Pokharan may cast a long shadow over CII summit
Post-Pokhran II developments have apparently forced heads of governments to shy away from the Partnership Summit 1999 to be hosted by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) at Jaipur from Jan 7 to Jan 9, 1999.

Ministry plans financial coup; set to leverage buyback funds for greater mopup
The finance ministry seems to have become extremely ambitious about the money it can mop up through the twin instruments of buyback and warehousing of public sector undertakings' shares.

More N-power projects advocated
The country should now concentrate on setting up nuclear and hydro-electric power projects instead of the conventional thermal projects, the chairman-cum-managing director of PowerGrid Corporation of India, R K Singh, said.

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