-Livemint.com * An open economy spurred growth and created a generation of aspirational millennials, but provided few avenues to follow these dreams * The cruelty of their situation is exacerbated by the fact that as a whole, millennials are better educated than previous generations Whenever I discuss my research on Indian millennials, most people assume that I’m talking about the social-media addicted youth they see in Delhi or Mumbai, glued to their smartphones...

-The New Indian Express 612 cases registered against illegal immigrants; foreigners to be looked after well till they are deported BENGALURU: The state government on Thursday informed the Karnataka High Court that it has identified a total of 35 detention centres in all districts to house illegal immigrants after their release on bail, or completion of sentence. State Public Prosecutor (SPP)-II made a submission to that effect before Justice KN Phaneendra, during the...

-PTI The new prices will be effective from December 15 India’s leading dairy firm Amul on Saturday announced hiking milk prices by Rs.2 per litre across various States, while Mother Dairy increased rates by up to Rs.3 per litre in Delhi-NCR due to rise in procurement cost. The new prices will be effective from Sunday, Mother Dairy and Amul said in separate statements. Please click here to read more. ...

-The Hindu In Assam, Tripura and Meghalaya, what is the unease over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019? The story so far: Curfew was eased on Saturday for some hours in towns and Cities of the Brahmaputra Valley including Guwahati in lower Assam and Dibrugarh in upper Assam after days of violent protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 since the Bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha on December 11 and the...

-Livemint.com India’s manufacturing sector is moving out of costly and congested Cities to rural areas in order to stay competitive. But poor infrastructure is hampering its growth The global economic downturn has raised concerns about the effectiveness of conventional economic policies, which were designed for stabilization, and not for reviving growth in developing countries. Rural distress, spatial disparities, the gender divide and climate change, all combined with the threat of low and...