MARKET REPORT
Sensex crashes by 161 points as pivotals fall
The undertone remained bearish amid worries that tension in South Asia may escalate.

TOP HEADLINES
• US to lift nuclear sanctions on India, Pak
• Japan gives $40-mn aid to Pakistan
• Saudi wants oil price to be around $25: Naik
• Japan to ban transactions with Taleban a/cs
• Rupee slips to 48.03/$ amid war fears
• Global economy weakest in 20 yrs: Fitch
• War risk sends investors to S francs, bonds
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CORPORATE HEADLINES
• Tata Tea to consider merger of subsidiary
• Ranbaxy's Zanocin OD receives DCGI nod
• ITC to pick up 20.34% in ITC Bhadra
• Work at Ashok Leyland's Hosur unit stopped
• Kotak Mahindra board approves merger plan
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COLUMNS
Should the media be more restrained in its reportage?
We need more maturity in reporting, tighter editorial control and some introspection by the media,' says Sucheta Dalal.

Ten things India should do
Don't brood over how hard the economy would be hit following the US attacks, says Mahesh Nair and suggests a 10-point action plan for India.

STOCK TALK
'We have to bring the buyer back'
'This can be done by quelling fear and transaction costs. Levying a Kargil-like tax surcharge will kill the economy,' says Ramesh Shrichand Damani.

DAILY TECHNICALS
Trading strategy for September 24, 2001
Sensex, Wipro, Zee Tele, Ranbaxy, HDFC... check out what you can do on Monday.

SPECIAL REPORT
What the investor can do in this market
Analysts opine that investors must not panic. The advice from the experts is: stay invested, buy gold or bet on futures.

REPORT
Hidesign: A truly global Indian brand
Dilip Kapur's Hidesign products have a booming market the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, South Africa and many Scandinavian and Asian nations.

INTERVIEWS
'India has adopted CMM faster than any other nation'
The guru of the capability maturity model, Dr Bill Curtis, who designed People-CMM, says that companies who adopt this model are better suited to facing the economic slowdown.

'India must get the world to condemn what the US is doing with patents'
'If Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights is to be a binding treaty, then the Convention on Biological Biodiversity must be an equally binding treaty. The Americans must be forced to accept it,' says Suman Sahai, Convener, Gene Campaign.
'We have resoundingly lost the basmati case'

THE BUDGET & GOVT POLICIES
The Rediff Budget Special: Full coverage
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