Mamta Badkar, Business Insider

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In permissive ceremony, Hindus consume cannabis-laced drinks and dance around bonfires.

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The World

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Business Insider: Standard & Poor’s knocks India

Economics

China’s housing market correction is “sending shock waves through its economy’

US companies get the green light to pursue an exciting new market in Asia

For the first time in 15 years, US companies will be allowed to invest in Myanmar.

The reason for India’s massive blackout problems

India has had a long struggle with power outages, and a new wave of them has hit the northern and eastern parts of the country.

Why South Korean farmers are more productive than Chinese farmers

Lifestyle

According to Spencer, farmers in South Korea have some financial advantages that farmers in China do not.

The hottest auto market in the world is slowing rapidly

Lifestyle

China has overtaken the US to become the world’s largest auto market. But growth in Chinese auto sales slowed in July.

Beijing firm that guarantees 3 billion Yuan worth of loans is on the verge of collapse

Zhongdan Investment Credit Guarantee Co. is close to bankruptcy as fears of a wider economic crisis surface.