Category: 2016 In Retrospect

Bollywood’s controversy counter at a new high

By Sugandha Rawal New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) From demonetisation adding to box office's blues and calls to ban Pakistani…

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‘Visaaranai’, ‘Kammatipaadam’: 10 southern films that wowed in 2016

By Haricharan Pudipeddi Chennai, Dec 26 (IANS) Out of the 600-odd films released in four southern languages -- Tamil, Telugu,…

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From Vijay Kumar to Hemanth Rao: Southern directors who impressed in 2016

By Haricharan Pudipeddi Chennai, Dec 26 (IANS) As the southern film industry continues to be ruled by stars and hit…

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A year of playing hide and seek with death for J&K’s border residents

By Sheikh Qayoom Jammu, Dec 26 (IANS) The year 2016 brought back nightmarish memories of past wars for thousands of…

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Bengaluru FC emerge tall, India finish with a mixed bag in soccer

By Debayan Mukherjee Kolkata, Dec 26 (IANS) Bengaluru FC provided the sparks, while the national men's team advanced in rankings…

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When peace hopes gave way to despair in Assam, Nagaland

By Rupesh Dutta New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) Amid renewed incidents of violence, the year 2016 proved that peace in…

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The deaths that left India poorer in 2016

By M.R. Narayan Swamy and Priya Yadav New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) It was a year when India lost many…

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Colourful on-field, chaotic off-field year for Indian cricket

By Tridib Baparnash New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) It has been a year of fireworks for Indian cricket. The players…

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Star-studded cinema reaped gold for southern cinema

By Haricharan Pudipeddi Chennai, Dec 24 (IANS) From superstar Rajinikanth's Tamil gangster drama "Kabali" to Mohanlal's Malayalam action-drama "Puli Murugan",…

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LIGO’s detection of gravitational waves: Listening to the heavens became a reality

By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata, Dec 24 (IANS) In 2016, science fiction and reality collided when LIGO opened up our sixth…

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Tripura double delight: insurgency-free literacy topper

By Sujit Chakraborty Agartala, Dec 23 (IANS) It was a year of double delight for Tripura. The border state emerged…

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The year fiction fell flat, memoirs and nonfiction ruled the roost

By Saket Suman New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) In what is being seen as a major evolution in the Indian…

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Producers’ output-cut pact was year’s defining moment for oil sector

By Biswajit Choudhury New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) The defining moment for the oil sector came towards the end of…

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Another year in Telangana’s onward march

By Mohammed Shafeeq Hyderabad, Dec 22 (IANS) As 2016 comes to a close, it was the second full year in…

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In world of medicine, three-parent baby brought smile that wiped out the trauma of Zika

By Gokul Bhagabati and Rachel V. Thomas New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) The rapid rise of the Zika infections across…

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Technologically a fruitful year for ISRO

By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, Dec 21 (IANS) The year 2016 was a bag of mixed fortunes for the Indian Space…

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The year India became free of yaws and neonatal tetanus

By Rupesh Dutta New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) India, where just 1.5 per cent of the GDP goes to healthcare,…

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In Kerala, the year belonged to CM Pinarayi Vijayan

By Sanu George Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 20 (IANS) In Kerala, the year 2016 belonged to 71-year-old Pinarayi Vijayan who breasted the…

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A year of tax/legal/policy change challenges for auto industry

By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, Dec 19 (IANS) It was a year of mixed fortunes for the Indian automobile industry that…

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AAP-Centre tussle ruled in 2016, ball in SC’s court in 2017

By Ashish Mishra and Vishav New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) An eventful year in terms of Delhi politics, 2016 saw…

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