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Presents an article on a ritual among the people of India in which they give respect to paper. Benefits from their worship of paper; Consensus on culture; Book about medicine written 2000 years ago.

The author reflects on India Prime Minister Narendra Modi's declaration of war on corruption and his decision on November 8, 2016 to remove and replace large-denomination paper money in the country.

The article reports on the boom in newspaper business in India with a boost in circulation and advertising revenue as more people from smaller cities join the middle class.

Plastic, especially in the form of nonbiodegradable bags, has become a target of the environmentally conscious. From San Francisco to South Africa, cities have outlawed, taxed or otherwise restricted plastic bags, even here in the developing world where immediate needs, like jobs, often outweigh nobler aims. Just last month New Delhi passed a preliminary ban imposing a five-year jail term or a 100,000-rupee fine, about $2,055, on anyone caught carrying or handing out plastic bags. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Presents world news briefs relating to business as of April 24, 2002. Acquisition of the Mazola cooking oil and other brands from Unilever by Associated British Foods; Earnings losses at the Finnish paper and forestry group Stora Enso; Profits for Indian private oil refiner, Reliance Petroleum; Others.

A group of men arrested in Denmark on Wednesday were about to mount a ''Mumbai style'' attack on the Danish newspaper that ignited Muslim fury around the world by publishing satirical cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in 2005, the head of the Danish Security and Intelligence Service said. Several European countries have been on high alert for months over the possibility of an attack modeled on the 2008 assault on Mumbai, India, in which 10 highly trained and heavily armed men stormed hotels, train stations, restaurants, a Jewish center and other sites, in a bloodbath that left 163 dead. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article focuses on Orange County Register Communications Inc. which will start a one-month trial with Indian company Mindworks Global Media at the end of June 2008. Mindworks Global will take over copy-editing duties for some stories published in the Orange County Register and will handle page layout for a community newspaper. Mindworks' Web site discloses that the company is based outside New Delhi and provides high quality editorial and design services to global media firms.

Looks at the stance taken by Maninderjit Singh Bitta, leader of the All India Anti-Terrorist Front on the impending war between India and Pakistan.

Announces the plan of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to bring in electronic system in the Indian stock market for stock trading purpose. Opinion of SEBI on the plan; Related views of brokers.

Reports that on January 27, 1997, confidential banking documents were handed over by the Swiss government to Indian authorities, which could shed light on the Bofors scandal. Description of the scandal; Sonia Gandhi's involvement in the scandal; Public's view of the scandal; Swiss authorities' findings in the scandal.

Focuses on the electronic shares trading in India, while relating to the growth of the Indian stock exchange. Information on foreign investment in India; Changes made at the Indian Securities and Exchange Board; Advantages of the changes.

The article discusses a paper by the American Council on Education entitled "Venturing Abroad: Delivering U.S. Degrees Through Overseas Branch Campuses and Programs." The paper offers guidance for colleges setting up programs overseas. It focuses on global hotspots like China, Singapore, and India, and discusses the things that colleges should consider before making a move abroad, such as accreditation and the environment in the host country. It can be purchased on the council's Web site and includes a list of institutions with programs abroad.

Reports that India's upper house of Parliament has approved a bill to modernize the country's paper-based share-trading system with the formation of share depositories. Disadvantages of the paper-based system; Outlook for foreign investment in India.

CHICKPEAS are often cooked with spinach, from India to the New World. But in southern Spain, they are mostly made with chorizo. Combine these ideas, and you have a rich, deep, full-flavored stew perfect for a fast dinner on a cold night. The texture of the dish is heightened by drying the cooked chickpeas between paper towels, then shallow-frying them in olive oil. Instead of being mealy, they become crunchy-mealy -- a change most people, I think, will like. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports on the arrest of David Headley, the suspect for the terror attacks in Mumbai, India in November 2008, in August 2009 by U.S. officials after giving deceptive answers about his travels aboard to an airport official. During the questioning, officials found no papers or documents relating to the business First World Immigration Service, which Headley claimed the company that he works for. Federal charges allege that Headley traveled to India and Pakistan to videotape targets.

The article reports that the central government in India will invest to bring the country up-to-date in response to public frustration about how long it takes to deliver services. Helping the government are India's technology companies. Satyam Computer Services Ltd. will develop a rail system for Hyderabad City. Tata Consultancy Services will computerize passport files and develop software for India's e-passports. HCL Technologies Ltd. will establish data digital storage centers to replace paper-based records.

The article focuses on "Musalman," a daily newspaper in India managed by Syed Arifullah. The oldest Urdu-language public press was established in 1927 by Arifullah's grandfather. The paper has approximately 23,000 subscribers and costs less than $10 annually. The Katibs or calligraphers translate the headlines and articles into Nastaliq making it the only handwritten Indian newspaper. The coverage of the publication includes international and local news, editorials and poetry.

Watercolor painting is an amateur's medium, beloved of the ''Sunday painter.'' And yet it is also among the hardest of artistic techniques to master, for unlike oil or even acrylic painting, where the paint stays where you put it, water-soluble paint is runny and difficult to control. Mistakes cannot easily be painted over, either, for the paper is absorbent and adding more paint often results in a watery mess. Painting with water-soluble paints is an ancient art, dating all the way back to the decoration of caves during Paleolithic times. It is also common to many world cultures, including China and India. But its modern Western history begins in the Renaissance, when it was used to beautify manuscripts as well as for botanical and wildlife illustration. During the 18th century, particularly in England, it was embraced by amateur artists and more established painters for wider cultural, scientific and even travel uses. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports on the dependence on paper checks to settle trades and meet margin calls in the Indian stock market. Accordingly, almost 80% of the retail stock market trade in India is established by checks. It adds that most Indians still trade through brokerage firms though online trading was launched in 1995.

The article reports on the efforts of Hewlett-Packard Co. (H-P) to find a way of marking new paper documents with a bar code that helps prevent forgeries. Information is presented on the aim of the Trusted Hardcopy project of H-P. According to company documents, the bar code is designed to act like a digital signature. Comments are made by Anjaneyulu Kuchibhotla, a department director at H-P Labs India, regarding the importance of the Asian-Pacific market to H-P.

This article reports that many university students in northern India have been angered by police reports that examinations were being graded by unqualified evaluators, some of whom were reportedly as young as 16. Police officials in the city of Agra said that officers acting on a tip had raided a house in August 2006 and found unqualified evaluators grading college exam papers. The officials said that during the raid, officers found 60,000 tests of students from Chaudhary Charan Singh University. The police said the university's registrar, B.L. Arya, had sent 80,000 tests to his son, R.P. Singh, in Agra, and told him to have them evaluated.

Focuses on two Indian software entrepreneurs that have built rival companies and have become icons for India's modern economic order. Azim Premji, chairman of Wipro Ltd., who is the richest Indian, on paper, in the world; N.R. Narayana Murthy, who founded Infosys Technologies Ltd.,; How the Information Age could help India; Percentage of software exports that the two companies account for.

Describes how many Americans experienced an attack of nuclear anxiety, which was triggered by watching footage of India's nuclear tests. How fear of nuclear war was once fundamental to the American psyche, the subject of novels, movies and even presidential-campaign advertisements; The recession of the fear with the fall of the Berlin Wall; How feeding the anxiety is a paper published in the `New England Journal of Medicine' by members of Physicians for Social Responsibility.

Comments how, in India, bundling bills is routinely done by staples, rather than rubber bands. The wear and tear on the paper; The laments by K.D. Savkur, chief of currency management at the Reserve Bank of India, over the withdrawal of damaged bills from circulation; The relief that may be forthcoming.