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These are heady times for India's fast-growing airline industry, which has been charting roughly 25% growth for the last three years. Never before have so many Indians found it so convenient and so affordable to fly for work or leisure, thanks to competition between a bevy of carriers like Air Deccan, SpiceJet, Kingfisher, IndiGo and Go Air. Their rock-bottom airfares have helped make more of India accessible to Indians, turning backwaters into boom towns. Last year, Indian airports handled 90.44 million passengers, compared with 67.95 million in the previous year...
...just think about what does it do for California, but what does it do for the rest of the world. We want to let the world know, you don't have to wait for anybody. Even if you're just a city in India and if the Indian government doesn't go along with it yet, you can already make a move. Or if you're some state in Australia, you can make a move. We want to inspire everyone and we want to let people know that the wonderful things that are done in America, that...
...deeply shocked and horrified to hear of the heinous assassination. In her death, the subcontinent has lost an outstanding leader who worked for democracy and reconciliation in her country." Indian Prime Minister MANMOHAN SINGH...
...convert against their will, in an effort to change the nature of India. "They want to convert people to Christianity and convert the country into a Christian land," Swami Laxmananand Saraswati, head of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (World Hindu Council), one of India's biggest Hindu nationalist groups, told Indian reporters. "We are opposed to that and that is the source of all disputes and fights." Other low-caste groups and so-called "tribals" - ethnic minorities who stand outside the caste system but have historically been poor and neglected - who benefit from affirmative action programs that reserve for them government...
Given its scale, Operation Hand in Hand is essentially symbolic, although it may set the stage for bigger and more regular war games in future. "However," says Chellaney, "Sino-Indian relations need to move beyond mere symbolic gestures towards more substantive steps to resolve outstanding issues." As the economic and security architecture of Asia is re-drawn, competition for resources and influence is likely to grow between Asia's second and third biggest economies. But this need not necessarily lead to tension, as Bhaskar points out: "What matters is how China wants to see India in the long...