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Rao, P. Ahobala ‘Billy’

Rao, P.V. Narasimha

Rao, Rayapati Sambasiva

Rao, Surendra

rapes and crime/violence against women

Ras Al Khaimah (RAK)

Rashid, Ahmed

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)

Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD)

Rashtriya Sanjay Manch

Raytheon

real estate, corruption

recycling

Reddy, G.V. Krishna

Reddy, Kallam Anji

Reddy, Raja

Reddy, T. Subbarami

Reddy, Y.S. Jaganmohan

Reddy, Y.S. Rajasekhara (YSR), and Jaganmohan Reddy

Reddys

redevelopment, new economic realities

regional political parties

Reliance Group

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL)

religious traditions and beliefs

Ren Zhengfei

Renault and Nissan

Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)

Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

resettlement process

resistance to change

restrictive trade practices

Reva e20 car

Reva Electric Car Company (RECC)

Revolution
by Chetan Bhagat

Rheinmetall Air Defence

Rice, Susan

right to information (RTI) and CAG

Ritinjali

river water sharing agreement with Bangladesh

road-building programme

Roberts, Adam

Rolls Royce

Roy, Mukul

Royal Enfield Bullet

rule of law

Rungta Mines, Jharkhand

Rungta, Siddhath

rupee convertibility

rupee exchange rate

rural: communities and identities development employment guarantee scheme money-lending roads programme

Saeed, Hafiz

Sahu, Abhaya

Sainath, P.

Sakshi TV

Salim Group

Samata Party

Samsung

Sandur Power Company

Sangma, P.A.

sanitation facilities, inadequacy

Santi

satellite television

Satwant Singh

Satyam

Satyam Infoway (Sify)

Save the Children Fund

Scindia (business family)

Scindia, Jyotiraditya

Scindia, Madhavrao

second-generation wireless telephone technology

security strategy.
see
defence

self-esteem and frugality

SemIndia

Sen, Amartya

Senkaku island

services sector

Seth, Chetan

Seth, Suhel

Sethi, Rajeev

sewage and drainage

Shah, M.B.

Shanghai Electric Group

Sharif, Nawaz

Sharma, Anand

Shastri, Lal Bahadur

Shinde, Sushilkumar

Shipping Corporation of India

Shiv Sena

Shivalik class

Shourie, Arun

Shriram (DCM)

Shukla, Ajay

Shyam Saran

Siachen Glacier

Sibal, Kanwal

Sibal, Kapil

Siliguri Corridor

Singapore Technologies Kinetic (STK)

Singh, Ajit

Singh, Amarinder

Singh, Charan

Singh, Digvijaya

Singh, General V.K.

Singh, Jaswant

Singh, Kushal Pal

Singh, Manmohan and India-China, relations and corruption scandals—2G Spectrum Coalgate, defence scandals and economic reforms (privatization) and environmental issues foreign policy and Indo-US defence deal legacy at risk and mining projects in Odisha and neighbouring states, relations overstated role peace-talks with Pakistan and Rahul Gandhi secretary general of South Commission

Singh, N.K.

Singh, Sujatha

Singh, V.P.

Singur.
see
Nandigram and Singur

Sir Creek

Sky Light Hospitality

Slumdog Millionaire

Slums

Small Wonder: The Making of the Nano

Snamprogetti

Snamprogetti

social and economic policy foundations

social and economic restrictions

social change unrest and protests

social issues

social media, role in anti-corruption movement

social structure, cracks

social wasteland

socialism

society: caste and community segmentations criminalisation hierarchical traditions patriarchal

software information technology industry

South Asia: dynastic rivalries

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

South China Sea

Soviet Union disintegration missiles in Cuba

special economic zones (SEZs)

Sreedharan, E.

Sri Lanka dynastic rivalries posting of Indian troops Tamil minorities

Srinivasan, N.

Stalin, M.K.

