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INVESTMENTS


Gulf NRIs promise to invest $10 b in AP
Gulf NRIs are ready to invest in the proposed airport and are willing to set up an NRI township on the city outskirts. More

ENVIRONMENT


Plastic banned at Pushkaram
THE Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board, in association with voluntary organisations and green groups, has undertaken a campaign to persuade pilgrims not to pollute the Godavari with plastic waste or any other type of garbage during the ... More

PETROLEUM


Reliance plea for petro-product compensation turned down
THE Government has recently turned down a proposal from Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) for additional compensation of around Rs 250 crore towards sale of petro-products from its 27-million-tonne refinery to the public sector oil marketing ... More

PHARMACEUTICALS


NPPA increases prices of Betamethasone, Ibuprofen
AFTER conducting a cost-price study of Glaxosmithkline for Betamethasone and its derivatives and Shasun and Dr Reddy's Laboratories for Ibuprofen - the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has revised the prices of these bulk ... More

POWER


West Bengal power dues to be securitised via bonds
THE process of securitising the Rs 31,000-crore dues of the State power utilities is likely to be kicked off soon — possibly by this month-end, according to the Chairman of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), Mr A.K. ... More

Cross-subsidy must go, says NTPC chief
Despite the high level of cross-subsidy, the State electricity boards and licensees were incurring a loss of Rs 30,000 crore per annum. More

STEEL


5 pc differential in steel price for Govt projects on anvil
IN a bid to give a further boost to the domestic steel sector, the Government is planning to put in a provision of five per cent differential in the prices of domestic steel compared to imported steel for all Government-funded projects as part of ... More

Q1 steel output goes up 8 pc
THE total production of finished steel during the first quarter of the current financial year has been provisionally estimated at 84 lakh tonnes as against the production of 77.79 lakh tonnes during the same period last year, showing an increase ... More

TEXTILES


Scope bright for garment exports to Bangladesh
THE Bangladesh diplomat here feels that bilateral trade between the two countries will increase despite innumerable ground level problems faced by the exporters and importers. Md. Touhid Hossain, Deputy High Commissioner of Bangladesh in ... More

RADIO/TV


Govt yet to firm up plans to meet cable industry hike threat
WITH the cable industry threatening to increase monthly subscription rates from the existing Rs 180-200 per month to over Rs 450-500 from August, the Government is yet to firm up its plans to curb overnight hikes. Officials in the Information ... More

Bengal plans to impose tax on set-top box
AT a time when the Centre is planning to extend the reliefs it announced on set-top boxes (STBs), the West Bengal Government proposes to impose a tax on STBs, the State Finance Minister, Dr Asim Kumar Dasgupta, said on Monday in the ... More

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION


DDA to lose monopoly in house construction
THE Delhi Development Authority (DDA) is set to lose its monopoly as the sole agency for constructing housing projects in the Capital with the Urban Development Ministry planning to involve private sector companies for planned development of the ... More

IT, ITES spark boom in real estate
Mr Richard Ellis said, "Almost 30-40 per cent of the land acquirers have been IT companies. Not only are new companies looking at setting up shop, but the existing companies such as IBM and Microsoft are also expanding." More

MINERALS


Geochem mapping holds the key for hidden minerals
"We now have to look for deep-seated and hidden ore bodies, which calls the need for integrated advanced exploration tools," S.K. Agarwal said. More

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    ENTERTAINMENT & LEISURE


    Multiplex body asked to draft a model cinema regulation
    "The Minister stressed the draft model cinema regulations encompassing all the required changes in the current rules and laws besides making public opinion towards these changes,'' More

    NATURAL CALAMITIES


    Maharashtra draws up plan to tackle drought
    AN action plan has been drawn up by the Maharashtra Government to tackle the problem of drought. It has identified 73 taluks as drought areas. The Minister of State for Agri-marketing and EGS, Mr Harshvardhan Patil, told presspersons that a ... More

    PEOPLE


    Narayana Murthy, Rangarajan for ISB
    HYDERABAD: The Indian School of Business (ISB) on Monday announced that Dr C. Rangarajan, former Governor of RBI, and the Chairman of the Twelfth Finance Commission, Mr N.R. Narayana Murthy, Infosys Chairman and Chief Mentor, and Mr Rajat ... More
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