Asian Age
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The Asian Age is an India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n daily newspaper with editions in four major cities in India and one in London. The newspaper was launched in February 1994, simultaneously in Delhi
Delhi
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, Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

 and London. At present, it has editions in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

, Bangalore
Bangalore
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 and London. The Asian Age brings out supplements and special sections on movies, etc. The newspaper is especially popular for its international coverage (far more extensive than in other Indian dailies). Previously, its weekend supplement carried articles and stories of interest from The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...

and International Herald Tribune
International Herald Tribune
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.

The combined circulation of all the editions is over 1,500,000.

See also

  • M. J. Akbar
    M. J. Akbar
    Mobashar Jawed "M.J." Akbar is a leading Indian journalist and author. He has recently taken charge as Editorial Director of India Today, India's leading weekly English news magazine published by the Living Media group...

    , the founder and erstwhile editor in chief of The Asian Age
  • Seema Mustafa
    Seema Mustafa
    Seema Mustafa is an Indian journalist. She is the former Political Editor and Delhi Bureau Chief of The Asian Age newspaper published in India. Her op-ed column appeared on Saturdays. These were syndicated to several newspapers, including The Deccan Chronicle from Bangalore, India and The Dawn...

    , erstwhile resident editor and bureau chief of The Asian Age

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