Indira Gandhi was willing to go where politicians today fear to tread. Back in 1975, she wanted to tax agriculture income and the rural rich. It remains a no-go area for policymakers even today.
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Indian politicians still dare to tax rural rich
- Wednesday, 10 April 2013 09:21
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India furious on the UK over arms trade treaty
- Tuesday, 09 April 2013 04:54
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Stung by the UK's reluctance to accommodate its concerns in the negotiations for the global Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) approved by the UN general assembly last Tuesday, the government has decided to send a strong message of its displeasure to the UK.
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Death toll rises to 62 after more bodies found from illegal building collapse in India
- Saturday, 06 April 2013 12:21
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The death toll in the collapse of a residential building being constructed illegally in India's financial capital rose to 62 Saturday amid diminishing hopes of finding any survivors alive, police said.
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27 dead in India building collapse - Builder on a run
- Friday, 05 April 2013 05:28
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At least 27 people were crushed to death on the outskirts of Mumbai after a building collapsed while under construction, with many victims believed to be labourers living at the site, AFP reports citing police.
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India is sitting on a plastic time bomb: Supreme Court
- Thursday, 04 April 2013 03:46
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"We are sitting on a plastic time bomb," the Supreme Court said on Wednesday after the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) informed it that India generates 56 lakhtonnes of plastic waste annually, with Delhi accounting for a staggering 689.5 tonnes a day.
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