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From: reddym@Barra.COM (Reddy Mallidi)
Subject: Foreign Investment Doubles in India
Organization: BARRA, CA.
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 92 12:37:16 GMT


    Sources: New York Times, XINHUA 
    Dates  : Nov. 3-4, 1992 
    Country: India
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    * Tea Growers to Assemble Private Army to Fight Extortions

        Tea producers in the northeastern region of India announced plans
    to assemble an 8,000 strong private army to protect their interests
    against extortionists. The private army, to be called the Tea
    Security Force, would coordinate its work with the local police and 
    military officials, if the Assam state government grants approval for 
    its establishment. During the last few years, militant groups have 
    been kidnapping tea executives from their homes and offices in Assam
    and extorted tens of millions of dollars. (NYT Nov 4)

    * Nationwide Strike to Protest Against Price Hike 

        BJP called for a 12 hour nationwide strike to protest aginst the 
    recent hike in the prices of fertilizers and petroleum products. 
    Most of the markets and business establishments remained closed 
    in New Delhi, but the public transport system remained largely unaffected.
    Work went on in government offices and banks while government schools 
    reported thin attendance. Most of the private schools declared a 
    holiday. The strike evoked a lukewarm response in most of the states,
    though nearly all major shopping centers, private educational 
    establishments reamained closed across the nation.
       About 500 BJP activists, and several city municipal councillors,
    were taken into preventive custody in New Delhi. According to PTI,
    strike turned violent in Bihar with scores of BJP leaders receiving
    injuries in alleged police lathicharge at several places. In other parts
    of the country, the bandh was peaceful. (Xin Nov 3)

   * Foreign Investment Doubles in India

       The liberalization policy, in the areas of trade and industrial
   sector, of the Rao's government has helped in increasing the foreign
   investment in India since 1990. According to the Indian mininster of 
   state for commerce P.J.Kurien, the total number of foreign collaborations
   has doubled by now, from the previous 666 in 1990. In terms of equity
   involved, it was only $64m in 1990, while it is $1,159m upto September
   of this year. (Xin Nov 3)

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From: banarji@unixg.ubc.ca (Ajai Banarji)
Subject: Sports Roundup: India vs Zimbabwe
Organization: University of British Columbia
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 13:24:15 GMT


Cricket: India vs Zimbabwe

Source   : Times of India, October, 27, 1992
Country  : India

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India beat Presidents XI by 16 runs at Harare
Ind 203/9 in 50 (Shastri 73)
Pres XI 187/9 in 50 (Briant 51*)

Test match at Harare drawn.
Zim 456 (G. Flower 82, Houghton 121, A. Flower 59) and 146/4 dec (Pycroft 46,
Houghton 41*)
Ind 307 (Manjrekar 104, Kapil 60, Traicos 5-86)

1-day international at Harare: India won by 30 runs
Ind 239 in 49.4 (Manjrekar 70, Crocker 4-26)
Zim 209 in 49.1 (A. Flower 62, Crocker 50)

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From: banarji@unixg.ubc.ca (Ajai Banarji)
Subject: Indo-Pak Railway Gazette 
Organization: University of British Columbia
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 92 23:54:34 GMT


Source  :  Times of India, Oct 25, 1992
Country :  India and Pakistan

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Railway Gazette October, 1992 issue

New Rajdhani Express to start
  The Rajdhani Express from Delhi (Nizamuddin) to Bangalore was to start
running from November 5. It will run once a week with three classes of
air-conditioned accomodation. The stops include Bhopal, Nagpur, Secunderabad
and Dharmavaram.

Gauge conversion
  The railways have started a massive project of converting all major metre
gauge and narrow gauge lines to broad gauge. The government took this decision
as it found that the absence of broad gauge was seriously hampering industrial
development in some parts of the country.
  Some major conversions which will be converted by March 1993 include the
Delhi-Rewari section and the m.g. line which runs parallel to the b.g. line    from Lucknow to Kanpur, besides several sections around Bikaner and 
Secunderabad.

Developments in Pakistan
  Partial privatization of the Pakistan railways has started when the 
revenue collection on the Lahore-Faisalabad route was handed over to a
contractor. The contractor's staff will handle ticket sales and checking.
A number of other routes around Lahore are being "privatized" in the
same way.
  The diesel locomotive factory at Risalpur, which had been unfinished for
many years, is to turn out its first locomotive within a year.

