BUSINESS &
ECONOMY Tata proposes to
invest 2 billion in Bangladesh Bangladesh has agreed in principle to
guarantee gas supply for 20 years to the Tata group in what
will be the largest foreign investment in the
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The Hindu What
is not ethical consumerism Ethical consumerism
should be about using our purchasing power to make the world a
better place. Feeling pure will not help the world's poor,
says JULIAN BAGGINI
Telegraph There
are no good assassins Only the poor and the
illiterate are given capital punishment. The rich get away
with milder sentences for similar crimes, writes UTTAM
SENGUPTA
Asia
Times Pakistan
turns on itself The Pakistan government, by taking
on the Jamaat-i-Islami, the premier fundamentalist party in
the country and the real mother of international Islamic
movements, including al-Qaeda, is driving a stake into the
very heart of Pakistani society, which includes the military,
says SYED SALEEM SHAHZAD
Deccan Herald Messenger
to Mercury The mission to Mercury will enable
scientists to study not only its evolution but also the entire
solar system, says U R RAO
Tribune Gender
imbalance in West Bengal The recent West Bengal
Human Development Report 2004 focuses on two major public
initiatives that have characterised the state in the past 26
years: land reforms and decentralisation. But women still face
economic exclusion. An overview by JAYATI GHOSH
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