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COVER STORY: MARKET OUTLOOK

GLOBAL MARKET OUTLOOK
Currencies: The US Dollar has generally been drifting lower against most major currencies over the past two weeks, although it has posted gains against the Japanese Yen. The Japanese Yen touched a five-month low against the Dollar on Monday. Traders sold Yen earlier this week after the Group of Seven finance ministers and central bankers, meeting in Singapore over the weekend, failed to single out the Yen as being in need of correction...

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MAGAZINE: VAAYANA

Launching of E-Magazine
The E-Magazine of Vaayana was successfully launched in Kerala. In the launching event the introduction speech was given by Ms. Madhavi Chandran, welcome speech was given by Mr. Sundar Das, and the presidential address was given by Mr. Radhakrishnan.

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NATIONAL NEWS

Pranab, PC assure US India is on track
WASHINGTON: Top Indian cabinet ministers met their U.S counterparts here on Wednesday to assure them about New Delhi's commitment to advancing bilateral relations and agreements in the first high-level interaction between the two sides in several months, amid mounting concerns that domestic political...

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Job seekers are warned over visa documents in UAE
Abu Dhabi: A 31-year-old man has urged people seeking jobs to double check their papers in case they are sent back. Mohammad Kunhi Kariyath, who came to the UAE on a visit visa, was refused entry at the Abu Dhabi airport after it was found out that he was not a businessman as was stated on his visit...

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CINEMA: IIFA AWARDS

The 7th IIFA festival
The 7th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA)festival concluded in Dubai with a dazzling, all-star awards ceremony featuring performances and appearances from some of the hottest stars in the Indian film industry at the Dubai Airport Expo. In the other major award categories, best supporting actor went...

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STATE: KERALA

Devotional Cassettes
Music to human ears is heavenly. And if it's purely devotional, it's truly divine. Such a genre of music is the Bhajan. Nothing can be more deeply rooted in the Indian tradition than bhajans. With the festive season round the corner, Super Recording has made a timely release of a set of devotional cassettes.

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STATE: KERALA

Lord Ayyappa
The Lord, who showed through unmistakable signals that he has reached the end of his tether with regard to all the affairs connected with him at Sabarimala, till Sunday, expressed his unalloyed joy and contentment on Monday evening on hearing from all concerned that they would unconditionally and verbatim implement, as early as possible, latest in a period of two years, all the remedial measures suggested by the team of astrologers.

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STATE: KERALA

Kerala Culture
Meet Mr. Madhavan, 'Orpheus' of Payyambalam graveyard. Even at the age of 74 he keeps playing soothing notes on his `veena' in the thick of the night for the great and the ordinary, sleeping at the graveyard. Squatting on the numerous sacks that serve as a bed, the septuagenarian, clad in red robes, plays wonderful ragas, which flows like heavenly music, uninterrupted by the roaring sound of the Arabian sea.

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