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From: BARRRM@zis.ziff.com (Reddy Mallidi)
Subject: India Offers to Build Power Stations in Iran
Organization: BARRA, CA
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 02:29:20 GMT


Source : DPA
Date   : Nov 10, 1992
Country: India

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    * India Offers to Build Power Stations in Iran

        India offered to build a power station and assist in a railway
    electrification project in Iran in a bid to enhance and diversify
    bilateral and economic cooperation between the two countries. India
    also agreed to build a workshop for the Tehran metro and a sugar 
    complex. This was said by Indian minister of state for external affairs
    R.L. Bhatia during the sixth session of the Indo-Iran joint commission
    meeting in New Delhi on Nov 10. Iranian foreign minister, Ali Akbar
    Velayati said Teheran was keen on Indian cooperation in the construction
    of factories, large dams and universities. It would encourage "any
    investment in the industrial sector by the Indian companies" he said.
    (DPA)

    * Indian Delegation for Nuclear Talks with the U.S 
     
        An Indian delegation is leaving for Washington Wednesday for the
    second round of bilateral talks with the U.S on the non-proliferation
    treaty scheduled on Nov 12 and 13. The two sides are expected to 
    exchange views aimed at narrowing down their differences on the nuclear
    issue in the south Asia. U.S favours drafting a regional framework with
    India and Pakistan on the nuclear non-proliferation issue through a 
    summit involving the U.S, Russia, China, India and Pakistan. The 
    summit is aimed at declaring south asia a nuclear free zone. 
        India has been for a global nuclear weapon ban. It does not want to
    sign the NPT or to attend the five-nation summit. As per the PTI report,
    the forthcoming discussions will give an opportunity to gauge any shift
    in emphasis in a new democratic administration in the U.S on the nuclear
    issue. The discussions were initiated by President Bush and Primier Rao
    at a meeting in New York last February.(DPA)

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From: BARRRM@zis.ziff.com (Reddy Mallidi)
Subject: Pakistan - Nawaz Sharif completes two years in office
Organization: BARRA, CA
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 02:26:53 GMT


Source : DPA
Country: Pakistan
Date   : Nov 6, 1992

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      * Presidential Remark Robs Pakistan Premier of Anniversary

          Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif completed two years in office on
      Nov 6, amidst an unsettling remark from the President. President
      ghulam Ishaq Khan told reporters in Lahore, "when did I say Nawaz
      Sharif is doing well? It could be your interpretation". Khan, who
      paved way for Sharif to become the premier by dismissing Banazir
      Bhutto in 1990, said it was up to the people to "call back" their
      representatives if they were not satisfied with the government.
      A member of the ruling Islamic Democratic Alliance (IDA), Chaudhry
      Wajid Ali, took the remarks to mean the president supported the 
      "Oust Nawaz Sharif" campaign launched by the opposition, led by 
      Bhutto. 
         Newspaper columnists used the anniversary to point out that the 
      "unstructured, personalised governance" of Sharif has been losing 
      the support if the establishment and military. Sharif has 
      concentrated on economic reforms, with an emphasis on privatisation
      and deregulation of the economy. But, lax management has failed to
      end double digit inflation. As a result, spiralling prices, along
      with a growing crime rate, cooperative scams and other corruption,
      have combined to cause public unrest.

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From: gnreddy@cbnewsf.att.com (G.Narotham Reddy)
Subject: Major Government Reshuffle in Nepal
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 02:14:02 GMT


Source  : The CGI
Date    : November, 8, 1992
Country : Nepal

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* Major Government Reshuffle in Nepal

Nov 8 - Kathmandu: In a major reshuffle, the Koirala government has moved 
13 secretaries and directors general and inducted new faces to revamp
the sagging administration in this country.
	Damodar Prasad Gautham, the Chief Secretary has been replaced by
Madhusudhan Prasad Gorkhali who had worked as the secretary to the Prime
Minister for nearly a decade. This is the second major reshuffle since 
Girija Prasad Koirala assumed office in May last year. The Koirala 
government also amended the civil service revealations with immediate 
effect reducing the retirement age of the civil servants to 58 years or 
completing 30 years of service as against the earlier retirement age of 
50 years. 
	Three secretaries retained their posts, though one of them has 
been shifted to a different ministry. The 13 new secretaries and the directors
general have been appointed on a contract basis.
       
