With the swine flu toll rising in the country, papers highlight the government's stategy to tackle the disease. Both the Hindustan Times and the Economic Times put the rising panic in the country about swine flu in perspective. Hindustan Times says the common flu could be killing as many as 572 people a day and there is needless fear about this disease.
A mild stain of the virus H1N1 is driving India into a frenzy, cautions the Economic Times, while we risk ignoring the real threat of drought in Bharat. All papers highlight the Met department downgrading the monsoon forecast to below 90%.
The Pioneer reporting on the impact of this, which is one of the worst ever monsoons says that, the Center for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) has scaled down the GDP growth forecast to 5.8%. Leading credit rating agency CRISIL also paints a negative scenario.
Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta admitting that India's military capability is no match for China and we should cooperate and not compete with it, is a front-page story in many papers.
Many personalities make it to the front pages this morning. In a telling comment - "Delhi does not want me", Dr. Devi Shetty of Narayana Hridayalaya Bangalore - one of the least expensive heart hospitals in the world speaks to Hindustan Times about how difficult it has been for him to get a piece of land in the capital to set up a similar hospital.
Sam Pitroda who ushered in the telecom revolution in the country, will have Cabinet rank and head a National Information Highway Authority, synergizing the government's E-initiatives - says the lead in the Financial Express.
Music Maestro A.R. Rehman is all set to host an ambitious music talent-hunt show on Doordarshan - reports the Pioneer.
A mild stain of the virus H1N1 is driving India into a frenzy, cautions the Economic Times, while we risk ignoring the real threat of drought in Bharat. All papers highlight the Met department downgrading the monsoon forecast to below 90%.
The Pioneer reporting on the impact of this, which is one of the worst ever monsoons says that, the Center for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) has scaled down the GDP growth forecast to 5.8%. Leading credit rating agency CRISIL also paints a negative scenario.
Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta admitting that India's military capability is no match for China and we should cooperate and not compete with it, is a front-page story in many papers.
Many personalities make it to the front pages this morning. In a telling comment - "Delhi does not want me", Dr. Devi Shetty of Narayana Hridayalaya Bangalore - one of the least expensive heart hospitals in the world speaks to Hindustan Times about how difficult it has been for him to get a piece of land in the capital to set up a similar hospital.
Sam Pitroda who ushered in the telecom revolution in the country, will have Cabinet rank and head a National Information Highway Authority, synergizing the government's E-initiatives - says the lead in the Financial Express.
Music Maestro A.R. Rehman is all set to host an ambitious music talent-hunt show on Doordarshan - reports the Pioneer.
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