by Bureau Chief Dr. Shirin Abbas

It never ceases to amaze me how our decorated Bureau –Chief, Dr. Shirin Abbas, juggles so many hats. No doubt,

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March 29, 2018 Adam Rizvi #BRAmbedkar, #UttarPradesh, #yogiadityanath, India

B R Ambedkar gets new name in Uttar Pradesh govt records; opposition fumes

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh today waded into a political controversy by deciding to introduce ‘Ramji’ as the

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March 24, 2018 Shirin Abbas #Congress, #SalmanKhurshid, #tripletalaq, India, politics

TRIPLE TALAQ: Three’s not company-Salman Khurshid

Triple Talaq, or talaq-e-bidat, is one of the most debated issues in the Muslim world. From time immemorial, Islam has

Editorial

March 17, 2018 Saeed Naqvi #Hashimpura, #HinduMuslim, #RohingyaMuslims, India

Hashimpura, Srebrenica And Rohingyas in Rakhine: Similar And So Different

Incidents, similar in their chilling monstrosity, came to mind when I saw photographs of a row of Rohingya Muslim young