The Financial Express -- Leisure

Wednesday, July 30 1997

TODAY'S CROSSWORD TODAY'S ZODIAC

Gold coins to mark 50 years of freedom

At a time when hedging against inflation via investments in gold is more of a myth, MMTC Ltd has decided to market gold medallions, with India's 50 Years of Independence as its selling point.

A foreign degree is the in-thing

The migratory season is here. Shortly, thousands of students and young professionals will be flying abroad for higher studies. The past 5-6 years have witnessed new trends in the reasons for going abroad, and in the selection of the country for study.

ISkyB at crossroads as News Corp, Centre cross swords

News Corp and the Indian government are again eyeball to eyeball. At stake is the hugely expensive ISkyB direct-to-home television project. Cases against the December-19 notification banning dishes and reception equipment and the re-emphasised ban issued by the government recently, have been filed by the ISkyb lawyers.

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