72 year old from Nepal is the world's shortest Man

Most paper this Morning have front page photographs of the Jubilant Indian Hockey team that qualified for the London Olympics after 8 years by defeating France 8-1.

72 year old from Nepal is the world's shortest Man. The Tribune, Asian Age, Hindu, Hindustan Times and Most other papers have photographs of Chandra Bahadur Dangi after he was declared the shortest living man by the Guinness Book of world record. At one foot 9.5 inches, the 72 year old Nepalese is the size of a toddler, writes the Indian Express.

Mail Today and the Tribune highlight the story about a squalid community of illegal immigrants, the homeless, the jobless and the hopeless sleep in the open under a motor way flyover in London. Called little Punjab, or the Bridge men of Heston they rely on charity goodwill and hope to survive.

Buying or selling property could become less taxing if the centre accepts the recommendations of a Parliamentary panel examining the direct taxes code bill 2010. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on finances has decided to propose that the exemption limit for wealth tax be increased to 5 crore rupees from the current 30 lakhs. The Hindustan Times and Pioneer have reported this story.

And finally, The Pioneer in a front page story declares that Christian Missions pump whopping funds to NGO's. According to the paper, a Home Ministry report showed that foreign donations worth 10,000 crore rupees had been received by NGO in 2009 - 2012. The report further feared that the NGO sector was vulnerable to the risk of money laundering and terrorist financing.