All will be well, President tells nation

TODAY'S NEWSPAPERS 

    "All will be well, President tells nation" states The Statesman. The pep talk, writes the paper, comes through the President as the government sought to assure the nation that all will be well, be it the state of its economy or security, both internal and external. The President's address to the members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have been carried by almost all the dailies.

    The Times of India under the headline. "India to spread tentacles into Center Asia via Iran" writes that a project "International North South Corridor" envisages a multi-modal transportation network that connects ports on India's west coast to Iran, the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijain and Kazahkistan. Once complete it would connect Asia and Europe and the distance will be covered in 25-30 days as against 45-60 now.

    The Prime Minister has refused to accept the resignation of India's "Water Man", Magasaysay Award-winner Rajinder Singh and has conveyed to him that he wants him to continue with his "struggle" to rejuvenate India's rivers and water bodies. The Asian Age carries this on its front page under "PM calls Ganga meet, "Water Man" to stay".

    "Sick" pilots ground 55 Kingfisher flights reports the Hindustan Times on its front page. It elaborates that the crisis in the Indian Aviation industry is deepening by the day, even as country's top full service carries - Kingfisher and Jet Airways - faced fresh problems, manly on account of unpaid dues.

    Mail Today's front page headline reads "Adarsh Heat on four Ex-Chief Ministers, CBI moves in for the final assault on the multi-crore house scam kingpins". The Paper further adds that it is time for four former Chief Minister of Maharashtra - all alleged perpetrators of the multi-crore Adarsh housing scam- to face up to some truths.

    And Finally, according to Times of India, "The older we get, the happier we are". It quotes a study conducted by University of Warwick which states that happiness levels form a U-curve, reaching their low point at around 45 but then increasing as we age.