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What is India DAILY ROUND-UP

Wednesday, 30 March 2005, 1600 hrs

TOP STORIES
Makeover: Bureaucracy set
to harness youth power
Indian bureaucracy is readying for a “major makeover” that will include younger officers, a more performance-oriented regime and e-governance

BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Soft loans: Japan offers
Rs 5,600 cr for 8 projects
Japan extended Rs 5,600 crore worth of soft loans for eight projects in India. The projects include Delhi metro, Bangalore water supply, Ganga action plan in Uttar Pradesh, and a power plant in Jharkhand

FEATURE PICKS


Asia Times
China offers a bulwark to Nepal
To confirm that China is one country Nepal can count on as a reliable friend, Beijing will send Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing to Kathmandu this week. This contrasts with India's cool - and confused - response to the royal takeover in Nepal, says DHRUBA ADHIKARY


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Outlook

Flowchart For Tomorrow

The IT industry has bloomed in the last 10 years - now we must maximise its yield
, says AZIM PREMJI

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Indian Express
A bigger, bolder policy 
India’s journey must leave Pakistan behind, and the F16s don’t matter.
Foreign policy can always be run on the principle of ‘wait and see’ but that will only produce successful diplomats, not a successful foreign policy, says RAJA MENON

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Indian Express
Secrecy and governance
The practice of maintaining official secrecy in governance has provided an implicit sense of security and immunity to political establishments the world over. By MOUSHUMI BASU 

 EDITORIAL PICKS

L'affaire Modi (Hindu)
Kerala:Dissent and discipline (Hindu)
BJP backs out of VAT
(Tribune)
Water for life
(Financial Express)
Spirited move (Financial Express)



OP-ED

What is India Exclusives

On the tiger trail
USHA KRIS drives deep into the Kanha forest and falls in love with royalty of the striped variety

The communist threat is forgotten, not gone
History tells us that at least 53 million people have died of communist atrocities the world over. A bloodbath is inevitable if Nepal is left to its own struggles between the monarchists and the Maoists, warns
ERIC KOO PENG KUAN

Special for Shivaratri
Perceptions of Shiva 
in ancient India

Ancient Indian literature and iconography
represent Shiva both as a malevolent and a benevolent god. Shiva is both giver and destroyer, explains ROHITHA EASWER

Time to stare
USHA KRIS introduces young readers to the joys of star gazing

The logic in having an N-missile
Pakistan has just test-fired another nuclear missile. 
An analysis by 
ERIC KOO PENG KUAN


Coorg for coffee?
USHA KRIS visits an estate-turned-resort, and is charmed by the sights and sounds of Karnataka's coffee district 

Bihar a major pollution zone
The US, China and India

Why the scoffing at Hinduism?
PIL against seer: Court's ire
CIA task on Pak anti-terror drive 
Nepal coup shows US hypocrisy
Indian style democracy in Iraq
Death from stampede avoidable

Tsunami: Tad Murthy speaks
India's Look East Policy
NRI donates $10 m for college 
Resurgent violence in J&K
What does it mean to be a Hindu in India?
Indian Elections: Verdict 2004
Meritocracy in the private sector

War on the people
United protest in New York 
Middle class devotee's appeal
Pillar of Hinduism
Nov 11 turned out like Sept 11
'Nobody is above the law'
'SP has no regard for law'
Temple: Perfect, stately and tall
US leaders oppose F-16 sale

ACADEMIC PAPERS

What is India Exclusives

Impact of Karnataka government advertisements
A study spread over several districts revealed a surprising variety in media taste and advertisement impact, says Dr B P MAHESH CHANDRA GURU


Training for careers 
in journalism

India needs a national council of professionals to study the problems and prospects of media training, say Dr B P MAHESH CHANDRA GURU
and M S SAPNA


Media intervention in dairy development in Karnataka

Rural broadcasting is critical for dairy development. District radio stations and low power TV centres can play a significant role in encouraging proper dairying practices, write Dr B P MAHESH CHANDRA GURU 
and E NARAYANAPPA



Journalism education: 
A quality perspective

India brings out 45,000 newspapers, journals and periodicals in 105 languages and dialects. Yet journalism education is neglected, write Dr B P MAHESH CHANDRA GURU and MADHURA VEENA M L

Philosophy of 
Bhaja Govindam

 Hinduism: Universal religion
Health education in India

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South Indian Inscriptions 

Original texts from four states, transcribed from a definitive work published by the Archaeological Survey of India

Volume 8
Chola Inscriptions

Volume 10
Telugu Inscriptions
from Andhra Pradesh

Volume 12

Pallava Inscriptions

Volume 14

Pandya Inscriptions

Volume 16
Telugu Inscriptions
of the Vijayanagara Dynasty

Volume 17

Inscriptions Collected
 During 1903-1904

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