TOP HEADLINES
• IOC-RIL reopen talks on marketing deal
• Blair announces hike in funds for programmes
• Govt accepts Mashelkar panel report
• Govt studying UTI suggestions on Malegam report
• 'Four-lane corridors, GQ to be ready before time'
• Sinha hints at 4.5-5.5% GDP growth
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CORPORATE HEADLINES
• IDBI withdraws nomination of M S Gopalan
• Castrol India fixes record date for interim dividend
•IPCL board to decide on equity in the JVC
• S Vijayaraghavan is addtnl director, BPCL
• ACC December 01 cement despatches up by 33.33%
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MARKET REPORT
Sensex gains 68 points
Old economy stocks rise. Tech stocks advance on expectations of improved Q3 results.

FEATURE
Fight pollution for just Rs 4950
After years of toil, Gopalkrishnan's electronic catalytic convertor has finally won recognition with the Asian Innovation Award.

DAILY TECHNICALS
Trading strategy for January 7, 2002
Sensex, Infosys, Wipro, Dr Reddy's, Tisco... check out what you can do on Monday.

COLUMN
Harshad Mehta: From Pied Piper of the markets to India's best know scamster
'It was a tragic end to the man who was the first broker to become a mega-star of the Indian capital markets and fire the imagination of every middle class Indian in the early 1990s,' says Sucheta Dalal.

STOCK TALK
'Santa is skipping Dalal Street'
'The market may fall further. It looks sluggish and may not end on a high note this year-end,' says Ramesh Shrichand Damani.

REPORT
How to tackle NPAs? His Holiness has the clue
His Holiness Shri Jayendra Saraswati Shankaracharya Swamigal of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam will present his solution for the problem of rising non-performing assets of banks and financial institutions in Mumbai on Dec 31.

INTERVIEW
'Bt cotton will kill farmers, literally'
'Short-sighted government policies on genetically modified crops will result in destroying the Indian cotton farmer,' says Dr Devinder Sharma.

THE BUDGET & GOVT POLICIES
The Credit Policy: Full coverage
The Rediff Budget Special: Full coverage
Rail Budget 2001-2002: Full coverage
Exim Policy 2001-2002: Full coverage
Economic Survey 2000-2001: Full coverage