Tuesday, 31 August 2004, 1700 hrs

NATION & STATES
Govt looking at caste-based
quota in private sector
Government has constituted a Group of Ministers (GoM) to examine the issue of job reservations in the private sector...

BUSINESS & ECONOMY
India will be a top global
performer - RBI
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said the medium term outlook remains favourable with economy in 2004-05...

FEATURED STORIES

India Together
Twists in a tale of planning
After years of public participation, the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan reached its final stage. Participants eagerly awaited the completion of a widely applauded process. And then, things began to unravel, casting a cloud over all the good work done so far. KANCHI KOHLI reports

Deccan Chronicle
The saffron tricolour
To the BJP, communal tension and animosity are a continuation of the Hindu-Muslim battles of yore, even if these “battles,” constituting the core of the saffron philosophy, reflect a perverse interpretation of history which sees only conflicts between the two communities throughout centuries of their cohabitation, writes AMULYA GANGULY

India Together
Whose party is it anyway?
We have a curiously undemanding relationship with political parties. We never really ask, they don’t truly tell, how they structure access to power and opportunity, writes VANDITA MISHRA

Asia Times
India's medical tourism shot
Hoping to welcome a million foreign patients and US$5 billion annually, India has tossed its hat into the medical tourism ring, joining a number of Southeast Asian countries which combine low-cost medical facilities with travel packages, says RAJA M

TOP PICKS

OPINION
Inscrutable ways (Hindu)
BJP treading a dangerous ground (Tribune)
Who will stem the rot (Pioneer)
Jingoism’s casualty- Truth (Deccan Herald)
Blame the Law (Times of India)
Need for strategic restraint (Dawn)
Can Gandhi's plan work (Gulf News)

What is India Editorial

The failed Kashmir Women's Disqualification Bill
The cultures of Kashmir and the rest of India overlap significantly, and the state is better off without laws that seek to alienate and marginalise its people, says ARAVIND SITARAMAN

More edits
It is raining bad politics
The Hubli drama holds a mirror to divisive politics.

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)

ONLY ON WHAT IS INDIA

BUSINESS HEADLINES

Pass on the benefits to customers

WTO issues - views sought

RBI sees rise in interest rates

Prices may erode bottom line

Birla - 'original' will before court

New insurance law to be delayed

India to be a top global performer

Indo-Thai tariff cuts okayed

RBI bullish on economic growth

A wealth of information on Tatas

‘New policy for SSIs soon’

Sensex at a 69 point gain

CORPORATE HEADLINES

L&T plans softwarecentre in China
Medicine Shoppe to double outlets
New Fiat models on anvil
Intel to shrink chip size further
MRPL to invest Rs 1,300 cr
GM plans new look Corsa
Sterlite to get 44% stake in Balco
Blue Dart in for foreign alliance
JISL bags Coke contract

WORLD HEADLINES

Talks with Sadr stumbles
Huge anti-Bush march hits NY
Afghan blast kills 8
Terror attacks behind crashes
France unites behind law
Kremlin's man bags 74% votes
Republicans rally behind Bush
Iraq war main theme of protests
Iraqi oil exports grind to a halt
Pakistan no haven for Taliban

EXCHANGE

Dollar: 46.90

Pound: 84.00

Euro: 56.40

Yen: (100) 43.85

SOURCES

Pioneer

Tribune

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