INDUSTRY & ECONOMY
NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY
Solar systems light up remote villagesn in Dakshina Kannada
A four-light solar system costs around Rs 20,000. Of this amount, the Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources gives Rs 5,500 as subsidy.
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ENVIRONMENT
Kerala: Flouting of rules alleged in sand mining
KOCHI: The Association for Environment Protection has alleged that the expert committee on sand mining was flouting rules regarding allotment of `kadavus' in Ernakulam district. Mr Chinnan T. Pynadath, the president of the Association ...
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HEALTH
Employees insurance corporation facing funds crunch
THE Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) is facing a funds crunch with a number of workers covered under the ESI schemes falling by more than 15 per cent during the past five years, according to officials in the Ministry of Labour, the ...
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Global Fund grants to fight AIDS, TB
TWO new grant agreements were signed today by the Union Government towards unlocking funds from the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. The agreements pave the way for the disbursal of $33 million (about Rs 149 crore) over the ...
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Will tobacco cos ride F1 to beat the ban?
`COME to Marlboro Country' scream out hoardings to the average traveller on the roads of India's financial capital, Mumbai. But with Formula One (F1) car racing reported to be making a pitch for Maharashtra, after Andhra Pradesh — ...
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India ratifies convention on tobacco control
THE Government on February 5 ratified the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), which is a treaty negotiated under the auspices of the World Health Organisation (WHO). FCTC, which is aimed at curbing tobacco-related deaths and ...
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HOTELS
Move to eradicate child labour — AP Hotel association plans training programme
IN an innovative plan to tackle the problem of child labour and shortage of trained manpower in the middle-level hotel segment, Andhra Pradesh Hotels Association has come out with a proposal to open `Nala Bheema Paka Pathasala' to train child ...
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INFRASTRUCTURE
Plea for Telugu version of Vizag master plan
THE Human Rights Forum has urged the Visakhapatnam municipal corporation to provide the public with the Telugu version of the master plan for Visakhapatnam metropolitan region perspective - 2021 and seek objections and suggestions only after that ...
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PHARMACEUTICALS
Chemexcil fears adverse trade effects through Pharmexcil
THE proposed formation of Pharmexcil, a separate export promotion council for pharmaceuticals, would result in adverse effects on the trade in the backdrop of cut-throat foreign competition and trade liberalisation in the post-WTO era, according ...
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POWER
NTPC plans to invoke payment pact as Bihar defaults
NATIONAL Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) is planning to invoke its payment guarantee mechanism with the State Governments for the first time since it was signed last year. This follows the default by the Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) to ...
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WATER
Wanted: Private initiative to solve water crisis
FOR businesses in and around Chennai, tackling the water shortage is turning out to be expensive. Their predicament underlines the need to encourage private initiatives to solve the problem. But that is precisely what is not happening, say those ...
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Road show to popularise terracotta water filters
SRI KSHETRA Dharmasthala Rural Development Project (SKDRDP) launched a road show in Mangalore on Tuesday to popularise terracotta water filters in the market. Manufactured by the self-help groups (SHGs) sponsored by SKDRDP with technological ...
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TN to buy more water from pvt parties
THE Tamil Nadu Government will buy more water from private well owners while expediting projects such as the new Veeranam scheme and creating more well fields to meet Chennai's requirements. The administration will spend Rs 306 crore to bring ...
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RADIO/TV
Govt to take a relook at FII investment in news channels
"FIIs invest not with an eye on management or editorial control, but do so purely as investors who would exit after booking reasonable profits."
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Moving Picture to launch TV channel in Delhi
MOVING Picture Company is planning to launch a satellite channel in New Delhi shortly and has applied for uplinking. Ms Uma Gajapathi Raju, Vice-President, said that the channel, to be called Dilli Channel, would focus on political, social and ...
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CARS
Homologation norms for imported cars altered
In a move that is likely to be a source of comfort for the domestic automobile industry, the Government has modified its policy on the homologation requirement for imported cars. Homologation (test for road-worthiness) exemption would now only ...
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AUTOMOBILE COMPONENTS
Auto parts the best biz, says Amara Raja honcho
THE feel good factor has positively rubbed off on the automotive batteries business, which is witnessing a boom, says Mr S. Ramachandra, Executive Vice-President, Amara Raja Batteries Ltd (ARBL). "Automotive parts is the best business to be ...
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MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS & HOSPITALS
Kanoria family setting up hospital in Mumbai
WITH the country having few hospitals in the specialised segment of hepatology and gastroenterology, the Kanoria Family Trust is setting up a 350-bed hospital in Mumbai to treat patients from within the country and abroad. Mr Hemant Kanoria, ...
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Karnataka telemedicine project gets into operational mode
SOME 30 hospitals in district, taluk and remote areas will soon be linked via satellite for tele-consultations with five multi-specialty hospitals, thanks to the Karnataka Telemedicine Project that got operational today. This is the first ...
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INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
New office-bearers for Institution of Valuers
BIO-TECH & GENETICS
Biotech industry to push for national policy
THE country's biotechnology industry will shortly push for a `harmonious' national biotechnology policy that will resolve some of the regulatory issues dogging it, according to Ms Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, CII biotechnology panel Chairman and CEO of ...
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GENDER
Nominations invited for Dr Durgabai Deshmukh award
HYDERABAD: The Central Social Welfare Board invited nominations for Dr Durgabai Deshmukh award for the year 2003 from voluntary organisations that "have done outstanding and innovative work in the field of women's ...
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DISINVESTMENT
`Elections not to affect Delhi Centaur divestment'
THE ongoing divestment of Air India subsidiary, Centaur hotel Delhi and the flight kitchens at Delhi and Mumbai will not be affected by the Government's decision to hold early general elections. Official sources told Business Line that ...
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RURAL DEVELOPMENT
WEF President visits AP DWCRA
MR Klaus Schwab, President of World Economic Forum, has joined the club of global leaders such as Mr Bill Clinton, Mr James Wolfensohn and Mr Shengman Zheng to visit DWCRA (Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas) women to have a feel of ...
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EVENTS
To meet 21st century challenges — Schwab calls for new global grouping
MR KLAUS Schwab, President of World Economic Forum, on Tuesday called for setting up of `P21' (Partnership 21), a new global group, with 10 developed nations, 10 most important developing nations and the Secretary-General of United Nations as its ...
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Over 700 IIT Delhi alumni to take part in `Vision 2020' meet
THE IIT Delhi Alumni Association (IITDAA) is holding a conclave "Vision 2020" on February 18 at New Delhi to discuss a paper on `The IIT in the new millennium.' Over 700 alumni are expected to converge in the Capital. According to a release, ...
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LIC honours lady celebrities
In Hyderabad today
NATURAL CALAMITIES
Kerala working on disaster management policy
THE State Government is going ahead with a proposal to put together a disaster management policy and a Disaster Management Act so that calamity management and response mechanism get a leg-up. Inaugurating a two-day workshop on Urban Earthquake ...
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TOURISM
Kerala CM to launch Kalady tourism project
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