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What is India DAILY ROUND-UP

Thursday, 9 December 2004, 1600 hrs

TOP STORIES
Foreign policy now process
oriented, says Natwar 

India is taking the initiative and evolving foreign policy without being reactive, Foreign Minister Natwar Singh said

ECONOMY & BUSINESS
India can face oil price
shocks: World Bank 

The Indian economy is capable of withstanding oil price shocks and can stay unaffected by the depreciation of the US dollar against the rupee, World Bank Director Uri Dadush said


FEATURE PICKS


Asia Times

Bangladesh treads fine terror line

India is taking terror threats against its cricketers in Bangladesh very seriously. Yet the Bangladeshi government is driven by short-term political gains in refusing to counter the threat posed by Islamist and anti-India extremist outfits operating from its territory, says SUDHA RAMACHANDRAN

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India Together
Vital reform agenda for education
To mark its fifth anniversary, EducationWorld asked several educationists and industry leaders with proven commitment to improving the education system to write prescriptions for a renaissance of Indian education. DILIP THAKORE threads the responses together.


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Pioneer
The fall and fall of Lalu Yadav
It is a fact that dislodging Lalu Yadav electorally remains an uphill task. It is equally a fact that under 15 years of his uninterrupted rule, the State has been reduced to a cipher. If there were ever a downside to India's otherwise vibrant democracy, it is Bihar. By CHANDAN MITRA


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Gulf News
Mission Kashmir is independence 
Yasin Malik wears his poverty like a badge of honour. It underlines that unlike other politicians, wooed by New Delhi or Islamabad, his 'Mission Kashmir' continues to be independence, writes NEENA GOPAL

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Asia Times

India's stock rises in foreign eyes
Thanks to a stunning 91% jump in the Morgan Stanley Capital International India index in three years, India is now the second-best destination for capital in Asia. Little wonder that foreign fund managers are banging on its door, says KUNAL KUMAR KUNDU

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The Hindu

Stem cells, cloning, and ethics
There is no moral justification for banning research using embryonic stem cells. It offers great hope to all those suffering from a wide variety of illnesses, writes LEWIS WOLPERT

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OPINION


Reforming the UN (Hindu)
TDP, BJP: Unhappy cohabitation (Hindu)
Naga issues: So far so good (Tribune)
 Bus and the Kashmir road block (Tribune)
Haryana in election mode (Tribune)



What is India Editorials

SEER'S CALL
“Nobody is above the law of our country. Let truth prevail,  and the guilty be punished”
The Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam has clarified the mutt's position on charges levelled against the seer, and urged devotees not to despair

SP HAS NO REGARD FOR LAW OR TRUTH: HIGH COURT
The policeman running the case against the Kanchi Shankaracharya was once denounced by the High Court as a barbarian. His track record is full of dark deeds that would put hardcore criminals to shame

United protest in New York 
Hindu groups demonstrated on a biting winter day and said the Kanchi seer's detention was part of a larger plan to destroy Hinduism. PRAKASH M SWAMY reports

Appeal from an urban
middle class devotee

Over the last several weeks black clouds have darkened the skies of our country and yet most people have gone about their daily lives without missing a beat. But there's much the middle class can do

Pillar of Hinduism

History is replete with stories of great saints and prophets being tormented and tortured. In the wake of the Shankaracharya's arrest, SUNIL FOTEDAR wonders why truth prevails only after it is crushed

What does it mean to be 
a Hindu in India?

Unease grows in the hearts of common Indians as they watch a revered saint being arrested and humiliated, writes
SOUMYA SITARAMAN

NOV 11 TURNED OUT
 LIKE SEPT 11

When they heard news of the Kanchi seer's arrest, many outraged Indians in the US frantically called home. NRIs have also been organising prayers meetings to support an acharya they hold in high esteem. A round-up by 
PRAKASH M SWAMY

War on the PEoPLE
Andhra Pradesh's talks with Naxalite groups is fraught with danger not just for the state but for all of India, writes ARAVIND SITARAMAN

No eulogy for Veerappan

No tears will be shed
 for the dead bandit, but we must address the causes that created such a monster, says
ARAVIND SITARAMAN


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South Indian Inscriptions 

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

Volume 8
Chola Inscriptions

Volume 10
Telugu Inscriptions
from Andhra Pradesh

Volume 14

Pandya Inscriptions

Volume 16
Telugu Inscriptions
of the Vijayanagara Dynasty

Volume 17

Inscriptions Collected During 1903 - 1904

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Pak favours India investments
Indo-Iran LNG deal hits hurdle 
Banks get more teeth  
EU backs Lamy for WTO post

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BBC set to slash 10% jobs 
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Indian deficit on tight leash
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