Agriculture
Surplus foodgrains -- Fodder for hunger
Kharif crop estimates may be pruned further -- Water availability `critically low' in 5 States
Palm units agree to clear AP farmers' dues
Nabard asked to focus on post-harvest facilities
Airlines
IA hopeful of posting Rs 5 cr net this year
Aviation Ministry seeks Rs 221-cr budgetary support
Automobiles
HM's upper-end family car likely by 2002
Banking and Finance
Nudging interest rates down, electronically
AIBEA moves into private bank
VRS in banks
Cement
Crisil arm to suggest `normative' cement prices
Commodities
Assam keen on Net trading soon at Guhawati tea centre
Consumer Electronics
CETMA seeks tax sops to ride out slowdown
Corporate
Textool workers to go on fast from Jan 22
MBT development centre coming up in Bangalore
KEC unit gets Ohsas 18001 certificate
Sale of unit to help SPIC slash interest burden
Invensys buys Crompton stake in CG Powerware
Italy seeks duty cut on machine tools, olive oil
Karnataka clears Infy, 6 more mega projects
Herbertsons dispute -- Mallya-Kishore talks make little head way
Will Starbucks sip coffee with Tata?
IFCI told to submit firm plans on foreign partner
Investor protection fund to start functioning soon
Apollo Hospitals plans Rs-100 cr project in Mumbai
RPG Cables launches flame-retardant variety in AP
CLB orders
Economy
Call for sector-based schemes to expand intra G-15 trade
EU move to provide market access to Third World exports
Call for speedy implementation of PAC reports
Fitch sees `sub-6 pc' growth in economy
No sandbanks here
Editorial
Not by fiat alone
Engineering
At IMTEX 2001
Fast track
A vote for fundamentally strong
Financial Performance
Astra-IDL Q3 net jumps
Bharat Hotels
Bhagyanagar Metals Q3 net at Rs 4.36 cr
Cosmo Films net up 41 per cent
Godrej Soaps Q3 net up 42%
SRF net slides
Tanfac Industries net rises
Tips net down
HDFC Q3 net at Rs 109 cr
Novartis Q3 net at Rs 12.19-cr
Tata Steel set for record PBT
Surana Q3 net up at Rs 5.8 cr
Sierra Optima Q3 net up 99 pc
HCL Infosystems Q2 net up
Food & Dairy Products
Dairy setor urged to use technology to cut costs
Foreign Trade
Portal on foreign trade inaugurated
Impact
A P Paper: Weakness may continue
Ibuprofen: Some pain for producers
SPIC: Flat trends
Information Technology
Surana Tele plans facility in Goa
Krisn Infotech launches WAP product, chat site
Cognizant sets up shop in Bangalore
Suma Info plans Rs 16.5 cr for call centres
Bathina Tech sets up GIS lab
IMO Communications gets Intel funds
PGS mulls ASP route for insurance
Insurance
Sinha promises level field for pvt insurance players
LIC gets seven part-time directors
HDFC Standard Life to target low, middle income groups
Miscellaneous
Civil society
Film gangsters
Paper/Packaging
`Paper industry must match global standards'
Petrochemicals
HPL gets moratorium on loans
Petroleum
$250 m underground gas storage station planned in Cambay
Pharmaceuticals
Cadila Pharma's chemical plant gets USFDA nod
Norms for sale of morphine tablets relaxed
Plantations
Key meet on changes to Tobacco Act
Plastics
Plastic goods sector happy over response at Dubai
Politics
Bush administration: The tasks ahead
Power
Power politics -- Time to free the SEBs
Kochi LNG, Siasen Power Projects
Karnataka decides against LNG-based power projects
Shipping
New costs for Mumbai marine oil terminal okayed
Drop in draught at Maragolia lands CDS users in deep waters
States
National meet on beedi industry begins today
HIDD report on TN economy to be submitted to Planning Commission tomorrow
Centre allots foodgrains for drought-hit States
Export interactive cell for handlooms inaugurated in TN
Japanese aid for water project in AP, Rajasthan
Pagladiya dam project work to begin in Feb
Loan settlement offer to defaulting units
Steel
`National steel policy will be ready in six months'
Stocks
Nasdaq's overnight rally helps tech shares
New economy scrips shine
Sugar
New levy sugar obligation from Feb 1
Taxation
`Exclude long-term capital gains from MAT purview'
ICAI for IT slabs rationalisation
Direct tax collections up 29%
Indirect tax yield below budget target
`Contributions to rural fund exempted from tax'
Technical Analysis
Restricted movement
Telecommunications
BSNL cellular service by Oct
Textiles
`Budget must address textile tech upgradation'
Cotton waste import at zero duty sought
