PMs Cyprus, Denmark & Britain visit from Oct 7 
New Delhi: Prime Minister AB Vajpayee is leaving on a week-long trip to Cyprus, Denmark and Britain from October 7 during which he will also attend the Indo-EU summit in Copenhagen. 
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Petrol, diesel prices up 3rd time in a month 
New Delhi: Oil refining companies have increased the retail selling price of petrol and diesel by around 25 paise a litre. The price hike will be effective from Monday midnight. 
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Centre unveils Rs 400-cr drought package 
New Delhi: After rejecting the demand for an increase in MSP last week, the Centre on Monday announced an Rs 400-crore relief package that will hike procurement prices by Rs 5-20 a quintal over and above the MSPs for kharif crops.
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Strategic N-command on anvil: IDS chief 
New Delhi: The armed forces have been asked to formulate a long-term perspective on defence acquisition. According Lieutenant General P Joshi, chief of the newly set up Integrated Defence Staff, armed forces need to decide where they want to go before they think of increasing the defence budget. 
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AEZ units get 12 years to meet export obligations 
New Delhi: The government has fixed a 12-year period for fulfilling export obligations by units in agri export zones under the export promotion capital goods scheme. 
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India & China are islands of stability and growth: FM 
New Delhi: India and China are standing out as islands of stability and growth in the current global economic slowdown, finance minister Jaswant Singh has said. 
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GDP growth at 6% in 1st quarter 
New Delhi: The Indian economy has recorded a growth of six per cent in the first quarter of 2002-03 compared to a low 3.5 per cent in the same period last year. 
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