Wednesday, 2 March 2005, 1400 hrs

TOP STORIES
Goa govt dismissal: Oppn disrupts both Houses
The Opposition forced an adjournment in both Houses of Parliament over the dismissal of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Government in Goa. Meanwhile, Paswan told Sonia Gandhi he would in no circumstances agree to a pact with Lalu
 
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
IT law change on top of
Chidambaram's mind
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram is planning to rewrite the income-tax law. Also high on his agenda is an omnibus insurance law that would help the Government to raise the FDI limit in the insurance sector from 26 per cent to 49 per cent

Asia Times
Asians kick Big Tobacco in the butt
It was a formidable challenge: slow the poisoning of Asians by foreign cigarettes without poisoning multilateral trade ties. But the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control became a reality over the weekend, and it could be a landmark achievement not just for human health in Asia, but also for long-term economic well-being. By ALAN BOYD

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India Together
Media with a message 
Access to and control over media are critical for the survival and sustenance of marginalised rural communities. Yet, this is elusive because media policy-makers rarely concern themselves with this, and focus instead on private and corporate media's expectations, notes AMMU JOSEPH 


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Indian Express
UPA, come out from the cold 
Real social progress will come only when an opportunity is given to the individual to develop, provided ‘the individual’ is not a select group but comprises the whole country. The UPA government must get back to first principles if it is to be faithful to its mandate, writes KULDIP NAYYAR 


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Indian Express
Lessons from the poll verdict
The new Indian voter has rejected those political leaders and parties that refuse to practise the idiom of modern organisation and remain indifferent to the demands of good governance, writes HARISH KHARE

EDITORIAL PICKS

Budget: Cash flows (Indian Express)
Fringe damages (Indian Express)
Tightening the screws on Nepal (Hindu)
Behind the resistance to VAT (Hindu)