"India Unlimited", a platform initiated by the Indian Embassy in Sweden, will have its third edition in Stockholm from April 21 to August 23, with the launch of an Indian film festival 'Cinema Indien' followed by an India-Sweden business conference.


Third edition of 'India Unlimited' to kick off in Sweden


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The meteoric rise and an equally dramatic fall of Rajat Gupta -- the former head of McKinsey who was charged in the largest insider trading case in the US -- will be captured in a memoir to be published by Juggernaut Books.


Rajat Gupta's memoirs promised in candid, compelling book


A rare blue diamond bucked the recent downturn in the auction market when it was sold for $30.8 million at Sotheby's, setting a new record.


Rare blue diamond sets new record at Sotheby's auction


Textile and dye analysis of cloth remains, dated between 400-650 AD, found in Nepal's Upper Mustang region shows that the Silk Road extended further south than previously thought, say researchers.


Silk Road extended to Nepal, new textile find shows


Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat temple, which was originally built as a Hindu shrine dedicated to Lord Vishnu, earned $20.3 million in revenue from ticket sales to foreign tourists in the first quarter of 2016.


Cambodia's Angkor Wat earns over $20 mn in Q1


Title: You Are The Key; Author: Apurva Chamaria and Gaurav Kakkar; Publisher: Bloomsbury; Pages: 256; Price: Rs.399


Key to unlock doors through social selling (Book review)


More than 1,000 architects and urban planners from across the country will take part in a three-day meeting beginning April 7 here, during which the prestigious national awards for excellence in architecture would be given away.


Kozhikode to host national meet of architects


Indian manufacturers of Holi colours, water guns, balloons and other products are losing out to Chinese imports because of at least 55 percent price differential, said a survey-cum-analysis by Assocham.


'Made in China' nudges aside 'Made in India' on Holi


Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Sunday opened an exhibition here on how Parsi traders used gains from trade with China to lay the foundation of Mumbai as India's financial capital.


Exhibitions on Parsi role in building Mumbai


Title: "A Dog Eat Dog World"; Author: C. Suresh; Publisher: Fablery Publications; Pages: 85; Price: Rs.150.


'A Dog Eat Dog-Food World': Satire on businesses, rivalry (Book Review)


Cambodia's famed Angkor archaeological park welcomed 493,854 foreign visitors in the first two months of 2016, up 7.6 percent compared to the same period of last year, according to an official statement on Friday.


Angkor gets half a million tourists in two months


Title: Standing Guard - A Year in Opposition; Author: P. Chidambaram; Publisher: Rupa Publications; Pages: 206; Price: Rs.500


Reassuring to have Chidamabaram standing guard in opposition (Book Review)


An exhibition of the works of the late Mumbai-based artist Nasreen Mohamedi is being launched at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, or simply The Met, here on Tuesday, supported by Nita Ambani-led Reliance Foundation.


Reliance Foundation to toast artist Mohamedi in New York


Tiny Tripura's style of handling insurgency and building relations with Bangladesh should be taken into account by India's foreign policy planners while dealing with neighbouring countries, says a senior journalist with considerable experience of reporting on eastern India.


'Make Agartala doctrine part of India's foreign policy'


Title: Storm the Norm; Editor: Anisha Motwani; Publisher: Rupa; Pages: 283; Price: Rs.500


How to make a success of your brand: Lessons from the real world (Book Review)


Myanmar authorities have banned visit to ancient pagodas in Bagan, Ministry of Culture said on Tuesday.


Myanmar bans visit to Bagan ancient pagodas for conservation


Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday released India 2016, the 60th of edition of the annual digest of the country's progress in different fields, published by the government.


Jaitley releases India 2016 yearbook


The fortnight-long 30th Surajkund International Crafts Mela concluded on Monday at Surajkund in Haryana's Faridabad district near Delhi. The fair was visited by over 15 lakh people.


Surajkund Mela ends; sees 15 lakh visitors


Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic venue Chongli has received over 530,000 tourists, four times more than its local residents, during last week's Chinese lunar New Year holiday, authorities said on Monday.


Skiing fever ignites China's spring festival


'Destination North East 2016' festival begins in the national capital from Friday in an effort to bring the rest of India closer to the northeast region.


'Destination North East' starts in Delhi on Friday


The tourism ministry on Monday launched a round-the-clock toll-free infoline in 12 international languages for the benefit of both international and domestic tourists.

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