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What is India DAILY ROUND-UP

Saturday, 14  August 2004, 1700 hrs

NATION & STATES
India turns down Japan's invitation
to sign non-proliferation treaty

India rejected Japan’s renewed call to sign the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, saying it was "unfair and unacceptable" in its present form 

BUSINESS & ECONOMY
TRAI lifts freeze on cable
distribution rates 

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India lifted the bar on cable distribution rates, allowing operators to incorporate the new 10 per cent service tax into their charges
 

FEATURED STORIES


Asia Times
Silver linings in India-Pakistan ties
Confusion prevails as India and Pakistan meet for ongoing discussions on improving bilateral ties. Each side remains suspicious of the other, and very little progress has been made on key issues. There are positive signs, too, albeit small ones, says SULTAN SHAHIN

Rediff
The meaning of Freedom
'We live in a time when hope is fashionably unfashionable. It is time to find it. Because it is this quality more than any other which has scripted our few success stories,' says ANIL AMBANI, vice-chairman and managing director, Reliance Industries Limited



The Hindu
Ensuring nutrition
What we need is not merely a Second Green Revolution but a food and agricultural policy with a nutrition orientation, says C GOPALAN

 TOP PICKS

OPINION
Paddy price: Return to past practice (Hindu)
Karnataka: Time for governance (Tribune)
Pak and US: Losing the initiative (Dawn)
Thoughts for 58th I-Day (Deccan Chronicle)
Salutary safeguards (Businessline)
Sweeten the sugar policy (BL)



INSCRIPTIONS

South Indian Inscriptions 

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

Volume 10
Telugu Inscriptions
from Andhra Pradesh

Volume 3 (Part I and II)
Miscellaneous Inscriptions
in Tamil
(Will be uploaded soon)

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What is India ABSTRACTS

COMING SOON!

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

 BUSINESS HEADLINES
Equities drift down further
Buyers stay away from bourses
SEB trips on poor book-keeping
Hindustan Motors sales up 34.6 pc
Safety first in biotech policy
Big banks wary of co-op cousins
CPM to oppose oil price hike
Revenue share for radio unlikely
Sensex continues to lose
Auto sector in buoyant mood
 CORPORATE HEADLINES
Reliance slashes phone rates 
ITC Hotels merger proposal
Trading in NIIT shares soon
Birla Global Finance to raise 40cr
Indian Bank's loan festival
TCS a hit in grey market
Radico Khaitan bullish on growth
Amex, IA launch co-branded card
Shell retail outlets by year end
Birla Global Finance to raise 40cr

 WORLD HEADLINES
Chávez 'wins' Venezuela vote
US allies back truce in Iraq 
Plan to end Whitehall sleaze rule
US to cut Europe, Asia troops
Survivors bury Congolese victims
Israeli helicopters fire missiles 
China jails Net porn queen
UN condemns refugee massacre
Art for I-Day at Carnegie Mellon
 EXCHANGE
Dollar: 46.90
Pound: 85.85
Euro: 57.50
Yen: (100) 43.40

 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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