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India is building a tunnel that will be five miles long in the Pir Panjal range of the Himalayan mountains. This will enable trucks carrying supplies to Ladakh from Kashmir to bypass the Rohtang Pass. India is also upgrading its infrastructure on its side of the mountains facing Tibet and China.

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A multi-billion dollar auction of new bandwidth for phone operators in India was rigged to favor certain companies, according to a report by the auditor -general of India. The report says the auction was conducted by the Communcations ministry in a way "that lacked transparency and fairness." The report focusses on a few of the operators including Reliance Communications. The result is a loss of 1.76 trillion rupees or $39 billion, according to auditors. The cellphone industry in India is seeing rapid growth- 18 million new users were added in October 2010, with the total reaching 671 million. By comparison China has 830 million users. Of 122 licenses granted in the 2008 auction, 85 went to companies that "suppressed facts, disclosed incomplete information and submitted fictitious documents," according to the auditor's report. and in at least one instance, the Ministry's department of Telecommunications "miserably failed to do the due diligence in the examination of the applications," the report said....

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Indian regulators, the Commission for Air Quality Management, closed 6 of the 11 coal fired electricity plants within 100 kilometers radius of New Delhi, as it battles toxic smog that has covered the city for about 2 weeks. Schools and colleges are closed till further notice, and entry of trucks is restricted till November 21. 

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After declining sales in 2013, India's auto industry recovers in 2014 with 13% more car sales in June 2014 than the prior year month. SUV sales were up 17% in June 2014 over the prior month. Mahindra and Mahindra has 51% of the market share for SUV's from Jan to June 2014, according to LMC. Ford Motor has increased SUV sales in China and is pursuing the same strategy in India.

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The Indian rupee drops to a low of 62.13 in trading on Aug. 16, 2013. The Bombay Sensex index drops by 4%.

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For National Governance Day- Praveen Siddharth, private secretary to the president, writes about the way Atal Bihari Vajpayee handled the difficult situations he faced in parliament after his government faced no confidence motions and his government collapsed for lack of one vote, leading to a government that lasted 13 days, before finally winning the 1999 elections for a first full term in office. This opened the way for a post independence modernizing India based on good governance, "sab ka vikas sab ke sath, sab ka prayas." National governance day is observed on the day of the birth of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. 

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The prime minister says he finds a deep sense of peace listening to the kirtan during the prayers on the occasion of the 400th anniversary for Guru Tegh Bahadur. Guru Tegh Bahadur is one of the forgotten heroes and saints of the Punjab for his discourses in many languages throughout the length and breadth of India seeing a whole nation in many communities, and for his meditation that stretches back in time to the days of the Buddha in India.

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Grade three muscle tear in shoulder for Ben Stokes as he sits out the Fifth Test at the Oval with India in August 2025. Bumrah and Pant are unlikely to play for India in Fifth Test. Ben Stokes has 14 weeks to recover before the Ashes Test Cricket in Australia. Stokes took on a record amount of bowling and batting in the Tests with India going as he often does all out to win leaving the England skipper more prone to injuries and a bit exhausted.

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Disha Amrith of Mangaluru of Indian Naval Air Operations, will lead the Naval contingent at Republic Day celebrations on Jan 26, 2023. She is one of the Indian Navy's 144 young sailors and will be part of the 'Nari Shakti' in the Naval air operations force.