Finally the wait is over for both book vendors as well as book lovers. Delhi's famous weekly market in old city Daryaganj opened after five weeks on Sunday -- albeit truncated to half its size.


Delhi's Daryaganj book market reopens after 5 weeks


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The Culture Ministry has been allocated Rs 2,843 crore in the Union Budget, a rise of Rs 105 crore over last year.


Budget allocates Rs 2,843 crore to Culture Ministry


Making a philosophical summation of Economic Survey 2017-18 authored by him,  Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) Arvind Subramanian on Monday that among the positive lessons  from the year past was from the efforts begun to shift India away from a prevailing mindset he described as "stigmatised capitalism", which, in turn, had earlier replaced one of  "crony socialism."


India moved from 'crony socialism' to 'stigmatised capitalism': CEA


Known for his vibrant diction in English, Congress MP and writer Shashi Tharoor has often sent twitteratis looking for dictionaries but the writer of the just-released "Why I Am A Hindu," reinforced his sustained attack on the Hindutva ideology by making a direct attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and maintained that "this is going to be the last Budget" of the Modi government - all of this, bilingually, in Hindi and English.


Tharoor attacks PM, says it will be Modi's last Budget


Book: How Fund Managers Are Making You Rich; Author: Pravin Palande; Publisher: Maven/Rupa; Pages: 254; Price: Rs 595


Finally, an authoritative primer on mutual funds (Book Review)


Rigorous empirical research is needed to make good, people-centric policies, Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu said on Thursday.


Need empirical research for people-centric policies: Naidu


Taking on Amazon, Google on Wednesday rolled out audiobooks with Google Assistant integration on its Play Store in nine languages across 45 countries, including in India.


Google brings audiobooks on Play Store without subscription fee


Nobel laureate and micro-finance founder Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday said the existing financial and banking systems in the world have fundamental flaws as they direct people to work only for their own benefit, not caring about society.


Financial system fundamentally wrong: Muhammad Yunus


The young generation should create its own leadership and encourage the natural instincts to build a new world, Nobel laureate and economist Muhammad Yunus said here on Monday.


Create own leadership, Yunus tells youngsters


Google Arts & Culture app on Friday introduced a new feature in India that lets users take a selfie, upload it and the feature will match it with a work of classical art from one of the several art museums globally.


Google Arts and Culture app brings 'selfie feature' to India


Delhi Metro has begun beautification work at the Moti Bagh Metro Station on the upcoming Pink Line (Shiv Vihar-Majlis Park) with traditional Indian mesh-work and artworks on the station facade, it said on Wednesday.


Delhi Metro begins art job at Moti Bagh station


Book: "From Lehmann to Demonetisation: A Decade of Disruptions, Reforms and Misadventures"; Author: Tamal Bandyopadhyay; Publisher: Penguin Random House India; Pages: 348; Price: Rs 599


How state-run banks were in denial mode on NPAs (Book Review)


Railway authorities in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have doubled platform ticket at some major railway stations for a week to regulate huge rush of passengers during Sankranti festival season.


Platform tickets prices doubled in Andhra, Telangana for Sankranti


Mumbai protest

With the shutdown call withdrawn, it is expected that normalcy will soon return to Mumbai and Maharashtra by late evening

Dalit group withdraws Maharashtra bandh after a day of disruption

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Book: Demonetisation and the Black Economy; Author: Arun Kumar; Publisher: Penguin Portfolio; Price: Rs. 499; Pages: 300


'Demonetisation akin to chopping off the nose to cure a cold' (Book Review)


Banking on the rich tradition and scope of violin in Indian classical music, noted Indian violinist Mysore Manjunath hopes the levying of Goods and Services Tax (GST) on musical instruments that are not indigenous will not adversely affect the industry.


Noted violinist Manjunath hopes GST won't affect 'rich' violin industry


Based on a crowd-sourced design, a logo was unveiled on Sunday at the 'Namma Bengaluru Habba' fest to promote 'Brand Bengaluru' on the global tourist map.


Tourism logo to promote Brand Bengaluru unveiled


Book: Ideas for India: Faster, Higher, Stronger; Author: Bibek Debroy; Publisher: Wisdom Tree; Price: Rs 695; Pages: 192


'Ideas...' rich treasure house of facts, insights; falls short as cohesive literary work (Book Review)


The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to prepare a holistic plan for the protection and preservation of Taj Mahal and the environment around it so that historic monument could be there for another 400 years and not just for generations.


Frame holistic plan to protect, preserve the Taj for next 400 years: SC


Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Tuesday said people in India's metropolitan cities are not aware of the rich cultural diversity that the northeast offers.


'People in India's metropolises not aware of northeast's rich culture'


Employees show more creativity in their work when they find their boss to be humble -- leaders who give employees a chance to speak up and have a voice in the decision-making process and who also acknowledge their own limitations, suggests new research.

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