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News:
Ivory smuggling gang busted, 25 kg of tusks seized
Vajpayee's knee surgery goes well
Dara Singh continues indefinite fast
"Prince Dipendra mowed down king Birendra and other royals"
Pak Corps Commanders meet to discuss Vajpayee-Musharraf summit
157 fishermen leave Karachi port
India determined to achieve a 7 pc growth rate
Nitish cautions against hijacking of patent rights
Major initiatives on the anvil to boost Delhi Tourism
India, New Zealand to expand bilateral coop in food-processing
Sensex recovers early losses on late rally
Zimbabwe forced on defensive at 154 for eight at tea
Gopichand in quarters
Uma suggests inclusion of sports medicine in MBBS curriculum
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Sensex: 3457.24, -0.07
Market erases earlier losses, settles flat
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Ivory smuggling gang busted, 25 kg of tusks seized
Rudrapur (Uttaranchal),Thursday, June 07, 2001: Police today claimed to have busted a gang of ivory smugglers in Udhamsingh Nagar district with the arrest of eight people and recovered 25 kgs of elephant tusks worth Rs 3.5 million in the international market from them.
Acting on a tip-off, a police team led by Additional Superintendent of Police Mohan Singh Bagyal, raided the gang's hideout in Bajpur area and recovered the tusks, District police chief Ram Singh Meena told newsmen here.
One member of the gang managed to escape, he said.
During interrogation, the arrested persons said they were also involved in the recent elephant killings in the famous Jim Corbett Park, Meena said.
He said the gang members used to shoot down the elephants with the help of poisonous darts fired from a 12 bore gun.
A case had been registered and further investigation was on, he added.
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Vajpayee's knee surgery goes well
he joint replacement surgery on Prime
Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's right knee on Thursday
morning has gone off well. "He is comfortable and doing
well," his surgeon Chitranjan S Ranawat reported.
The Prime Minister is expected to remain at the Breach
Candy Hospital here for the next 10 days. Key officials
of the Prime Minister's Office are camping at the hospital,
running a make-shift office near Vajpayee's room on the
seventh floor.
President K R Naryananan sent a bouquet wishing
Vajpayee well. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
sent a message. Congress president Sonia Gandhi and
her colleagues also faxed in their good wishes.
"We will try to get him out of the bed either on Friday or
the day after," the New York-based doctor said. As
after a similar operation on his left knee eight months
back, Vajpayee will have to undergo therapy for three to
six months.
Visitors are being discouraged. "It would be a good idea
not to bother him for the next two or three days,"
Ranawat said.
Vajpayee suffered from osteoarthritis in both knees. The
cartilage cushion around the bones which make up the
knee joint wears away over the years. The bare bones
grind against each other, causing pain and making
movement difficult.
The joint replacement surgery is more like re-surfacing of
worn ends of the bones in the knee. Surgeons cut open
the tissue around the knee, pare away parts of the bones
and replace them metal and plastic components.
Chitranjan Rawat, who heads the Centre for Total Joint
Replacement at the Lennox Hill Hospital in New York,
had flown for the operation on Vajpayee's left knee as
well. Four other members of his team were in the theatre
this time.
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Dara Singh continues indefinite fast
BARIPADA: Dara Singh, the prime accused in the
gruesome killing of Australian missionary Graham Staines
and his two children, continued his indefinite fast for the
third day on Thursday at the Circle Jail here demanding a
ceiling fan in his cell, jail officials said.
The trial of the case in the district and sessions court here
was adjourned till Monday as Dara could not be brought
to the court from Central Jail.
Dara had earlier written a letter to the District Collector
demanding provision for a fan by June 4, they said.
In his letter, Dara said his mental and physical agony had
increased due to the heat wave conditions for which he
required a fan.
Officials said Dara was being administered liquid as he
refused to take any food.
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"Prince Dipendra mowed down king Birendra and other royals"
Kathmandu,Thursday, June 07, 2001: In fateful 90 seconds it was Crown Prince Dipendra who mowed down Nepal's King Birendra and eight other royal family members with automatic weapons and but for "heroic" efforts of Prince Paras, son of the new King Gyanendra, the casualties would have been still higher, claimed a survivor and member of the royal family in the first ever eyewitness account today.
Capt (Dr) Rajiv Shahi, son-in-law of King Birendra's youngest brother Dhirendra, told a crowded press conference here that an inebriated Dipendra darted in and out of the 'L' shaped dining hall causing the mayhem and fired at least thrice at his father.
