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FOREIGN TRADE


Good scope for trade with China: Experts
THERE exists good potential for increasing trade and business activities between Chinese and Indian enterprises, according to industry experts who discussed the issue during a seminar on `Doing business with China' organised by Indian Chamber of ... More

HEALTH


New guidelines on dengue control raise hopes
In Kerala, hundreds of lives were lost in the recent outbreak of the epidemic, which maintains almost cyclical frequency in its choice of the time to strike. More

INFRASTRUCTURE


AP Cabinet okays Rs 672 cr for Vizag SEZ
THE State Government has earmarked a 9,200-acre site and has agreed to fund Rs 672 crore out of the Rs 1,681 crore in efforts to expedite Phase 1 of the special economic zone (SEZ) project near Visakhapatnam. The State Cabinet also decided to ... More

PSU


Move to monitor Kerala PSU performance
THE State Government has decided to initiate new measures to streamline the working of State-owned enterprises, boards, corporations and grant-in-aid institutions. This follows the realisation that there is no effective mechanism now in place ... More

PETROLEUM


Petrol, diesel prices hiked
OIL companies have increased the prices of petrol and diesel by Rs 2.10 per litre and Rs 1.25 per litre, effective today. According a statement released by the oil PSUs, the changes take into account current international prices. The actual ... More

OIL finds US well dry; seeks Rs 39-cr write-off
OIL India Ltd's sole overseas exploration venture has come a cropper. The North Hell Hole Bayou project in Louisiana (USA), where OIL holds a 10 per cent stake through its holding company, Sakhalin India Incorporated, has turned out to be dry - ... More

  • New petrol, diesel rates in AP

    POWER


    Power Corp to lay underground cables in Hyderabad
    THE Central Power Distribution Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Ltd (APCPDCL) has embarked on a Rs 1,000-crore project to replace all overhead 11 KV and LT network in areas under the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad (MCH) with underground ... More

    TAXATION


    Tax collection at source on liquor put off
    THE Government has postponed indefinitely the date of implementation of amendments made in the Finance Act, 2003 on tax collection at source by sellers of country liquor, scrap, India Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) and timber. An official release ... More

    WATER


    River link projects to `green' drought-hit areas
    THE proposed interlinking of the Ken with the Betwa involving Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh as also the Parbati and the Kalisindh with the Chambal to benefit Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan are a minor portion of the ambitious `Inter basin water ... More

    RADIO/TV


    Chennai alone toes CAS line — Mumbai, Kolkata miss deadline
    LIVING in Mumbai, Kolkata or Chennai and expecting your favourite pay channels to be yanked off because you did not possess a set-top box (STB)? Well, not really. The Government's ambitious plans of regulating the rather chaotic cable industry ... More

    No CAS rollout in Mumbai yet
    THE rollout of the conditional access system (CAS) in zone 1 of Mumbai — scheduled to take place on Monday — seems to exist only in paper now. While broadcasters and multi-system operators (MSOs) claim they are ready to roll, local ... More

    MSOs hopeful of CAS in Kolkata soon
    EVEN as the implementation of the Conditional Access System (CAS) in Kolkata has been put on hold, Multi Systems Operators (MSOs) and cable operators are hopeful that the CAS regime would soon be implemented here following the receipt of ... More

    CAS launched in Chennai; gets `lukewarm' response
    AT the end of the first day of the Conditional Access System (CAS) regime in Chennai, a little over 1,600 cable & satellite (C&S) families had set-top boxes installed in their homes. A response that is "lukewarm", as Mr Dayanidhi Maran, CEO of ... More

    REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION


  • Rs 400 cr housing projects for Vizag

    PAPER, BOARD & NEWSPRINT


    Dumping of a different kind
    IT is garbage that has arrived under the garb of used paper. At the receiving end is the public sector Hindustan Newsprint Ltd (HNL) in Kottayam district of Kerala. A portion of an import consignment reportedly shipped from New York to the ... More

    INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS


    Govt should select right energy mix: CII
    THE Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has urged the Government to carefully select the `right energy mix', relying on a well-diversified portfolio of domestic, imported and regionally traded sources of energy in order to minimise energy ... More

    BIO-TECH & GENETICS


    Experts highlight Kerala's potential in biotech sector
    EXPERTS at a recent seminar here on biotechnology have stressed the need for developing this sector as it could create a new model for economic development in the State. The State, with its rich biodiversity and custodianship of ayurveda, ... More

    SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY


    New ship for ocean studies planned
    THE Department of Ocean Development (DoD) has firmed up a plan to shop for a new ocean vessel that would have capabilities to undertake a range of exploratory activity at low depths in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of beyond in the Indian ... More

    WTO


    The import of the drug agreement at Geneva
    There is no doubt that the real story will surface later but, for the record, the December 16, 2002 decision was accepted by all Members, including the US, along with a statement issued by the Chairman of the WTO General Council. More

    SOCIAL WELFARE


  • Plea to tackle malnutrition

    EVENTS


  • Cost accounting seminar in Kochi
  • CII workshop on management
  • Hyderabad engagements

    EXPORTS & IMPORTS


    Exports in July rise 5.75 per cent
    THE country's exports have registered a 9.29 per cent cumulative growth in dollar terms during April-July 2003, touching $17,783.73 million, compared to $16,271.53 million in the corresponding four-month period of the previous year. However, in ... More

    TOURISM


    Multi-pronged steps to promote Kerala tourism
    THE State Government has notified the formation of working committees comprising experts for drawing up guidelines on developing the pilgrimage-health-ecotourism sector in the State. Announcing this, an official spokesman said this was being ... More
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