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...case has been confirmed in Asia, in Hong Kong.) Any concern in these regions has so far centered on sports: specifically, whether any new travel restrictions will affect the Confederations Cup, the international eight-team soccer tournament due to be played in South Africa in June, or the Indian Premier League, a new cricket tournament featuring players from around the world, now being played also in South Africa...
...BandHarvard Yard Stage11:30 a.m.“The Duke Meets the Count” Jazz PicnicArts First Tent, Science Center11:30 a.m.Japanese Tea CeremonyTea Room, 5 Bryant St12 p.m.Sunken Garden Children’s Theater, Sunken Garden, Radcliffe Yard12:15 p.m.Japanese Tea CeremonyTea Room, 5 Bryant St1 p.m.South Indian Classical MusicHolden Chapel (between Lionel and Mower)1 p.m.Dunster House Opera ShowcaseDudley House, Lehman Hall1 p.m.“At Ease,”Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St1 p.m.Harpsichord Music from the Spanish CourtMemorial Church1 p.m.Stand-Up Comedy JamCambridge Queen’s Head1 p.m.Fallen Angels A Cappella...
Narendra Modi embodies the incongruities of Indian politics. The three-term Chief Minister of Gujarat has made his state perhaps the most prosperous in a country already tapped for greater and greater growth. Gujarat has been enjoying growth rates of 10% or more (compared with India's range of 8% to 9%), with some of the largest businesses in the country operating in its territory, providing the average Gujarati a mean income significantly higher than the national average. A tough administrator, Modi is, from all appearances, incorruptible; he lives modestly, even ascetically, choosing to be celibate to devote his energies...
...easily into Modi's gain. Potential coalition partners are nervous about Modi, who has refused to apologize for the 2002 massacres. BJP allies like the Janata Dal (United) of Bihar, who want to reach out to Muslims, fear that such a stance will not go down well with the Indian electorate. Modi may be trying to make himself more acceptable to a wider audience. Since the Gujarat elections of 2007, Modi has been trying to paint himself as the able administrator who has brought progress and prosperity to Gujarat. The Supreme Court ruling will make it harder to keep that...
...world's freest economies, it also has a sturdy social safety net. Kalithas Krishnan lost his job at a Swiss-owned cargo operator at Changi Airport at the end of March. Today he receives a monthly total of $260 in cash and food coupons from the Singapore Indian Development Association, one of several government-funded charities, plus $55 to defray school expenses for his 16-year-old son. This support may not sound like much, but because Krishnan has fully repaid the mortgage for his three-room public housing estate apartment, thanks in part to a government scheme that allowed...