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 CURRENT ISSUE AUGUST 09, 2004

COVER STORY: LIFE SCIENCES

   

Biotech Bonanza

Billed as the next big thing after IT, biotechnology clocks the fastest growth in India, spawning a whole new generation of entrepreneurs who are making mega-profits and emerging as major employers. It has already propelled Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw to India's rarefied billionaire club.

 
Iraq hostage crisis - India to send mediator
Petrol and diesel prices likely to increase
BJP Chintan baithak starts in Goa today
2 killed in assassination bid on Pak PM Designate
PM raises terrorism issue at BIMSTEC summit
Government to file draft for NTPC divestment
Inflation remains static at 6.52 per cent in July
PM - Third world not getting a fair deal at WTO
Football - East Bengal players meet Tony Blair
Liverpool to get a new 60,000 seater stadium
 
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WEB ONLY FEATURES
As the Sikkim Government felicitates over 60 Indian Nepalis for their professional achievements, India Today's
Joel Rai reflects on the status of the community. Primacy in leadership, he concludes, is the need of the hour.

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 OTHER STORIES
NATION:THREAT ANALYSIS     NATION: TAINTED LAWMAKERS
VIP Insecurity     Judicial Stumping

A Home Ministry committee reviewing the security cover of VIPs puts forth some radical proposals to bring new categories under its ambit.

   

In a series of bold court orders the judiciary has begun to take up cudgels against political criminals. But all hopes will turn to despair unless criminals are debarred from contesting polls.

NATION: EDUCATION     STATES: KERALA
Historic Mess     Hard Lessons

The Human Resource Development Ministry decides to let the post-NDA textbooks co-exist with the old ones, causing havoc with schoolchildren's notion of what history is.

   

The suicide of an engineering student, which has sparked off an agitation and renewed the debate on the state's education policy, has come at a time when the chief minister is besieged with problems.

STATES: MADHYA PRADESH     EXCLUSIVE: 100 YEARS OF J.R.D. TATA
Ready To Blow It Up     JRD: Titan of the Times

With no official plans for investment or savings, victims may fritter away the Bhopal gas tragedy relief money.

   

On the birth centenary of J.R.D. Tata, one of India's pioneering industrialists, the Tata Group chairman who nurtured the empire reminisces about the colossus.

BUSINESS & ECONOMY: DIAMONDS     BUSINESS & ECONOMY: GLOBAL TRUST BANK
The Rock On A Roll     No Trust Bank

Diamonds, long considered elitist, are making a quick entry into middle-class homes, thanks to increased affordability and variety.

   

A quick intervention by RBI has saved the depositors, but till a year ago the Central bank was full of praises for GTB.

WORLD: 9/11 PANEL REPORT     ATHENS 2004: IN SIGHT OF A BREAKTHROUGH
Not Guilty As Charged     Ready, Aim, Aspire...

Although the 9/11 panel exposes Pakistan's role in global terrorism, it will not affect US policy towards Islamabad but may have unintended consequences for the Indo-Pak dynamic.

   

Only three countries have qualified in both the men's and women's archery team competitions for the Olympics. Surprise, surprise, India is one of them.

SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS     SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS
The Crescent And The Cross     The Unsung Gandhi

The patriarch of Middle Eastern studies explains why a regime change in Iraq alone won't ensure freedom.

   

Ghaffar Khan, the non-violent warrior who was unceremoniously erased from the Congress mythology, gets a second life.

SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS     SOCIETY & THE ARTS: CHAMPANER-PAVAGADH
It is Not Cricket     Rediscovering A Lost City

But Majumdar digs up old facts to show scandals were part of the game.

   

The 15th century architectural marvel was recently declared a World Heritage Site after 20 years of lobbying by a local NGO. Will the Government now wake up and take charge?

SOCIETY & THE ARTS: CINEMA     OFFTRACK: AHMEDABAD
Dreadpan     Krishna Conscious

His three films have made $600 million at the US box office alone. The Village may well ensure that spook master Manoj Night Shyamalan stays firmly ensconced in Hollywood's A-list.

   

An 80-year-old exponent of Haveli Sangeet is fighting hard to bring its fading strains back to life.

 INDIASCOPE
21 UP: RAJ CHENGAPPA Elbowroom for Congressmen
 
THE BUZZ OF THE WEEK

Despite Punjab CM Amarinder Singh's denials, Sonia Gandhi is livid at his move on the SYL canal and is showing it. Amarinder asked for an appointment the day the bill was passed. He is still waiting.

 
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