Starbucks

stock market

strategic autonomy

Subbarao, Duvvuri

Submarine building plan

subsidies

subsistence agriculture

Sukhoi aircraft

Sun Tzu

Sundarbans tidal mangrove

Sunracer solar-powered racing car

Supreme Court, ruling against convicted MPs

Suzuki, Japan .
see also
Maruti Udyog

Suzuki, Osamu

Swan Telecom

Syndicate

Syniram

system failure

tactical battlefield communication system

Tadoba Andhari tiger reserve, Maharashtra

Tahiliani, Tarun

Talbott, Strobe

Taliban

Tamil Nadu , telecom scandal

Tanham, George

Tata and Singapore Airlines, joint ventures

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

Tata Group

Tata Indicomm

Tata, J.R.D.

Tata Motors

Tata Power SED (Strategic Engineering Division)

Tata, Ratan

Tata Sons

Tata Steel

Tatra trucks

technology, technological development and defence, foreign, foreign investment in infrastructure, know-how, and jugaad state-of-art, transfer.
see also
information technology

Tehelka

Tejas light combat aircraft

teji-mandi

Telangana movement

Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TSR)

Telcon

telecom and aviation, opening to private sector

telecommunication scam

Telenor of Norway

Telugu Desam Party (TDP)

Telugu film industry

terrorism.
see also
Pakistan

Tetley Tea

Thackeray, Bal

Tharoor, Shashi

Thatcher, Margaret

The Economist

Thinley, Jigme Yoser

Thomas, Michael

Tibet issue and Indo-China relations

tigers, extinction

Times of India

Tobgay, Tshering

trade reforms

Transparency International

tribals and dalits, tribal communities displacement losing, neglect

Trinamool Congress.
see also
Banerjee, Mamata

Trishul missile system

tryst with destiny

tryst with reality

Tully, Mark

Twenty- cricket matches

2G case

2G Telecom scam

unauthorized colonies/ constructions, regularization as a political gesture before elections

underperformance

unemployment

Union Carbide

Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).
see also
Aadhaar

Unitech

United Kingdom (UK): industrial decline, privatization

United Nations (UN) General Assembly, Security Council

United Progressive Alliance (UPA) coalition government Common Minimum Programme

United States , civil rights movement, India, relations equity in defence nuclear deal (2008) progress and myths and Pakistan, relations terrorists’ attack (9/11)

unsafe buildings

urban planning processes, lack of, political influence urban decay, urban reforms

urbanization

Uttar Pradesh: assembly elections (2012) land and infrastructure, Lokayukta

Uttarakhand, natural disaster (2013), special hill-state investment incentives

Vadra, Priyanka (nee Gandhi)

Vadra, Robert

Vajpayee, Atal Behari and Golden Quardilateral highway programme peace talks with Pakistan trip to Lahore

Vanpic (Vadarevu and Nizampatnam ports)

Varma, Pawan

Vectra

Vedanta Alumina

Venkatasubbaiah

Verito

Verma, Abhishek

Verma, Amar Nath

Verma, Justice J.S.

Vietnam

Virmani, Arvind

Vodafone

Volvo

vote-bank politics

V-Waves

Vysya Bank

Waheed, Mohammed

Walchand

Wangchuck, Jigme Singye King of Bhutan

Wangchuk, Jigme Khesar Namgeyal

Washington, George

water supply

wealth: equals success illicit accumulation, a permissive religion

Wen Jiabao

WestElm

WikiLeaks

wildlife, trafficking

Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI)

Wildlife Society of Orissa

Wipro

World Bank

World Economic Forum

World Trade Organisation (WTO)

Wright, Belinda

Xerox

Xi Jinping

Yadav, Akhilesh

Yadav, Bhupendra

Yadav, Lalu Prasad

Yadav, Yogendra

Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority

Yenigalla, Prasad

YSR Congress

Zardari, Asif Ali

Zardari, Bilawal Bhutto

Zhou Enlai (Chou en-Lai)