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From: gnreddy@cbnewsf.att.com (G.Narotham Reddy)
Subject: Israeli Foreign Minister to visit New Delhi
Organization: AT&T
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 92 18:05:57 GMT


Source   : The CGI
Date     : November, 6, 1992
Country  : India
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Israeli Foreign Minister to visit India

New Delhi: Nov 6 - Israeli Foregin Minister Shimon Peris will visit
New Delhi next month as part of a series of bilateral exchange of
visits, the first Israeli Ambassador to India Ephiraim Dowek said on
his arrival here on Friday.
	Indian Agriculture Minister Balram Jakhar is due to visit Tel
Aviv soon. The Israeli minister for economic affairs and transport
minister will also be coming to New Delhi to strengthen bilateral
cooperation in various fields.
	Dowek said in an interview that Israel feels that defence is
one field in which the possibility of joint ventures should be
explored by the two countries without prejudice to anyone.	
	India, he felt, could benefit from the Israeli expertise in
the various hi-tech areas. Dowek also said Israel could prove to be a good
market place for Indian products as it imported goods worth 30 billions 
last year.
	India's newly appointed Ambassador to Israel Mr.P.K.Singh presented 
his credentials to Tel Aviv last week.
	The two countries had decided to establish ambassador-level
relations last January. The Israeli embassy in New Delhi is now fully
functional with the arrival of six diplomats.

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From: reddym@Barra.COM (Reddy Mallidi)
Subject: End of ethnic strife could raise annual growth rate in Sri Lanka
Organization: BARRA, CA.
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 02:00:06 GMT


    Sources: XINHUA, DPA
    Dates  : Oct 27, Nov. 6, 1992 
    Country: Sri Lanka and India

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    * Three Tamil Rebels Killed in Sri Lanka

        At least three Tamil rebels were killed this moring when government
    forces stormed and destroyed rebel bunkers at Plally, Northern Jaffna.
    The rebels of the LTTE, fighting for a seperate state of Tamil minority,
    were taken surprise and the bunkers were demolished by the government
    troops' attack, as per an official report in Colombo. The LTTE brought
    in reinforcements to halt the advance of the troops. The troops, having
    overcome rebel resistance, destroyed a fortified house used by the LTTE
    to engage security force positions. (Xin, Nov 6)
  
    * End to Ethnic War could Raise the Growth by 3%

        An end to the decade old ethnic fight in Sri Lanka would save
    $272m annually, and could help increase the annual growth by 3% 
    as per Primier and Finance Minister D.B.Wijetunga. He said the country
    could attract more foreign investment, increase emploment opportunities
    and raise growth rates from 5% to 8% if the war ended earlier. Presenting
    the annual budget estmates for 1993, he said a defence levy of 3% tax
    on all imports, manufacturing, banking, finance and insurance would 
    continue for one more year to carry on the war. Despite the incresed 
    defence spending, the government introduced a series of relief to the
    middle class and poor in the budget. (DPA, Nov 6)

    * India Donates Equipment Worth $350,000 to ANC

        As a part of of India's contribution to the Africa Fund established
    by India's late Primier Rajiv Gandhi in 1986, India today donated 
    various types of equipment, including four trucks, three buses, medicines
    and blankets, worth about $350,000 to the African National Congress.(Xin 6)

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From: DXA4@PSUVM.PSU.EDU (Dinesh Agrawal)
Subject: India - Kerala School Succumbs to Muslim Fundamentalists
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 01:31:55 GMT


From     : Dinesh Agrawal
Source   : Times of India, November 4, 1992
Country  : India

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Kerala School Succumbs to Muslim Fundamentalists

Thiruvananatpuram, Nov. 3: St. Joseph Malayalam Medium High School at
Pavaratty near Guruvayoor, will reopen on Wednesday following the management's
acceptance of the demand by a section of the students that they should be
allowed to wear caps in classes.

Though the management thinks that wearing of caps was against the uniform
code of the school, the demand by a few Muslim boys has been accepted because
it did not want the 1700 students to suffer due to the closure of the school
because of the problem.

