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JUNE 19 , 2006
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   COVER STORY: SOCIETY
The Snort Set

India's young and affluent urbanites have chosen party highs like cocaine as their favourite drug. How widespread is the menace among the youth and are they aware of the dangers?

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Promising Star

The first Indian woman to win a Grand Prix event in badminton, Saina Nehwal is the hottest new sports rage in the country. India Today's Amarnath K. Menon reports.

 

   NATION: CPI(M)

Left Or Right

Straddling divergent views of the Politburo and state leaders, the CPI(M) struggles to come to terms with the discord within

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   BUSINESS & ECONOMY: PETROLEUM PRICES

The Oil Rig

The government raises petrol and diesel prices to keep oil companies in profits and its own revenue channels lubricated

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   AVIATION: FLIGHT PATHS

Tussle For Airspace

Commercial airlines are losing out on crores and passengers are wasting precious time due to the armed forces' sway over the skies. Now private players want them to share space.

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   NEIGHBOURS: PAKISTAN

The Medium As The Message

By allowing a TV channel to carry out a controversial campaign against a draconian religious law, the General signals that he is a liberal dictator

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   EDUCATION: BOARD RESULTS

Nervous At Ninety

The CBSE's "child-friendly" exam reforms have resulted in unprecedented scores and higher cut-off percentages. This has already begun hurting the students and the credibility of the assessment system.

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   SPORTS : WORLD CUP 2006: FOOTBALL SPECIAL

Berlin Call

Hosts and three-time champions Germany kick off the big event knowing that despite fears over their maverick national team, this could be their chance to open out to the world

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   STATES: MAHARASHTRA

Hamara Bajaj

The ncp's decision to join hands with the saffron alliance to back the industrialist reveals cracks among the coalition partners

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   BUSINESS & ECONOMY: PLANTATIONS

The Rubber Millionaires

Galloping prices both at home and abroad have brought a windfall for more than a million families in Kerala who depend on rubber cultivation

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   NEIGHBOURS: NEPAL

A Friend In Need

Even as India offers an economic package to overcome Nepal's financial mess, tackling the Maoists remains a challenge

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   INTERVIEW: SUNIL MITTAL

"Business only for profits doesn't excite us"

Sunil Mittal, chairman and group managing director of Bharti Enterprises and the poster boy of Indian telecom, spoke to Managing Editor Shankkar Aiyar and Pranjal Sharma of Headlines Today. Excerpts:

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   HEALTH: : DOCTORS

Alarming Exodus

A turf war for talent is brewing in healthcare. Doctors from public hospitals are crossing over to the private fold. What is the Government doing to stem this tide?

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   SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS

A Social Injustice

Arun Shourie's new book chronicles how caste has become the primary axis of Indian society

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