Shahi said Paras played a heroic role shielding some women members of the family and pushed them under a table.
"Had it not not been for Prince Paras there would not not have been many survivors," Shahi said and declined to take questions at the military hospital.
He said he himself ducked and finally escaped out of a window.
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Pak Corps Commanders meet to discuss Vajpayee-Musharraf summit
Islamabad,Thursday, June 07, 2001: Pakistan Army's Corps commanders would meet here on Friday to discuss the forthcoming summit meeting between military ruler General Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Officials and diplomats here attach a great deal of significance to this otherwise routine meeting as it is the first to take place after India invited Musharraf to visit New Delhi for a summit meeting with Vajapyee.
To be presided over by Musharraf, the meeting is expected to discuss the reasons that prompted India to extend a sudden inviation to the Pakistan military ruler and its implications on Kashmir issue besides a broad agenda to be taken up during
the summit meeting, official sources here said.
The strong opposition by some of the Pak-based Islamic militant groups against Musharraf's visit to New Delhi is also expected to figure in the meeting, which has emerged as a priniciple policy making body of the military government after the October 1999 coup.
Officials considered the timing of the meeting ideal as the preparations for the summit meeting were yet to begin in view of Vajpayee's knee operation today.
With the dates, format and the agenda yet to be discussed and finalised between both the countries, the Commanders were expected to indicate broad guidelines specially the parametres in which the Kashmir issue should be discussed.
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157 fishermen leave Karachi port
BARODA: A total of 157 fishermen, who left Karachi
port at noon on Thursday after their release from
Pakistani jails, were expected to reach Okha port of
Saurashtra in the early hours of Saturday, Gujarat
Fisheries Minister Babubhai Bokhariya said on Thursday.
He told PTI here their departure was delayed due to a
cyclonic storm in the Arabian Sea last week and by some
technical snags in the 15 Indian boats, which were to
carry them to Okha.
A nine-member delegation from Gujarat had been in
Pakistan since May two to ensure the release of 157
fishermen and 25 boats, he said.
The Pakistani marine security agency was against the
travel of Indian fishermen in the 15 damaged boats, he
said.
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India determined to achieve a 7 pc growth rate
Washington,Thursday, June 07, 2001: India is poised to achieve a growth rate of seven per cent and later raise it to eight or nine per cent, a high level business delegation currently on the visit to US today said while agreeing that this called for more reforms.
"India has indeed gone far, but much more needs to be done," the delegation comprising President of the Confederation of Indian Industry, Sanjiv Goenka, its Director Tarun Das and others said while exchanging ideas with prestigious US think tank, the Brookings institution here.
The American participants in the meeting, however, stressed the need for faster reforms.
India expert, Stephen Cohen while supporting the views of delegation that India could only go at her own pace and the pace was not bad, said "India is not a tiger but an elephant...".
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Nitish cautions against hijacking of patent rights
Shimla,Thursday, June 07, 2001: Union Minister for Agriculture Nitish Kumar today cautioned against hijacking of patent rights of Indian herbs and agricultural produce by developed countries and suggested massive investment in research and technology to enable scientists to take up documentation and patenting of the country's 'inherited intellectual property'.
Kumar, who was chief guest at the launching of 'shimla knowledge.Com', and a three-day seminar and business summit on information technology and bio-technology, said that India had already become a 'super power' in IT and there was need to pay special attention to emerging bio-technology, as India was a 'mega bio-diversity centre'.
He said there was urgent need to guard against the onslaught of developed countries which claimed patent rights even on traditional herbs like neem and turmeric and made India fight for its patent right on basmati.
The agriculture minister said that genetic engineering, genetically modified food and application of biotechnology were very beneficial for increasing productivity and producing disease-free seeds but its adoption should be need-based and not indiscriminate.
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Major initiatives on the anvil to boost Delhi Tourism
New Delhi,Thursday, June 07, 2001: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today hinted at reducing tax rates for hotels and initiating other steps to make the capital more "tourist friendly".
"The Government realises the economic and social benefits accruing out of the tourism sector and various intiatives are in the pipeline to make the capital tourist friendly" Dikshit said inaugurating a seminar on 'Tourism in Delhi: Problems and Prospects'.
Senior officials from Tourism and related sectors, during the seminar, attributed lack of awareness of Delhi's tourist potential, inadequate infrastructure as per world standards, high level of taxation on tourism industry and poor marketing abroad as the problems hindering its development as a tourist destination.
