The magazine's associate publisher Suresh Selvaraj said that the unique concept of the magazine, which is blended with features on fashion and beauty, a strong editorial bank and successful local associations are some of the key factors that have led to the success of Marie Claire as a brand internationally.

Fashion and beauty will form an intrinsic part of the magazine, besides there will be features on various issues. It has an initial print run of 60,000 copies.
Other Launches:

· IDG's PC World to debut in July
IDG (International Data Group) has announced that its flagship brand, PC World, will debut in India this July. This would be IDG's third title in India, through its subsidiary IDG India.

· Financial Express launches second edition in Gujarat
Financial Express, which is the only pink daily with a vernacular edition from Gujarat - FE Gujarati -, has launched its second edition in the state, this time in English, from Ahmedabad. This is the tenth edition from the Financial Express stable.

· Raj Express launches Indore edition
Raj Express made its debut in Indore in May. With the launch of the Indore edition, the total paid copies of Indore edition rose to 275,360, the publishers claimed.

· Mid-Day Bangalore edition to be launched within a month
Mid-day's Bangalore edition is now scheduled to be launched within a month. Mid-day enjoys market leadership, almost monopolistic, in the Mumbai's eveninger segment.

· 'Hamara Mahanagar' to launch Urdu paper
Mahanagar Media Network, which took over Hindi daily 'Hamara Mahanagar' last year, will launch an Urdu daily 'Urdu Mahanagar'.

· Marvel Designs adds 'Wellness' to their portfolio
After 'Home Review', a magazine on the interior design and home décor industry, Marvel Designs has now ventured into the health and fitness industry with its latest magazine offering, 'Wellness', which hit the stands in May.

· Source Publishers forays into the beauty sphere with 'New Age Salon'
After successful publishing specialised books and magazines on interiors, Source Publishers have now forayed into the beauty and salon industry with its new bi-monthly magazine 'New Age Salon'. The magazine focuses on hair, skin and beauty products, as well as therapy and treatments.

· Business Standard launches aviation magazine 'Open Sky'
Business Standard has launched a new monthly magazine, 'Open Sky', which focuses on the aviation sector, thus adding to its already existing two special interest publications. The magazine will be available free of cost to the daily subscribers of the newspaper.

· Mysore editions of Deccan Herald and Prajavani launched
The Printers (Mysore), publishers of English daily Deccan Herald and Kannada language daily Prajavani, have launched the Mysore editions of both the publications.

· Roznama Rashtriya Sahara' Kolkata edition launched
Roznama Rashtriya Sahara, the Urdu daily from the Sahara Group, launched its Kolkata edition in May 5. With this, Roznama Rashtriya Sahara has added the fifth edition to its stable.

· Times Food Guide 2006 launched in Kolkata
The Times Group has launched its comprehensive guide to eating out, Times Food Guide 2006, in Kolkata.

A delegation of 25 members of the Executive Committee of the Indian Newspaper Society called on Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh at his residence to air its grievances.

A major concern of the newspaper industry in India has been import duties on newsprint as well as printing machinery.

At the meeting with Dr Singh, INS president Jacob Mathew requested him to rationalize the import duties and also to exempt newsprint from the purview of recently-introduced VAT.

According to a communiqué from the INS, Dr Singh said that his government appreciated the constructive role played by newspapers in the dissemination of policies and the functioning of democracy, and assured the INS delegation of his support in resolving the major issues faced by the industry.

The Prime Minister further said that he would be happy to meet print media industry leaders once a year so that the industry would be able to share its concerns with the Government, and major policy issues could receive the desired attention.