The South Indian state of Karnataka has amended ‘the Karnataka Industries (Facilitation) Act, 2002’ to facilitate and attract investment in the state. The decision was taken by the state Cabinet chaired by the Chief Minister of Karnataka BS Yediyurappa. Karnataka is the…
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Natasha Tynes: They Called Me Wyatt
Natasha Tynes’ debut novel They Called Me Wyatt is a story about murdered Jordanian student Siwar Salaiha in the USA. She is murdered on her birthday in Maryland, but her consciousness survives. The consciousness (or soul?) finds refuge in a…
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Shishunala Sharif: The Kabir of Karnataka
Shishunala Sharif: The Kabir of Karnataka By Vinod Kumar D Chavan India is a diverse country in all its avatars. In the state of Karnataka there is an unsung person whose life echoes…
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Michel Houellebecq: Submission
Submission is the latest novel from the French author Michel Houellebecq. He is the author of Whatever, Atomised, Platform, Lanzarote, The Possibility of an Island, and The Map and the Territory. Submission is a satire and meditation on isolation, faith,…
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Air France: Secures 7 Billion-Euro Loan Guarantee from the French Government
France assures its international air carrier with 7 billion-euro loan guarantee. Anne Rigail, Chief Executive Officer of Air France, said in an email to the customers, ‘We have secured the support of the French State in the form of a…
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The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day The Remains of the Day is a novel about a butler. Stevens the butler is the narrator of the story: first person narrative. ‘IT SEEMS INCREASINGLY likely that I really will undertake the expedition that…
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The Clarity of Cameraman
The Clarity of Cameraman The day India’s former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao—the first politician to complete a 5-year-term as the Prime Minister from non-Nehru-Gandhi dynasty and among all the non-Congress governments—was forced to quit as the President of Congress…
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