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India’s creative economy to get new boost with white paper on policy reforms

December 01, 2025 10:53 pm

Speaking at the opening of two-day summit, Gaurav Banerjee, chair, CII National Council on Media & Entertainment and MD & CEO, Sony Pictures Networks India, called for specialised creative institutions, stronger industry–academia partnerships, regional creative clusters, and urgent public–private collaboration to unlock the next chapter of growth.

Jewar, taking off: Exclusive look of the new Noida International Airport

November 15, 2025 10:21 pm

As India rapidly expands its airport infrastructure — with a slew of upgraded and greenfield facilities — Jewar, 85 km from Delhi’s IGI, is the newest addition to that list. The Indian Express takes a tour of the Jewar airport site as it races to the finish line

Bringing up baby: Next chapter of abandoned 2-year-old ‘Gudiya’

June 30, 2019 6:43 pm

Lying abandoned for four days in a field, a two-year-old fought stab wounds, heat, rain, hunger, thirst and maggots. While her survival was a miracle, could the rest of her story in a child care home in west UP also turn out the same? The Indian Express on the next chapter for Gudiya

Hard Landing: After Jet’s grounding, some move on, many wait and hope

June 09, 2019 4:02 pm

On April 17, Jet Airways flew its last flight, grounding what was once India’s premier private airlines and leaving thousands of employees and their families facing an uncertain future. While some of them have moved on to other jobs, many others have little option but to wait and hope.

The firewall

February 10, 2019 11:31 am

Over 14,460 bunkers are being built across border villages of Jammu and Kashmir that are often at the mercy of firing and mortar shelling from across the border. The Indian Express travels to villages along the border where these grey, concrete structures evoke hope and a few questions: “I can’t take my cattle there, can I?”

Those who keep the Kumbh clean

January 20, 2019 10:24 am

Cleaning Kumbh: When the largest-ever human gathering collects at one place in Prayagraj, what does it take to get it ready for a new day? Indian Express finds out, through the Mela officials and their toilet and dustbin maths, the 20,000 sanitation workers and their stories — and a newborn

The RNG stories

January 13, 2019 1:35 pm

Ramnath Goenka awards: A celebration of India’s finest journalism of 2017.