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From: reddym@Barra.COM (Reddy Mallidi)
Subject: Indian Companies to Raise Capital from Euromarkets
Organization: BARRA, CA
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 92 13:07:00 GMT


    Sources: Financial Times, XINHUA 
    Dates  : Nov. 5, 1992 
    Country: India

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    * Indian Companies to Raise Capital from Euromarkets

        Some of the leading public and private enterprises aim to raise 
    some $1bn in new capital on the Euromarkets before the end of the year. 
    Global Depository Receipts (GDR) for Euro issues are priced taking into
    consideration share prices on the domestic exchanges during a specified
    period. The companies are - 

      * Grasim Industries, the cement, textiles and fibre manufacturer 
        which delayed a domestic offering earlier this year, will now 
        enter the Euromarkets with $100m issue through Citibank and Merril
        Lynch.
      * Hindalco, an aluminium company, will also enter in November, with
        Jardine Fleming managing a $100m issue.
      * Tata Iron and Steel will rraise $100m through Credit Suisse First
        Boston and Citibank.
      * ITC, the tobacco and hotels company, will make a $80m issue through
        Merril Lynch and Citibank.
      * Gujarat State Fertiliser Corp. plans to offer $80m through Merril
        Lynch and Citibank.
      * Essar Gujarat, the iron company, is raising $100m through Merril
        Lynch and Citibank.
      * Bombay Dyeing, the textile manufacturer, is seeking $100m through
        S G Warburg Securities and Morgan Stanley and Citibank.
      * Industrial Credit and Investment Corp. of India, a finance company,
        will make a $100m through Morgan Stanley and Citibank. 
      * Southern Petrochemicals and Industris Corp. (SPIC), the fertiliser
        manufacturer, will raise $100m through Solomon Brothers and Citibank.
      * Gujarat Ambuja Cements, the cement company, will issue $100m via
        Solomon Brothers and Citibank. (FT)

   * 9 Killed in a Road Accident in Orissa

       Nine passengers were killed and 25 others injured when a bus carrying
   them dashed against a tree near Balasore, Orissa today. Police sources 
   said that the driver of the vehicle lost control leading to the accident.
   (Xin)

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From: gnreddy@cbnewsf.att.com (G.Narotham Reddy)
Subject: Maldives: Gayoom completes 14 years in office
Organization: AT&T
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 92 00:28:23 GMT


Source  : The CGI
Date    : Nov 13, 1992
Country : Maldives  

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Colombo, November 13 - President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom of the Maldives has 
said God willing he would remain to serve his people as President if that 
were the wish of the people and if he received the confidence of the Majlis 
(Parliament).
	The 54 year old President has completed 14 years in office, his
third term as President of Maldives. The President's remarks came in his 
address to the nation at a special meeting to mark the country's 25th 
republic day earlier this week.
	Presidential elections in Maldives are due in June '93. 
Majlis through a secret ballot nominate a candidate for Presidency. 
A referendum is subsequently held to get endorsement by the people.
	In the last referendum in 1988, Gayoom had received support
of 96.37 per cent of voters.
 
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From: gnreddy@cbnewsf.att.com (G.Narotham Reddy)
Subject: U.N Official apologises for publishing incorrect map of India
Organization: AT&T
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 92 02:25:08 GMT


Source   : The Hindu, November 7, 1992
Country  : India

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* U.N Official apologises for publishing incorrect map of India

United Nations: Oct 26 - A United Nations official has apologised for his
department's failure to properly reproduce India's map in one of its recent
publications. The publication in question is a report titled "Integrating
Development and Population Planning in India," brought about by the
U.N Department of Economic and Social Development in New York late in
July.
	As one Indian diplomat puts it, the report incorrectly depicted India's
international boundary in the region of the state of Jammu and Kashmir
as well as in the northeast. Both on its cover and on an inside page,
the report carried an incomplete map of India leaving out part of Jammu and
Kashmir in the north east. 
	The distortion caused an uproar in the Indian Parliament. At the U.N
headquarters in New York, the Indian delegate Mr.T.P.Srinivasan took up the
matter with the Under Secretary General Mr.Ji Chaozhu, who is head of the
department which published the report. Mr.Srinivasan pointed out that
standard descriptive map, which is normally used by the U.N in its official
publication, should be the basis in any depiction of India's international
boundary in U.N. publications.
	Mr.Ji wrote back apologising for this error. 
According to correspondence made available to UNI by UN officials, it said
he had taken appropriate corrective actions.

