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Friday, October 17, 2003
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY CLIMATE & WEATHER Cloud seeding remains a blind shot `SEEDING' with a chemical agent may modify a cloud's development and precipitation, but scientists have not been able to confirm that these induced changes result in verifiable, repeatable changes in rainfall, hail fall, and snowfall on the ... More PENSION PLANS Govt hints at widening target base for pension scheme The Government is currently talking to multilateral agencies and other countries for assistance to set up the Central Record-keeping Agency (CRA). The CRA is expected to be hub of the entire pension sector. More ECONOMY Moody's may upgrade foreign currency debt rating INTERNATIONAL rating agency Moody's Investors Service today said it might upgrade India's foreign currency debt rating in view of the country's strong external position. However, the agency has affirmed its negative outlook on India's domestic ... More FOREIGN TRADE IRAQ DIARY Business opportunities in Iraq beckon Indians AT the moment Iraq is a rich hunting ground for business opportunities; not only of the huge variety holding the interest of global business conglomerates but also at the middle and smaller levels. That is why, on the ship, Jabal Ali 1, ... More HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE $240-m IBRD loan for Allahabad project The 84.7-km Allahabad bypass is the last remaining section of the Golden Quadrilateral. More PETROLEUM Stand-alone refineries spared from subsidy burden THE Government has decided not to burden stand-alone refinery companies with the Rs 8,000-crore subsidy bill on kerosene and LPG for the current fiscal. This is despite a recent Cabinet decision to split the subsidy burden among all the companies ... More POWER 11 State power boards cut losses up to Rs 5,000 cr POWER sector is looking up with as many as 11 State electricity boards (SEBs) having reported reduction in losses over the last two years and public-sector generation companies increasing their recoveries from SEBs, the Power Secretary, Mr R.V. ... More TAXATION RADIO/TV 
CAS rollout a `complete disaster'MR Kunal Dasgupta, CEO of Sony Entertainment Television, has become the co-chairman of the FICCI Entertainment Committee. Filmmaker Mr Yash Chopra is the Chairman of this committee. Mr Dasgupta, giving the keynote address at the FICCI ... More
Essel Group's DTH to offer 5 film channels EDUCATION Call to revamp commerce course to suit industry needs ACADEMICIANS must revamp the B.Com course to meet the needs of the industry, the Chief Executive (Finance and IT) of BASF India Ltd, Mr S. Ramanath, has said. Delivering the keynote address at a State-level conference on "Corporate challenges ... More HCV/LCV/TRACTORS `Replacements, low cost funds fuel growth in CV sales' THE growth in the sale of commercial vehicles (CVs) in the country seems to be fuelled by both replacement of older vehicles as well as expansion of the fleet strength by the transport operators who for nearly two years were complaining of fall ... More MANPOWER VRS, the cutting edge tool of India Inc NEARLY 90,000 jobs in 30 companies have been lost to technology, globalisation, disinvestment, mergers or acquisitions in the last 3-5 years, . This came to light in a Business Line study of the VRS experiment of the top 30 companies in ... More INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS RBI should allow rupee to appreciate, says Assocham THE Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Assocham) has suggested that the Reserve Bank of India should allow the rupee to appreciate further instead of intervening actively in the forex markets thereby pushing up the reserves, as the ... More
ECONOMICS Puzzling bourses? Try this THE news that two profs share this year's Nobel for Economics is already known. What may, however, not be so clear to many is why they got what they got. So, here are all those questions lay people want to send to the Royal Swedish Academy of ... More LABOUR REFORMS 
PM stresses need to amend labour lawsTHE Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, has reiterated the Government's position to amend the country's labour legislations to make them more employment-friendly and less biased towards the organised workforce. "The existing labour laws ... More TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS SC ruling on right to strike: PM favours consensus THE Prime Minister today toed a cautious line on the recent Supreme Court ruling that government employees have no fundamental right to go on strike, while favouring a `consensus' over the issue. "The apex court's judgment has not been liked by ... More SECURITY Navy to buy network capability VISAKHAPATNAM: The Indian Navy is moving in the direction of acquiring "network-enabled capability" which the US Navy has, according to the outgoing Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Naval Command (ENC), Vice-Admiral Raman ... More EVENTS US financial sector offers major break for Indian IT industry THE US financial services sector has thrown open ample opportunities for the Indian information technology services industry in the area of high-technology cooperation in the recent years, especially after the September 11 terrorist attacks and ... More
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EXPORTS & IMPORTS Govt mulls off-season apple imports from NZ THE Government will examine the possibility of importing apples from New Zealand during off-season, especially to cater to the South Indian markets, as part of trade promotion understanding with that country. India and New Zealand have also ... More TOURISM Karnataka to sell health tourism at London meet INSPIRED by the growing interest in Bangalore as a destination for Health Tourism, the State Tourism Department has decided to take its campaign to the World Tourism Market to be held in London soon. "We will present health tourism as a new ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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Top Stories In Focus Cola Controversy The Cable tangle Indo-China Relations Telecom Competition Oil PSUs: Disinvestment dilemma In Depth Swati CA In Kashmir Simple Economics Slowburn Tax Talk NRIs & Investment Avenues Corporate Governance Looking back Oct. 5-Oct. 11 Asian currencies: New global scapegoats Engg goods post 53 pc growth — Gems exports fail to shine in Apr-May `VAT is the key for economic growth' 8 pc GDP growth possible this year, says Lahiri Oilmeal exports may top 35 lakh t Project finance: Investors are still playing safe `India, Thailand need to widen trade basket' 8% growth target difficult without reforms: NCAER Protecting the migrant workers' interests Rise in global prices, demand for exports — Fall in cotton prices likely to be capped |
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