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Monday, 28 June 2004, 1700 hrs

NATION & STATES
Foreign secretaries strike a positive note, agree to strengthen embassies
Peace prospects in the subcontinent looked brighter as foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan met in Delhi and discussed a wide range of subjects, including terrorism and troop reduction....

BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Primary education: cess on central taxes likely
The Manmohan Singh government is considering a cess to fund an ambitious primary education initiative

FEATURED STORIES

The New Statesman
The philosopher as dangerous liar
Michel Foucault taught that might is right, truth is relative, and history just an interesting narrative. Why do we still lionise the French philosopher, asks Patrick West ...

Financial Express
Art: Fakes can bring market down
We have to live with the fact that art does sell in the market. ...

The Indian Express
A hotline to Burkina Faso
Those (in the Left and sections in the Congress) who accuse the NDA of being pusillanimous over the US invasion of Iraq forget Indira Gandhi’s record when we didn’t even whimper over the Soviet rape of Afghanistan...

Deccan Herald
To hang or not to hang?
That is the dilemma agitating social activists,
jurists, politicians and the intelligentsia of this
sub-continent. Justice M F Saldahna examines the pros and cons of putting convicts to death.

The New Statesman
Blow, blow thou winter wind
The planet can no longer sustain our oil addiction. Renewable energies, meanwhile, hold the key to ending poverty. Andrew Simms wonders why are we so slow on the uptake...

TOP PICKS

OPINION

A plot retold, with twists (The Hindu)
No excuse against the West (Indian Express)
India's changing Afghan policy (The Hindu)
Work together for Iraq's future (Guardian)
Why do you need nukes? (The Telegraph)

What is India ABSTRACTS

COMING SOON!

This column will feature annotated abstracts of editorials and opinions published in newspapers across India

BUSINESS HEADLINES

Andhra CM shrugs off WB diktat
RBI norms for bank chiefs
Security worry foreign investors
Industry seeks support
Relax rules to promote trade
Caution marks trading in stocks

CORPORATE HEADLINES

Norwest eyeing Indian firms
RBI governor takes a call
Budget - relief to salaried class
Forex reserves rise
Will Indian roads be powered

EXCHANGE

Dollar: Rs 45.75
Pound: Rs 83.34
Euro: Rs 55.24
Yen: 0.4198

INSCRIPTIONS

From South India
Original texts from four states, transcribed from a definitive volume published by the Archaeological Survey of India
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SOURCES

Deccan Herald
Indian Express
Hindustan Times
The Hindu
Pioneer
Economic Times
Times of India
Statesman
Tribune
Business Standard
Business Line

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