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Wednesday, 27 April 2005,
1700 hrs
TOP STORIES
Japan
PM coming, sees
India as stabilizing power
Junichiro Koizumi will be
in Delhi with an express agenda: redefine his country's partnership with India to give it a "strategic orientation"
to herald a "new Asian era"
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Air
India decides to buy
50 Boeing aircraft
In the biggest deal in Indian aviation history,
Air-India has
decided to acquire 50 aircraft from Boeing for Rs 30,000 crore. The deal is
a blow to Airbus which was also in the running for the big-ticket contract
New!
TODAY'S
NEWS ANALYSIS
Finally,
it's Boeing
Recent News Analyses
More
fodder for thought
Oil worries again
The
Lalu problem
India
turns East
The Denel deal
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FEATURE PICKS |
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Pioneer
Strategic balance needed in Asia
As news broke about the forthcoming visit of Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to India commencing on April 28, international observers could not help noting how skillfully India had exploited its diplomatic options by developing new dimensions to its relations with the USA on the one hand, while mending fences and strengthening its economic ties with China on the other.
By G PARTHASARATHY
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Outlook
Habits Die Hard
Back home, Musharraf's warm gestures are seen through cold, jehadi eyes. Will the Kashmir struggle be abandoned, they ask.
By MARIANA BAABAR
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Indian
Express
The politics of dancing girls
Maharashtra’s campaign does not stand the basic test of common sense. As long as there are girls willing to dance and earn a living this way, there will be customers willing to pay and intermediaries willing to organise such shows,
KUMAR KETKAR
 Pakistan:
Watch closely now (Pioneer)
Blood:
Promote altruism, not trade (Hindu)
Tokenism
won't do (Hindu)
Kolkata's
anti-Left combine
(Pioneer)
Arms
and the ally (Pioneer)
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INSCRIPTIONS |
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ONLY ON WHAT IS
INDIA
South Indian Inscriptions
Original
texts from four states, transcribed from a definitive work
published by the Archaeological Survey of India
Volume
2New
Tamil Inscriptions
Volume
8
Chola Inscriptions
Volume
10
Telugu Inscriptions
from
Andhra Pradesh
Volume
12
Pallava
Inscriptions
Volume
14
Pandya
Inscriptions
Volume
16
Telugu Inscriptions
of the
Vijayanagara Dynasty
Volume
17
Inscriptions
Collected
During 1903-1904
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OP-ED |
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What
is India Exclusives
Cutting down a heritage
USHA
KRIS brings back hard evidence to show that fullgrown trees are being cut at the
Kanha national park while the authorities make themselves scarce
F-16
sale to Pakistan in
US national interest
The US is arming Pakistan to fight its own anti-terror battles, but it
could well ignite trouble
between India and Pakistan, writes ERIC KOO PENG KUAN
On
the tiger trail
USHA
KRIS drives deep into the Kanha forest and falls in love with royalty of the
striped variety
The
communist threat is forgotten, not gone
History
tells us that at
least
53
million people have died of communist atrocities the world over. A bloodbath is inevitable if Nepal is left to its own struggles between the
monarchists and the Maoists, warns
ERIC KOO PENG KUAN
Special for Shivaratri
Perceptions
of Shiva
in ancient India
Ancient Indian literature and
iconography
represent Shiva both as a malevolent and a benevolent god. Shiva is both giver and
destroyer, explains ROHITHA EASWER
Time to stare
USHA KRIS introduces young readers to the joys of star gazing
The
logic in having an N-missile
Pakistan has just
test-fired another nuclear missile.
An analysis by
ERIC KOO PENG KUAN
Coorg
for coffee?
USHA KRIS visits an
estate-turned-resort, and is charmed by the sights and sounds of Karnataka's
coffee district
Bihar
a major pollution zone
The
US, China and India
Why the scoffing at Hinduism?
PIL against
seer: Court's
ire
CIA task on Pak anti-terror drive
Nepal coup
shows US hypocrisy
Indian
style democracy in Iraq
Death
from stampede avoidable
Tsunami: Tad Murthy speaks
India's
Look East Policy
NRI
donates $10 m for college
Resurgent
violence in J&K
What does it mean to be a Hindu in India?
Indian
Elections: Verdict 2004
Meritocracy
in the private sector
War on the people
United
protest in New York
Middle class
devotee's appeal
Pillar of Hinduism
Nov
11 turned out like Sept 11
'Nobody
is above the law'
'SP
has no regard for law'
Temple: Perfect,
stately and tall
US
leaders oppose F-16 sale
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ACADEMIC
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What
is India Exclusives
Impact
of Karnataka government advertisements
A study spread over several districts revealed a surprising variety in media
taste and advertisement impact, says Dr
B P MAHESH CHANDRA GURU
Training
for careers
in journalism
India
needs a
national council of professionals to study the problems and
prospects of media training, say Dr
B P MAHESH CHANDRA GURU
and M S SAPNA
Media
intervention in dairy development in Karnataka
Rural broadcasting is critical for dairy development. District radio stations and low power TV centres can play a significant role in encouraging proper dairying practices, write Dr B P MAHESH CHANDRA GURU
and E NARAYANAPPA
Journalism education:
A quality perspective
India brings out 45,000 newspapers, journals and periodicals in 105 languages and dialects. Yet journalism education is
neglected, write Dr B P MAHESH CHANDRA GURU and MADHURA VEENA M L
Philosophy
of
Bhaja Govindam
Hinduism: Universal religion
Health
education in India
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Interesting
links
Southern Asia Collection
at the University of
Chicago Library
Photographs,
digital resources, exhibitions, bibliographies, links
US-India
Friendship
Online resource
for friends
of India
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