Responding to suggestions put forward by PHDCCI, which organised the seminar, including increasing the budget of tourism department from the present five percent, lowering taxation rates and improving marketing strategies, the Chief Minister said "the Government was already taking positive steps in this direction".
Expressing concern over the high level of taxation in tourism industry in the capital, President of the Chamber Sushil Ansal said "it is the highest in the country, and a deterrent to tourist inflow''.
He said luxury tax, establishment tax and other taxes add upto around 40 percentage of a bill "which needs to be urgently rationalised.
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India, New Zealand to expand bilateral coop in food-processing
New Delhi,Thursday, June 07, 2001: India and New Zealand will expand bilateral cooperation in food processing and food safety and explore opportunities for joint ventures between their agro industries.
This was decided during Minister of State for Food Processing Chaoba Singh's visit to New Zealand where he held talks with that country's Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton and other leaders.
The visit aimed at exploring opportunities for joint venture partnerships between companies of the two countries, and institution to institution linkage of research, training and technology institutions of the two countries.
Establishment of broad band partnership in various fields of critical interest to both countries like food safety, and aggregate measure of support under the WTO dispensation were also discussed during the Indian delegation's visit to New Zealand.
Agreements between industrial units of India and New Zealand were initiated and tie ups in honey and fruit juice sectors are at an advanced stage of finalisation, an official release said here today.
One New Zealand agency agreed in principle to exchange trainees and trainers in food processing and to work with Indian counterparts in the field of food safety and standards, particularly for meat and meat products, it said.
Major private sector firms are expected to take up projects in India for upgradation of infrastructural facilities in the processing sector.
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Sensex recovers early losses on late rally
Mumbai,Thursday, June 07, 2001: A late rally, prompted by sizeable purchases by Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs), led to a smart recovery in key heavyweights aiding the sensex to bounce back from its early low and close almost steady on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) today.
Even domestic mutual funds led by Unit Trust of India bought shares of old economy counters in small quantity on the back of FIIs purchases in the last half hour.
The Benchmark BSE 30-share Index opened marginally lower at 3455.86 and gradually moved downwards to the day's low of 3395.52 in lacklustre activity. However, the sensex bounced back at the fag end to close at 3457.24 as against the yesterday's close of 3457.31, a minor downside difference.
The BSE-100 Index eased fractionally by 1.32 points to 1683.88 from the previous close of 1685.20.
Retail investors and domestic operators were said to be winding up long positions in view of a ban on badla and introduction of the rolling settlement from July 2, market sources said.
FIIs, which had been net buyers to the tune of Rs 130 crore in the first two days of the current settlement, made a sudden late entry making selective purchases in Infosys Tech, Satyam Computers, Wipro and few others.
Though 145 counters in the specified group were in the negative territory, the sensex recovered its losses following smart gains by SBI, Infosys Tech and HLL which account for a major part of its weightage.
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Zimbabwe forced on defensive at 154 for eight at tea
Bulawayo (Zimbabwe),Thursday, June 07, 2001: Indians made full use of some casual batting performance by Zimbabwe and had the hosts reeling at 154 for eight at tea on the opening day of the first Test match here today.
Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak's decision of opting to bat after winning the toss went totally haywire as all the batsmen with the exception of Andy Flower failed on a relatively good batting track.
Ashish Nehra justified his selection in place of Ajit Agarkar claiming three wickets including that of Andy Flower who mistimed an on-drive to give a simple catch to Shiv Sunder Das at mid-off. Flower made 51 off just 45 balls that included seven hits to the fence.
He was the only batsman to have scored substantial runs with the rest of his teammates failing to apply themselves properly.
Zimbabwe, who were 65 for three at lunch, lost five wickets in the second session with the addition of 89 runs. In several of the cases, the batsmen themselves were guilty of a casual approach. Streak was run out while trying to steal a bye that never existed and his dismissal prompted the tea break. Brian Murphy was unbeaten on four at the break. SPORT IND LD TEA 2 LAST Andy Flower continued his honeymoon with Indian bowlers and played a very aggressive knock despite the early loss of two wickets in the second session. He went after Javagal Srinath hammering three boundaries in one over and two more in another to send the hapless bowler out of the attack midway into the session. The former Zimbabwe captain completed his eighth fifty in nine innings in just 44 balls before getting out much to the relief of the Indians. Nehra struck again by trapping Andy Blignaut, playing only his third match, leg before wicket for nought and Zimbabwe, at 138 for seven, were in dire straits. Streak and Murphy did resist the Indian bowlers for some time and it looked there would be no further damage before tea but the suicidal tendencies took over and Streak ran himself out. Alistair Campbell, the second most experienced batsmen in the hosts' line-up, had a torrid time against Harbhajan. He once tried to sweep him and the ball hit his pads to go past the slips for a single. Another such attempt resulted in a spooned catch at short square leg which was gratefully accepted by wicketkeeper Sameer Dighe. Campbell made 21 off 55 balls with three fours.
