Sunday, July 12, 1998
Narayanan releases Godrej stamp
President K R Narayanan yesterday released a special postage stamp to commemorate the centenary of the Godrej industrial group during his first visit to Mumbai as President of India. The stamp, available in the denomination of Rs 3, features the group's pioneers, Ardeshir and Phirojsha Godrej, against the backdrop of graphics depicting science, technology and entrepreneurship.
India awaits Samba on Twelfth Night
When Pele came to Calcutta with New York Cosmos in 1978, to play in an exhibition match against Mohun Bagan, Victor De Almeida left Fort Kochi and boarded a train to Calcutta. "It was just to get a glimpse of him that I had gone there. Pele took a lap along the sidelines to shake hands with his countless fans. I scaled the fence to shake hands with the Brazilian," Almeida recalls.
Tackling the monster of economic sanctions
Sanction busting was the activity of the week. Indian industry, the Government and foreign lobbies worked hard to ensure that the impact of economic sanctions is mitigated to the maximum extent possible. In the end there was some respite for India, even though the more stringent sanctions remained.
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