Friday, 7 January 2005, 1400 hrs

TOP STORIES
India offers navy for Asian humanitarian relief 
External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh assured leaders of South-East Asian nations that New Delhi would be "happy to place the strengths of the Indian Navy for use in humanitarian relief in the region"


BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Overseas calls to be
cheaper from Feb 1
The stage is set for cheaper STD and ILD calls from February, with the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India slashing access deficit charges for both long-distance and international calls

 

Hindustan Times
Running India into the ground
We need to make the case that some of these subsidies are bound to cause us to leave to our children a polluted desert, says JAITHIRTH RAO


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Tribune
Media: Disturbing shifts
President Abdul Kalam said, “the urban-oriented Indian media” should become “media for one billion people” instead of concentrating on the 300 million urban people. About time, since media priorities have gone haywire, says N BHASKAR RAO

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Asia Times
Musharraf ups the ante on Kashmir
The US needs Pakistan's support in its global adventures, especially in Afghanistan, where Islamabad has the potential to dramatically stoke the resistance fires. Capitalizing on this, and to shore up failing support in the army, President General Pervez Musharraf is now putting a price on his support of the US: Kashmir. - By SYED SALEEM SHAHZAD

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The Hindu
Wave of compassion or new tide?
This wave of global solidarity must not end in a detritus of broken promises, says TIMOTHY 
GARTON ASH

 

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