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From: naeem@occs.cs.oberlin.edu (Naeem Mohaiemen)
Subject: Burmese border guards abduct 7 Bangladeshis 
Organization: Oberlin College Computer Science
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 13:09:21 GMT


From  : Naeem Mohaiemen
Source: Xinhua
Date  : November 3, 1992

Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 06:40:35 GMT (Received)

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Nov 3
India is to send tribal chakmas back to Bangladesh from Tripura by Dec 31.
This was decided during Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's recent visit to 
New Delhi. [Xinhua]

Burmese border guards abduct 7 Bangladeshis near Rejapura camp of Bangladesh
Rifles. [Reuter]

Nov 6
Pakistan firm signed agreement to export 1 million motorized ricksaws
over next 10 years [Reuter]

Clashes between fundamentalists and opposition AL activists have injured 50
near port of Chittagong. earlier 70 had been injured in clash between AL
and BNP at Mirswari area of the port. [Reuter]

Government resumed talks with chakma rebels in hill tracts [Kyodo]

World Bank admits one third of '91 projects failed:
	
Success rate:
	Bangladesh:	66%
	Philippines:	65%
	Algeria:	58.3%
	Mexico:		56%
	Brazil:		55.9%
	Kenya:		48.2%
	Tanzania:	34.8%

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From: gnreddy@cbnewsf.att.com (G.Narotham Reddy)
Subject: India - Heavy losses, UCIL intended to shutdown Carbide Plant
Organization: AT&T
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 19:22:30 GMT


Source   : The CGI
Date     : November 12, 1992
Country  : India

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New Delhi: Nov 12: CBI, India's premier investigating agency today contended 
that Union Carbide India Ltd (UCIL) wanted to close down the methyl 
iso-cyanide (mic) plant due to heavy losses since its inception in in 
1980 and that was why it adopted a negligent attitude towards all safety 
measures and other precautions which resulted into the gas leak disaster 
on the fateful night of Dec 2, 1984 claiming thousands of lives and 
incapacitating others.
	Continuing arguments on the second day before the court of
additional sessions judge Mr.Majahat Ali Shah on framing charges against
UCIL officials who have been charged with culpabale homicide, the CBI
counsel drew the attention of the court to UCIL's documents to support
his plea that it had incurred a cumulative loss of over 15 crore
rupees in four years after the inception of its mic plant.
	He also referred to the correspondence between the Union
Carbide Eastern Hongkong and UCIL to prove that the company intended
to close down the plant due to heavy losses and shift it to Brazil in
1984.

* Tirupati Prasadam an expensive indulgence ?

Source: India Today, November 15, 1992

For a tiny tasty tidbit, it stirred quite a storm, sold by the
Tirumala Tirupati Devastanam, to devotes who flock to the Lord Balaji
temple in Tirupati, India's richest temple, 'Laddoos'(sweetmeat ?) are 
making news for qualities that are anything but sweet. The temple board's 
decision to increase the price of the sweetmeat, of one type by Re 1 and 
the more substantial type by Rs 5 to Rs 25, has found few takers. Pilgrims
to the temple had to digest a price increase in laddoo rates about three
years ago but this time round it really stuck in the gullet. The difficulty 
they had in swallowing it had a lot to do with the fact that the temple 
has an annual income of Rs 120 crore from the 30,000 pilgrims who visit it 
every day.
	The TTD justified their decision along the usual sob-story
line of the ingredients becoming much more expensive and how it needs
to stem the loss it incurs by having to subsidise the cost of laddoos
to the tune of Rs 7 crore every year.
	To this, a debate has been raging in Andhra Pradesh about the
rights and wrongs of the decision. 
	In his latest Telugu film "Enkanna Babu", the noted actor-director 
Dasari Narayana Rao demolishes the decision and portrays the all-powerful 
Lord Venkateshwara as helpless in keeping laddoo rates low.

News Talk: "Crime, violence and terrorism are rising in India. I'm not
persuaded by the idea of abolishing hanging" - Jurist Nani Palkhivala.

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