A new Tax Code released for public debate by the Finance Minister yesterday, proposing radical changes in the tax regime, is headline news in both financial and mainstream dailies. The rising swine flu toll, now at 17, is still on the front pages.The Jammu and Kashmir government handing over the Shopian rape and murder case to the CBI, an FBI expert's testimony in the 26/11 Mumbai attack case saying attackers came from Karachi and Metro Rail's bad run in Delhi continuing with a train derailing are also front page stories.
A gender revolution in the capital with female births outnumbering male last year, reported by Delhi's Planning Department is the lead story in the Pioneer. A huge fall in North India's groundwater level, due to human consumption, is reported in the Hindustan Times.
The Maldives to come under India's security grid, ISRO's new web tool Bhuvan to offer competition to Google Earth and India to sign the Free Trade Agreement with ASEAN after six years of hard talk are stories in the Indian Express.
In the backdrop of rising terror threats, a high-tech plan to help the government tap phones directly and not through individual telecom operators is reported in the Times of India.
Here's a mantra to stay happy--think of a happy moment in the past. The Asian Age reports that a British psychologist's research has revealed that thinking of one positive thing that happened that day before can effectively boost happiness by 15%!
And finally, if you've always wanted to reach out to aliens--now is the time. Starting today, an Australian website will transmit your SMS message to Gliese 581D--the nearest Earth-like planet to support life, reports the Financial Express.
A gender revolution in the capital with female births outnumbering male last year, reported by Delhi's Planning Department is the lead story in the Pioneer. A huge fall in North India's groundwater level, due to human consumption, is reported in the Hindustan Times.
The Maldives to come under India's security grid, ISRO's new web tool Bhuvan to offer competition to Google Earth and India to sign the Free Trade Agreement with ASEAN after six years of hard talk are stories in the Indian Express.
In the backdrop of rising terror threats, a high-tech plan to help the government tap phones directly and not through individual telecom operators is reported in the Times of India.
Here's a mantra to stay happy--think of a happy moment in the past. The Asian Age reports that a British psychologist's research has revealed that thinking of one positive thing that happened that day before can effectively boost happiness by 15%!
And finally, if you've always wanted to reach out to aliens--now is the time. Starting today, an Australian website will transmit your SMS message to Gliese 581D--the nearest Earth-like planet to support life, reports the Financial Express.


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