The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, September 13, 2003

HFL urges dumping duty on US, China items
"Although the element of anti-dumping (on Russian material) is highly inadequate, it will provide the company at least a marginal relief on the domestic front." More

ECONOMY

Industry posts 5.6 pc growth in July
INDUSTRY continues to be in a healthy revival mode, with the official Index of Industrial Production (IIP) recording a year-on-year growth of 5.6 per cent during July, over and above the 7.1 per cent level for the same month last year. While ... More

FOREIGN TRADE

Yashwant Sinha to launch Indo-Pak CEO forum
THE Minister for External Affairs, Mr Yashwant Sinha, is to launch the India-Pakistan Chief Executive Officers Business Forum here on Sunday (September 14). A 12-member Pakistan CEO delegation is visiting Delhi for the Forum, which is the joint ... More

Washington to open office in India to boost trade relations
THE country's trade relations with the American State of Washington is likely to get a fresh impetus over the next few years, with Mr Sam Reed, Secretary of State, Washington, expressing full support to the concept of creating a Washington office ... More

London Mayor seeks Indian investments
Seeking Indian investments in the UK, Mr Arthur said that London, which had been an international financial centre for the past 600 years, would provide the natural bridge into Europe as well as the route out from Europe to rest of the world. More

HEALTH

Culprit genes may hold cancer clues
WITH several human cancers still defying cures, scientists in the post-`human genome' era are trying to change track and look at genes, which they feel could hold clues to opening up simpler routes to developing effective diagnostics and ... More

Plan afoot for telemedicine network
THE Department of Information Technology has envisioned a National Telemedicine Network to bridge the gap between the haves and have-nots in health care, Dr B.S. Bedi, Senior Director (Telemedicine), Union Ministry of Communications and IT, said ... More

Ranbaxy gets FDA nod for diabetes drug
RANBAXY Laboratories Ltd has received approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration to manufacture and commercialise Metformin HCI oral solution 100 milligram per millilitre. Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc, a wholly owned ... More

PETROLEUM

No hike in LPG, kerosene prices this fiscal
THE Cabinet on September 11 decided against raising the prices of kerosene and domestic LPG during the current financial year. The losses on account of this decision will be borne by the other companies in the oil sector, according to an official ... More

TEXTILES

Hitech weaving park planned near Tiruchengodu
Tiruchengodu park would offer contiguity to some of the key yarn-dyed/value-added powerloom fabric producing centres of Vempadithalam, Idappadi, Attayampatti, bordering the Salem/Erode/Namakkal districts. More

Additional textiles quota for EU
THE Ministry of Textiles will be releasing an additional quantity of 1,000 tonnes of made-up items (falling under category no.39) for export to the European Union under the first-come-first-served (FCFS) `Ready Goods' category. The quota will be ... More

Textile debt fund welcomed

SSI

SISI training programme

RADIO/TV

Set-top boxes a security threat: Maharashtra
AFTER elections and festivals, security threat has become yet another reason for State Government's to seek postponement of the implementation of the conditional access system (CAS). The Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister, Mr Chhagan Bhujbal, ... More

Zee to launch DTH on Oct 2
THE Subhash Chandra promoted ASC Enterprises may well be the first company to commence direct-to-home (DTH) operations in India with the Government giving its final approval on Friday. The company has set October 2 as the day of launch that ... More

Distribution hitch pulls down SS Music rating
DISTRIBUTION problems have brought down the television rating points (TRPs) of Southern Spice Music, a South-based music channel in parts of Chennai and some other areas of Tamil Nadu, according to Mr Bryan Oliver Peppin, Head, Programming and ... More

MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS & HOSPITALS

Apollo named `Superbrand' in healthcare
APOLLO Hospitals, the country's largest healthcare services provider, has announced that it was recognised as a `Superbrand of India' in the healthcare sector for the year 2003. In a press release here on Friday, the hospital said its brand was ... More

DISINVESTMENT

Jessop sale: HC adjourns case till Nov 14
MR Justice Pronab Kumar Chattopadhyay on Friday adjourned the case of Titagarh Wagon Ltd, which challenged the confirmation of sale of Central Government's stake in Jessop & Co Ltd till November 14. Titagarh Wagon filed a proceeding in the High ... More

CREDIT RATING

Crisil institutes awards for municipal bodies
Rating agency, Crisil has instituted an award to recognise the work of urban local bodies in specified areas of work. "The award has been set up in order to recognise, reward and provide visibility initiatives by urban local bodies which often ... More

WTO

Farm subsidy issue threatens Cancun
THE fifth World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial meet appeared headed for a stalemate with two groups, in which India plays a prominent part, hardening their stance. While a coalition of 21 is firm on the phase-out of farm subsidies by the ... More

Schisms to the fore at WTO ministerial
AS setting the agenda for the five-day ministerial occupied much of the first day of the conference here, trade ministers of 146 countries confront the difficult choice over the next couple of days of how to address imbalances in farm trade, ... More

SOCIETY & DEVELOPMENT

A 10K initiative with a difference
THE Dean of Indian School of Business, Dr Vijay Mahajan, the Chairman of Satyam Computer Services Ltd., Mr B. Ramalinga Raju, Ms Sangeetha Reddy, Managing Director of Apollo, actor Uday Kiran and sportsperson like Pullela Gopichand, have come ... More

INCOME TAX

e-filing of returns: Will it cause more burden?
PAN (Permanent Account Number), TIN (Tax Information Network) and now ERIIN (E-return Intermediary Identification Number). The Income-Tax Department seems well on its way to fulfil the promise made to taxpayers in its Citizen's Charter some ... More

BEARINGS, CASTINGS & FORGINGS

Campaign against poor quality ball bearings on cards
THE Rs 2,300-crore domestic roller and ball bearings industry is up in arms against the usage of imported sub-standard, low-cost bearings being currently utilised by some appliances and automobile manufacturers. Keeping this in view, the Ball ... More

TOURISM

Malaysia eyes 2 lakh Indian tourist arrivals
ENCOURAGED by a healthy growth rate of 27.8 per cent in tourist arrivals from India in 2002, Malaysia is targeting to attract two lakh Indian tourists this calendar year. "We attracted 1.83 lakh tourists from India in 2002 as against 1.43 lakh ... More

`Sound pricing, global plan must for tourism'
WHAT makes Macau, a small island South of China more attractive to international tourists than India? Last year, the island had about 11.5 million foreign tourists, while India had about 2.5 million. The answer lies in its global marketing ... More

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