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Thursday, December 18, 2003
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY BUDGET TN foodgrains merchants seek I-T exemptions THE Tamil Nadu Foodgrains Merchants Association, in a pre-budget memorandum, submitted to the Union Finance Minister, Mr Jaswant Singh, has demanded that the income-tax exemption limit be raised from Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh and the I-T slabs ... More ECONOMY 
Apply tech power to agri, industry: KalamAPPLICATION of knowledge-based technology in agriculture and industry could make India a developed nation by 2020 and improve the plight of the 240 million people below the poverty line, according to the President, Dr A.P.J. Abdul ... More ENVIRONMENT Coke to form council on environment THE Indian Advisory Board of Coca-Cola India has decided at its first meeting here on Tuesday to form an India Environment Council. Mr Justice B.N. Kirpal, former Chief Justice of India, will lead the Council as its Chairman. The India ... More HEALTH Natco Pharma unveils two more anti-cancer drugs NATCO Pharma Ltd (NPL), a city-based pharmaceutical company, has announced the launch of two more anti-cancer drugs - Natfost (amifostine injection) and Hyurea (hydroxyurea capsules). In a release on Tuesday, NPL said that Natfost ... More
Kerala NGOs urge Govt to formulate blood policy PETROLEUM SCOPE for oil cos to bid in sell-off THE Director-General of the Standing Committee of Public Enterprises (SCOPE), Mr S.M. Dewan, has welcomed the report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals favouring public sector oil firms to bid for companies being ... More POWER Task force report on power reforms by Dec 24 THE National Task Force report on power sector reforms, for putting in place an enabling fiscal legislation for the power and energy sectors, will be submitted to the Union Finance Minister by December 24.Talking to newspersons here today on the ... More TAXATION VAT panel meet to announce fresh implementation date THE fresh date for uniform implementation of Value-Added Tax (VAT) in all the 28 States of the Union will be decided only after the crucial meeting of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers for VAT implementation in January in New ... More TEXTILES Indo-Tunisian textiles group to meet next month THE Indo-Tunisian joint expert group on textiles and apparels is to meet in mid-January to further firm up areas of joint co-operation in the field of promoting exports in the emerging world trade. The group would identify areas of strengths ... More SSI Small foundry units stir gets `big' support in Coimbatore NEARLY 400 big and medium foundry units and engineering units having captive foundries here will remain closed on December 22 to express solidarity with the striking tiny and small foundry units in the district. The strike against the abnormal ... More COAL Unrest over ban on manual workers for loading, unloading in CCL mines LAW and order problem is reported to have surfaced in certain coal mining areas of Central Coalfields Ltd (CCL) with the implementation of a ban on using manual workers for loading and unloading work. The ban was imposed by the Union Ministry ... More GEMS & JEWELLERY 
Traditional jewellers hold their own against branded playersBRANDED jewellery speaks loudly these days, and traditional jewellers are concerned their voice may get lost in its din. While they don't perceive a `threat', they are not being complacent either, and are busy modernising various elements of ... More LEATHER `Widening of excise net to hit jobs in footwear sector' A SEEMINGLY innocuous amendment in the Union Budget of 2003-04 (enlarging the scope and ambit of "manufacture" for the purpose of excise levy on goods covered under Section 4A of the Act) has now become a contentious issue for the price-sensitive ... More SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Hyderabad R&D centre to design space robot A HYDERABAD-BASED satellite technologies R&D centre is working on an innovative project that seeks to develop a space robot, which the company team expects will be able to send in as a passenger possibly on the PSLV (polar satellite launch ... More WTO India urges dropping of 3 Singapore issues from WTO agenda INDIA has suggested that further work on three Singapore issues — trade and investment; trade and competition policy and transparency in Government procurement — be dropped from the agenda of the World Trade Organisation. On trade ... More RURAL DEVELOPMENT Kerala board for entrusting rural water supply with panchayats THE Kerala State Planning Board has recommended to the State Government that rural water supply be fully entrusted with the local governments. Though the constitutional amendment to this effect was put in place in 1992, the State Government ... More
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`Attitude change must to wipe out hazardous wastes'THE little-known National Academy of Customs, Excise & Narcotics, Faridabad (NACEN), through active collaborative ventures with World Customs Organisation and Asian Development Bank, is now poised to emerge as a major customs training ... More EVENTS International house wear expo HYDERABAD: The Small Industries Service Institute (SISI), Hyderabad, has invited participation from small units manufacturing export worthy house wear products in the International Home and House Wear Show to be held at Chicago during ... More
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EXPORTS & IMPORTS Mild response to US Bio-terrorism Act STRINGENT rules to regulate food imports into the US have come into force; but the response of a large number of firms — both domestic and foreign — to register with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been lukewarm. It ... More TOURISM Get set for an Arctic experience in Dubailand A HUGE ski dome will be added to the skyline of Dubailand, Dubai's mega tourism development project. The ski dome will open to the public in 2006. It will be called Dubai Sunny Mountain Skidome. The firm 32Group has stepped forward to ... More
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