The Hindu Business Line : Friday, April 23, 2004

GEMS & JEWELLERY
Mumbai-based institute to offer course in jewellery crafting
WITH India being a major centre in the world for gems and jewellery and with exports likely to touch $16 billion in 2007, interest in courses on gems and jewellery is growing. The latest to join the training fray is the just launched Indian ... More

Precious purchase
A scene at a jewellery shop in Kochi. As the wedding season in Kerala has begun, jewellery shops are crowded with buyers.

FASHION
Top order
Hairstyling is getting a cutting edge in Chennai. Bounce, a style lounge, is offering the latest to give the fashion conscious the `hot n glam' look for 2004.

ENTERTAINMENT & LEISURE
Splash to spruce up content
CHENNAI-BASED kids TV channel Splash is all set to spruce up its content and packaging. The channel, which is to be merged under the Mayajaal Entertainment banner soon, plans to launch 12 new shows in the coming six months. Also on the cards are ... More

SPORTS
Scaling the hypertension summit
THREE years after Erik Weihenmayer became the first blind man to reach Mt Everest's summit, the mountain is host to an expedition that challenges a common but feared medical condition. Ryan Bendixen who suffers from high blood pressure began ... More

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