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Finally married after 20 years

A 60-year-old man and a 55-year-old woman, who have been in a live-in relationship for almost 20 years, got married earlier this week. The couple's teenage son felt lucky to witness his parents' wedding.

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IT spending in India to grow 8% in 2021 amid pandemic

The information technology (IT) spending in India is expected to reach $92.7 billion in 2021, growing 8 per cent from last year, as many companies still suffer revenue declines and IT spending is accelerating ahead of revenue expectations

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Biden nominates close ally Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti as envoy to India

US President Joe Biden has nominated Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, his close political ally and a former Navy intelligence officer with Indo-Pacific experience, to be the ambassador to India.

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Sania Mirza shares life lessons she learnt from healthcare workers

The past year and a half has been challenging for each one of us not only across the nation, but all over the world.

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Why India is a spiritual tourism hub

India is the perfect destination for a spiritual soul with a wanderlust. From the edge of land at Kanyakumari to where the earth touches the skies in the Himalayan ranges, It is abundantly speckled with spiritually magnetic places, people and practices.

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World's youngest ever chess GM has a close Indian connection

For the last few years, the focus in the chess circuit has been on who will break Sergey Karjakin's record as the youngest-ever Grandmaster (GM) in chess history. Two Indians -- Dommaraju Gukesh and Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa -- came close to obliterating

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India's consumer digital economy to touch $800 billion by 2030

Driven by online shopping across the spectrum, India's consumer digital economy, which was pegged at $85-90 billion in CY20, is expected to become a $800 billion market by 2030, a new report showed on Wednesday.

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Jamsetji Tata named world's top philanthropist of last century

Jamsetji Tata, the founder of Tata Group, has been named the topmost philanthropist of the last century globally by Edelgive Foundation and Hurun India.

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India, G4 allies force amendment to UNGA decision on Security Council reforms

India and its G4 allies have forced General Assembly President Volkan Bozkir to accept an amendment to the decision on rolling Security Council reform negotiations to the next Assembly session during a meeting at which he and Germany's Permanent Represent

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Why a solutions-focused approach to literacy is crucial for India

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is evolving steadily in India since the Companies Act, 2013. The Act brings CSR at the forefront as a mandate for companies with more than five crore rupees of annual profit.