After a series of flip-flops in the past three years, India is once again racing against time to turn itself into a nation of electric vehicles (EVs) by 2030 despite countless stumbling blocks.
Author: Mahesh Trivedi
Indian tourists jet around the world as incomes rise
With more youngsters from India’s 350-million-strong burgeoning middle-class planning international vacations, the country’s outbound tourism has registered a spectacular growth in the past five years.
India turns 350,000 postmen into bankers for doorstep financial services
India’s 350,000 well-trained postmen have turned bankers, offering doorstep financial services to even the last man standing in the remotest parts of the country.
Ahmedabad’s kite museum: Paperbirds take you on Cloud 9
Ahmedabad, the largest city in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat, boasts 30-odd museums but the stunning Kite Museum in the 608-year-old world heritage city is in a class of its own.
Fraudulent NRI marriages: New Indian laws may deter treacherous husbands
The Indian government has rolled up its sleeves to amend laws to cancel passports of fly-by-night bridegrooms dreaming up sham marriages as also to facilitate instant extradition of these dishonest NRI husbands for legal proceedings.
Health tourism grows in India: NRIs, foreigners rush to hospitals for affordable treatment
India is today the preferred destination for foreigners and non-resident Indians who flock to the country’s 500-plus accredited world-class hospitals.
UAE’s Turbanators: Sikh bikers revving up for noble causes
Members of Singh’s Motorcycle Club (SMC) lend a helping hand to the have-nots. Donating food to down-at-heel labourers or campaigning for breast cancer awareness, SMC’s speed-loving turbanators – most members are turban-wearing Sikhs.
This ‘glassy’ globe-trotter holds a world record
They call him the ‘Glassman of Gujarat’. Well, globe-trotters are a dime a dozen but India’s Amit Doshi is a jet-setter in a class, or rather ‘glass’, apart.
Harmonisers with a bleeding heart
India’s Swamibapa pipe band is not your trendy troupe of long-haired lip-splitters strutting their stuff by belting out ear-splitting music to make hay.