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Gopichand in quarters
Seville (Spain),Thursday, June 07, 2001: India's Pullela Gopichand entered the quarter-finals of the World Cup badminton championships with a straight games victory over Fung Permadi of Chinese Taipei here today.
The sixth-seeded All England champion won 15-10 15-13 in a third round match.
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Uma suggests inclusion of sports medicine in MBBS curriculum
New Delhi,Thursday, June 07, 2001: Identifying lack of proper medical science support to Indian sportspersons as one of the major reasons for their failure to make a mark in international events, Sports Minister Uma Bharti has suggested to the Health Minister inclusion of sports sciences in the curriculum of MBBS.
"It is felt that if sports sciences including exercise physiology, anthropometry, bio-mechanics, sports medicines, kinesiology and other disciplines relating to sports-sciences are made a part of the MBBS curriculum, it will go a long way in making available adequate sports-science backup for our elite-sportspersons," Bharti wrote to Health Minister C P Thakur recently. The lack of knowledge about sports medicines had resulted in national badminton champion Aparna Popat taking a medicine for common cold which contained prohibited substance and getting banned for three months. In her letter, Bharti said "There is a growing realisation that lack of adequate sports-science backup to Indian sports- persons has been one of the reasons for our lacklustre performance in the international sports arena." India's performance in major international sports events had been a cause of concern for successive government, she said adding "there is a short supply of doctors and trained scientific personnel in the area of sports sciences.
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Sensex: 3457.24, -0.07
The sensex closed at 3457.24, down 0.07
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Market erases earlier losses, settles flat
The market settled almost flat on Thursday as bargain hunters stepped in, lifting the market
towards the close of the session. After remaining deep in the red for the better part of the day,
the BSE 30-share Sensitive Index (Sensex) recovered later in the day to settle flat at 3,457.24,
losing 0.07 points from its previous close.
The market opened weak today after a fall in the US markets. Stocks sank deeper into the
red as selling pressure by operators as well as institutions continued. However, selective
buying interest towards the close of the session resulted in the market recovering from the
lower levels and ending almost flat.
The BSE Sensex opened in the red with a gap of 1.45 points at 3,455.86. A broad-based
selling pressure resulted in the BSE Sensex retreating below the 3,400-mark in intra-day
trades to touch a low of 3,395.52. Renewed institutional buying in select heavyweights
resulted in the Sensex erasing almost all its earlier losses to touch the day’s high of 3,459.51.
In the end, the Sensex settled at 3,457.25, losing 0.07 points from its previous close.
Pivotals opened weak, sank deep into the red during the day and recovered towards the
close of the session.
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1 U.S. $ = 46.94 INR
1 Japanese Yen = 0.39 INR
1 British Pound = 64.90 INR
1 Canadian $ = 30.84 INR
1 Singapore $ = 25.93 INR
1 UAE Dirham = 12.78 INR
1 Saudi Arabian Riyal = 12.52 INR
1 Euro = 39.81 INR
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Weather
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Temperature: 86 F / 30 C
HeatIndex: 96 F / 36 C
Humidity: 73%
Dewpoint: 77 F / 25 C
Wind
West at 3 mph / 4.8 km/h
Pressure: 29.54 in / 1001 hPa
Conditions
Haze
Visibility
1 miles / 2 kilometers
Sunrise : 05:58 AM (IST)
Sunset : 07:13 PM (IST)
Moon Rise : 08:31 PM (IST)
Moon Set : 06:54 AM (IST)
Tonight : Low: 75 F / 24 C Thunderstorm
Friday : High: 87 F / 31 C Thunderstorm
Friday Night : Low: 77 F / 25 C Rain
Saturday : High: 89 F / 32 C Thunderstorm
Saturday Night : Low: 77 F / 25 C Overcast
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