MARKET REPORT
Techs help Sensex to end with modest gains
The market rose on sustained buying in tech stocks following encouraging performances by Infosys and Mastek. Mixed trends in defensive sector.

TOP HEADLINES
• Electric car REVA launched in Delhi
• CalTiger to offer Net telephony in India
• LG to set up 2nd manufacturing unit in India
• CBI busts online job placement racket
• Tax mop up dips by 1.2% in FY02
• Govt may repay $1 bn foreign loans
• BJP chief says no need for Sinha to quit
• Gail mulls providing gas to 9 more cities
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CORPORATE HEADLINES
• Gail 2001-02 net rises 2.2 per cent
• P&G Q3 results on April 24, 2002
• L&T Q4 results by June 30, 2002
• HCL Tech allots shares under ESOP
• Nestle Q1 results on April 30, 2002
• LIC Housing FY-02 results by June 30
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INTERVIEW
'Indian tourism might pick up from October'
The Pacific-Asia Travel Association meet in New Delhi from April 14 will help India showcase its bounties and give a boost to the industry, feels V K Duggal, Director General of Department of Tourism.

'It's a Budget of missed opportunity'
While Sinha did pay some attention to agriculture and the reforms process, more radical measures were necessary, says Dr M S Swaminathan an eminent agriculture scientist.

DAILY TECHNICALS
Trading strategy for April 12, 2002
Sensex, Satyam, Zee, Reliance, ITC… check out what you can do on Friday.

COLUMN
Institutional loans and Naidu's gameplan
'The Andhra Pradesh chief minister planned to give a thrust to the development process in his state by leveraging his personal equation with the World Bank, but certain things did not quite work out,' says R C Murthy.

Manu Chhabria: a fierce fighter till the end
'For all the trappings of wealth - his Swiss chalet, the fleet of Mercedes cars, and the Armani suits - at the core he remained the same old street-fighter,' says Sucheta Dalal.

Infrastructure issues and the information gap
'Should we allow infrastructure projects to be scuttled due to an absence of information leading to ill-considered protests?' asks Sucheta Dalal.

STOCK TALK
'We need fresh new buyers'
'IOC and GAIL bidding for HPCL and BPCL is a dampener. IT-enabled stocks is the one exciting story,' says Ramesh Shrichand Damani.

SPECIAL
Toll-free service for IT jobs launched
TVA Infotech's toll-free number (1600-444-929) is the first of its kind service. Oracle, Microsoft, Wipro, Talisma have already signed up as its clients.

Why some Indian states have grown faster than the others?
Jeffrey D Sachs, Nirupam Bajpai and Ananthi Ramiah study why Kerala's economic performance has been mediocre, while Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh have shown relatively faster growth.

TUTORIAL
All you wanted to know about APM dismantling
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So what is the Exim Policy all about?
What role does the Exim Policy play alongside the Union Budget? How relevant is it? Read on…

THE BUDGET & GOVT POLICIES
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FEATURE
Electronic cheque transfer may soon be a reality
Cheques could now be transferred electronically, with the computer reading handwritten cheques at high speeds and accuracy.

SLIDE SHOW
Sinha's Budget 'disappoints' India Inc

2001: THE YEAR THAT WAS..
What the year 2001 was like for India Inc
Marred by the stocks scam and Sept 11 terrorist attacks, economic reforms took a backseat in 2001 making prospects of recovery more difficult...

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