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        <title><![CDATA[Chris Kay - Former South Asia Correspondent]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Billionaire Press Barons Are Squeezing Media Freedom in India]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Tycoons close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi are taking over news outlets. Journalists say diluted coverage illustrates the taming of India’s once-riotous media.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Advait Palepu]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2024 01:00:13 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Narendra Modi at a news conference at Parliament House in New Delhi in 2023.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Starbucks to Double Stores in India as Coffee Consumption Booms]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Kay]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2024 06:40:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[India Travel Boycott of Maldives Grows Amid Modi ‘Clown’ Row]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen Leigh]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2024 02:16:36 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>TOPSHOT - This aerial picture taken on November 15, 2023, shows the recalimed Gulhi Fahlu Island in the Maldives. (Photo by Shubham KOUL / AFP) (Photo by SHUBHAM KOUL/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[India’s Flooded Farmlands Mask a Water Crisis Deep Underground]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[No other country consumes more groundwater. That’s testing India’s ability to feed itself and much of the world.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2023-feeding-india-water-crisis/</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Pratik Parija]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2023 01:00:05 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[‘Cash for Kidneys’ Allegations Hit One of India’s Top Hospital Chains]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-12-11/-cash-for-kidneys-allegations-hit-one-of-india-s-top-hospital-chains</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Kay]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2023 11:00:10 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Born with two damaged kidneys in 1950, Irene Schneider was fortunate to have loads of siblings and friends who, over the years, have provided her with three kidneys as hers slowly gave out.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hospital Chain Aster to Fuel India Expansion Through Buyouts]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-07/hospital-chain-aster-to-fuel-india-expansion-through-buyouts</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Kay]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2023 06:20:57 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cricket Star's Sickness Shows Dengue’s Rising Danger: Prognosis]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-11-20/india-cricket-star-s-sickness-shows-dengue-s-rising-danger-prognosis</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Kay]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2023 11:00:03 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A person watches the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 final match between India and Australia, on a mobile phone at a butcher&apos;s shop in Old Delhi, India, on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. India is a strong favorite among bettors to win the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, as the host country, unbeaten so far in the tournament, prepares to play Australia in the final on Sunday.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Jumps Into Port Race Pitting China Versus India]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-11-14/supply-chain-latest-us-enters-china-vs-india-port-race</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Kay]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2023 12:00:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Adani Plots Expansion of Overseas Port Empire After US Funding]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-13/adani-plots-expansion-of-overseas-port-empire-after-us-funding</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sanjai P R]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The West Container Terminal under construction in Colombo.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Invests $553 Million in Adani’s Sri Lanka Port to Curb China’s Influence]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-08/us-invests-553-million-in-adani-s-sri-lanka-port-to-curb-china-s-influence</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Iain Marlow]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2023 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cricket Stars Choke in India’s Toxic Air as Pollution Shrouds World Cup]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-07/cricket-world-cup-india-s-smog-air-pollution-suffocates-players</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Kay]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2023 12:03:31 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The Arun Jaitley Stadium shrouded in smog in New Delhi on Nov. 6. Photographer: Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Junk Food Mania Has Sparked an Obesity Crisis in India]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-11-06/junk-food-mania-has-sparked-an-obesity-crisis-in-india</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Kay]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2023 11:00:18 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Ice cream vendors hawk their wares in New Delhi, India. Junk food is having a major impact on Indians’ health. </media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Junk Food's $30 Billion Opening Is India's Next Health Crisis]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Packaged food companies, hampered in Western markets, are pushing into developing nations with weaker public health awareness.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Agnieszka de Sousa]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2023 00:00:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[India’s Glitzy Cricket Contest Is Entering the Big Leagues]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Indian Premier League is turning a once-staid sport into global ratings gold—and a magnet for controversy.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-10-18/india-s-cricket-league-is-2023-s-hottest-sports-property</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Kay]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2023 23:00:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Whisky Giant Chivas Looks to Push More Single Malts Into India]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-16/pernod-mulls-shipping-new-scotch-to-slake-india-s-whiskey-thirst</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Kay]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2023 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Jean-Etienne Gourgues, chief executive officer of Chivas Brothers. Photographer: Jon Bradley</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Generic Drugs Are Out of Reach for World’s Poorest]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Kay]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2023 10:00:03 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>An employee wearing a protective mask serves a customer at a pharmacy during a lockdown in Mumbai, India, on Thursday, Apil 22, 2021. India saw a record one-day jump with more than 300,000 new coronavirus infections, marking a grim milestone for the country as a deadlier second wave showing no signs of abating.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bengaluru Grapples With Fallout From India’s Breakneck Growth]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The city at the heart of the tech industry has gone from bucolic retirement community to overcrowded metropolis in just three decades.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-27/india-s-tech-boom-has-fueled-bangalore-s-growth</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Kay]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2023 04:01:02 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Generic Drugmaking Firms Fall Short for Poorest Patients]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Kay]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2023 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why Retiring in India No Longer Requires Living With the Kids]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[As more Indians pursue careers abroad, their parents are choosing purpose-built retirement communities.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-26/india-retirement-communities-boom-as-more-young-indians-work-overseas</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Kay]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2023 04:01:03 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Bharath Kalyanram, a 58-year-old retiree at the Virtuoso in Bengaluru.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Total to Invest $300 Million in Adani’s Green Projects]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-20/total-to-invest-300-million-in-billionaire-adani-green-s-projects</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Kay]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2023 08:30:47 GMT</pubDate>
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