The Indian Analyst, All the news and views you need on India, Tuesday 24 Jan '04

Tuesday, 24 August 2004, 2200 hrs

NATION & STATES
Delhi irked by EU panel's
remarks on Kashmir
India may stop playing the good host to visiting European parliamentary delegations...

BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Indian steel majors cut prices
Indian steel majors-Steel Authority of India Ltd (Sail), Essar Steel, lead by Tata Steel have reduced the prices of steel products...

FEATURED STORIES

Telegraph
All this hue and cry
Government documents make for turgid reading. No one bothers to simplify the language, even when communication to the ordinary citizen is intended. BIBEK DEBROY makes out a case for plain English

Asia Times
India, Japan eye new axis
After reaching a low following India's nuclear tests in 1998, relations between Delhi and Tokyo are back on track, with both sides keen to tap areas of vast potential. Japan, though, wants to add China into the mix, which has gone down well in Beijing, if not in Delhi, says SULTAN SHAHIN

Financial Express
Flavour of the DISE and the cess
Education is a thrust area of the National Common Minimum Programme. India's education record improved in the 1990s. Why? The answer is complicated but it certainly didn’t improve only because of the District Primary Education Programme launched in 1994, or for that matter, the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan launched in 2001m writes BIBEK DEBROY

Rediff
Why the army needs special powers
'To shackle the military with laws and expecting them to fight with one hand tied behind their backs is an invitation to disaster,' feels Colonel (retd) Anil A Athale.

Express India
Muslim women’s talaq trap
Triple talaq and Halala are not prescribed in Quran. These are not Islamic practices and only continue to be propagated because of the ignorance of community leaders.

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OPINION

Tentacles of terrorism (Dawn)
A workable right to employment (Hindu)
Japan and the subcontinent (Hindu)
IT as a catalyst (Business Standard)
Dross out of gold (Deccan Herald)
Forces of insecurity(Tribune)
Uma Bhartiyata (Pioneer)

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