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The Truth About Ourselves
The human genome sequence has been completed
and shows some surprising findings. Despite having one-third less genes
than estimated, human beings are still very complex. With access to disease
genes, medicine and diagnostics will be revolutionised. However, this
will also raise ethical questions on cloning and genetic privacy.
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STATES
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Hope
In Hell
Four weeks after the earthquake, Gujarat is still
coming to terms with the devastation. True grit is emerging from the rubble
but it will be some time before lives are rebuilt. INDIA TODAY's teams
went out across these death zones, capturing stories which record this
renewal.
Simmer
Time
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BUSINESS
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Profitable Loss
36 With over 90,000 employees opting for the
VRS scheme, PSU banks are set to get over their problem of overstaffing.
But is it going to make banks more competitive in this age of automation?
Besides, it is also going to cost more than Rs 7,500 crore and will deprive
the banks of skilled workers.
Paper Money
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NEIGHBOURS
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Spreading Terror
The attacks on Delhi's Red Fort,
the Srinagar airport and the city's police control room show the Lashkar-e-Toiba
is increasingly catching the Indian security forces unawares-and emerging
as the most daring terrorist group from Pakistan.
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NEIGHBOURS:
PAKISTAN
MILITANT
GROUPS
Others in Arms
 HIZB-UL-MUJAHIDEEN
The pro-Pakistani group, led by Syed Salahuddin in Pakistan, is the largest
militant outfit. It enjoys maximum local support and the command too continues
to be in the hands of local leaders like Majeed Dar. However, its cease-fire
initiative last July has left its cadres divided. Is dependent on the
Jamaat-e-Islami for its supply of funds and weapons.
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JASH-E-MOHAMMED
Set up in April last year by Maulana Azhar who shot into the limelight
when he was released from prison in the Kandahar hijack deal, this group
has made its mark in the urban areas. Known for his contacts, the Maulana
has established a strong local network.
HARKAT-UL-MUJAHIDEEN
The launch of the Jash-e-Mohammed has weakened the position of this group
led by Fazlur Rehman Khalil. Most of its members who have close contacts
with the Maulana have crossed over to his fold.
AL- UMAR-
MUJAHIDEEN
A small local group led by Mushtaq Zardar-who was also released along
with the Maulana in the hijack deal-it backs the Jash-e-Mohammed and LeT.
HAFIZ
MOHAMMED SAYEED
The chief of the Lashkar-e-Toiba in an interview
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"Till
Vajpayee pulls out all his troops, we will continue our jehad."
"The
Indian Army is a major source of our arms and ammunition. Army personnel
sell arms to us at very cheap prices."
"India
is willing to LeT the Hurriyat go to Pakistan for talks but wants
to choose the team. If it can't give the Hurriyat the freedom to
form its own body, how can it even think of giving freedom to Kashmir?"
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Re-emergence of rivers,
sweet water springs' there has been much geological speculation after the
earthquake in the Rann of Kutch. INDIA TODAY'S Special Correspondent
Uday Mahurkar weighs the possibilities and concludes it's early
days yet in
Despatches.
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INTERVIEWS
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"I was
very much against the idea of India," says William Dalrymple, author,
The City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi. In conversation with INDIA TODAY's
Sonia Faleiro, he talks about his old girlfriend, Delhi and his
"enormously exciting" next book, The White Moghuls in
Interviews.
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