INDUSTRY & ECONOMY
CLIMATE & WEATHER
Clogged city
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NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY
Renewable energy: 26 cos keen on projects in Bengal
HYDERABAD-BASED Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd and the Gujarat-based Suzlon India Ltd are among the companies which have shown an interest in setting up non-conventional energy projects in West Bengal. They were among the 26 companies which had shown an ...
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ENVIRONMENT
Kochi Corporation nudged into action
THE Kochi Corporation, as part of an effort to make the city habitable and clean, is to intensify canal and drainage cleaning works before the onset of the monsoon. A decision to this effect was taken in the wake of a directive from the ...
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HEALTH
Diabetes on the rise in Hyderabad
Over 16.5 per cent of the adults in the city are diabetic, according to the Chennai-based M. V. Hospital for Diabetes and Diabetes Research Centre. The hospital has opened a diabetes clinic here on Sunday. The M. V. Hospital Managing Director, ...
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PETROLEUM
Plea against petrol price hike
KOCHI: The Rajya Sabha member from Kerala, Mr K. Chandran Pillai, has criticised the move to hike the prices of petroleum products after the general elections. Pointing out that the oil companies were raising the prices only marginally in the ...
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TEXTILES
Special Industrial Tribunal accepts unit-level bilateral settlements
The JAC move to oppose the tribunal's latest order may be taken up over the next few weeks as the State-level JAC leaders' meet would take a decision to appeal before the High Court against the tribunal's orders.
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EDUCATION
Education expo in Hyderabad
HYDERABAD: Youth World Consulting, a Hyderabad-based organisation with interests in overseas education and immigration services, is organising a two-day exhibition, "The Fair for Every Student's future," here from May 22. The exhibition ...
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CONSULTING
Small players change the rules of consulting
BUSINESS consulting may never be the same again, as small players take on the giants. Not only by competing for the same projects, but also by changing the rules of the game. And this is how they do it. While one introduces consulting as a ...
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INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
FICCI women's arm set to add more chapters
THE FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO), which turned 20 this year, proposes to add more chapters. It currently has five chapters - in Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and Coimbatore. "We are looking at setting up a chapter in Gujarat ...
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Child Scientists' Forum at Kochi
KOCHI: The Centre for Science in Society (C-SiS) of the Cochin University of Science and Technology has invited school students of class IV to X to take part in its Child Scientists' Forum programme. The C-SiS has been conducting these ...
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EVENTS
Workshop on prevention of torture at Kochi
A TWO-DAY leadership-training workshop on `torture prevention' organised by the Torture Prevention Centre India and Directorate of Field Publicity with the aim of indicating awareness about the torture prevention among the young generation began ...
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India to have big presence at Cannes Film Festival
INDIA will have a huge presence at the 10-day Cannes Film Festival which opens on May 12. For the first time in the history of Indian cinema, close to 50 Indian films will be screened during the duration of the festival. In a statement, the ...
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World Red Cross Day at Kochi
KOCHI: The district unit of the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) observed the World Red Cross Day here upholding the theme `stop discrimination and protect human dignity'. The Kerala High Court judge, Justice K. Thankappan, inaugurated ...
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EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Indian cos to gain from EU expansion: ESC
THE accession of new members to the European Commission will throw up greater opportunities for the Indian IT companies, according to the Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC). ``European Union (EU) has emerged as the ...
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