Thursday, October 15, 1998
PM in a whirl over Cabinet expansion
Cabinet expansion is proving to be tricky for Prime Minister AB Vajpayee. AIADMK chief J Jayalalitha is believed to have suggested that whenever the Cabinet is expanded it should be a full-fledged expansion rather than a partial one.
Economist Amartya Sen gets Nobel
Professor Amartya Sen has been awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics. Sen is the sixth Indian and first Indian economist to win the prize.
CBMs to top agenda of Indo-Pak dialogue
Patience, modest objectives and incremental gains are emerging as the key words in the countdown for the India-Pakistan talks, scheduled to begin in Islamabad on Friday. Peace and security, including specific confidence-building measures (CBMs), are high on the agenda in the first part of the composite dialogue process.
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