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What is India DAILY ROUND-UP

Monday, 02 August 2004, 1700 hrs

NATION & STATES
European Union, US agree to cut 
farm subsidies 
Developing countries, led by India and Brazil, gained a marginal victory at the WTO when the EU, the US and other developed countries agreed to slash billions of dollars in farm subsidies. A date has yet to be fixed though...

ECONOMY & BUSINESS
Taxmen target exporters
With Finance Minister P Chidambaram having raised the bar on tax collection, taxmen will now breathe down the neck of exporters... 

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Asia Times
India playing with Maoist fire
The lifting of a nine-year-old ban on Maoist rebels in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh prior to holding talks to end an insurgency that has claimed thousands of lives is, on the face of it, a step in the right direction - provided both the government and rebel sides keep to their word. By SULTAN SHAHIN 


Tribune
Cutting our noses…
The early years of Indian Independence gave us the priceless gift of federalism, without which "India" might have remained a dream. The assurance that India would be a federation of territories persuaded many to come in who might otherwise have chosen to break away, as Pakistan had already done, writes PRAN CHOPRA

Indian Express
Doc’s dilemma: breaking bad news 
It is always a matter of concern to medical professionals from the West participating in workshops associated with life threatening diseases in India to learn that a significant number of patients here are not told their diagnosis or prognosis by their doctors. 

Asia Times
Rifts open in India's 'Silicon Valley'
Exasperation with Bangalore's crumbling infrastructure and poor governance leads many top information technology firms to consider moving elsewhere. That includes software giant Wipro, warning that the city's days as an IT haven may be ending. By SUDHA RAMACHANDRAN

 TOP PICKS


OPINION
 Reservation Controversy (Hindu)
 A government settles in (Hindu)
 Kashmir- Musharraf's deadline (Hindu)
 Not an 'Arab-African' conflict (Hindu)
 Nariman’s Bill  (Tribune)
 Security hazard  (Pioneer)
 Diplomacy, stupid! (Pioneer)
 What is India ABSTRACTS
COMING SOON!

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

 BUSINESS HEADLINES
Tax jolt for exporters
Broking biz in consolidation mode
Rs 5,000 cr for Delhi airport plan
Net profit of 499 firms at 180%
India as the regional trade hub
Victory for India in trade talks
Oil firms ask govt to slash tariffs
4 metro airports to be privatised
UPA panel yet to take shape
Sensex up 7 points in early deals
Tax collection surges by 27%
Fiscal deficit up 8 per cent in Q1
 Software, ITeS exports soar
 Ad panels to use solar power

 CORPORATE HEADLINES
Hind Lever bets big on water
 Bharti, Reliance calls on minister
 Return on shareholder funds rise
 Ro-ro to become KRCL monopoly
Infosys bags Pepsi contract
 i-flex lines up expansion plan
Plan to protect interests,GTB
 Wooing with style
 ITES exports up 31% in 03-04
 Skilled manpower required in IT
 WORLD HEADLINES
Qaeda may now target NY firms
 US film starring NRI hailed
Car bombs target churches
 Indo-Pak dialogue to gather pace
 Kuwait bans Fahrenheit 9/11
PLA stages parade in Hong Kong
UK far-right party joins the race!
 Trade deal offers hope for poor
 500,000 face struggle to survive

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 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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