INDUSTRY & ECONOMY
CLIMATE & WEATHER
Safety first
Tourist boats move to the safety of the shores at the Gateway of India. A cyclonic storm is brewing in the Arabian Sea around 250 km away from the Veraval port in Gujarat, which will have its effect in Mumbai, too. The weather bureau has warned ...
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ECONOMY
RBI urges States to augment revenues
THE Reserve Bank of India has called upon States to make efforts to enhance their own revenues — both tax and non-tax to improve budgetary flexibility. A meaningful fiscal consolidation in State Governments would necessitate rule-based ...
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State Govts swap debt worth Rs 60,000 cr
THE total amount of debt swapped by the State Governments to prepay high-cost debt to the Centre amounted to Rs 60,368 crore, of which around 61 per cent has been financed through additional market borrowings at interest rates below 6.5 per cent, ...
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Karnataka to terminate World Bank loans
TAKING a cue from the Centre, the Karnataka Government has proposed to terminate its borrowing from the World Bank for Economic Restructuring. Instead, official sources said here, the State Government has sought an alternative borrowing ...
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ENVIRONMENT
APPCB to fund Asian Paints green project
THE Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board has decided to fund an environmental project at Asian Paints plant at Patancheru near here. The project, `Ultra filtration of Apcolite machine colourant (AMC) wash water for recovery of pigments', had ...
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HEALTH
Health Ministry's Linacs purchase in eye of storm
THE Ministry of Health has landed into a controversy over the purchase of radiotherapy equipment for the treatment of cancer under the National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP). Overriding the opinion of medical practitioners, experts and the ...
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A mother's gift gives new life to 5
A RARE gift by a mother on Mothers' Day has rekindled life in five persons. Ms Sita Mahalakshmi, whose 11-year-old son died in an accident a couple of days back, approached doctors and expressed their family's willingness to donate the vital ...
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POWER
Kerala switches off thermal plants
THE Kerala State Electricity Board, in a bid to reduce electricity cost, has started drawing heavily on low-cost power from the central grid and switched off all its thermal stations after May 1, besides stopping taking power from private sector ...
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MERC refers open access issue to expert body
THE Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) has decided to constitute an expert committee, under the Western Regional Electricity Board, on an application filed by Reliance Energy Ltd (REL). REL has sought open access on the ...
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SSI
`New banking norms harsh on small sector'
THE Madurai District Tiny and Small Scale Industries Association (Maditssia) has called for evolving policy initiatives to redress the grievances of small scale industries and sustain the entrepreneurial spirit in the society. In a statement ...
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RADIO/TV
TV shows look overseas for fresh feel and flavour
THIS summer, it's not just the tourists who are flocking popular foreign locales. Television shows are also making a beeline abroad. So you have the bespectacled Jassi of Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin and the Samsung IFFA Awards going to ...
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EDUCATION
ICFAI University eyeing global accreditations
HAVING successfully acquired university status from three State Governments to become the first multi-State varsity in the country, the ICFAI University has chalked out a strategy of going global. Accordingly, it has initiated the process of ...
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Course in quality management
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Centre for Management Development (CMD), an autonomous institution of the State Government, will hold a five-day course in "Quality management system" for lead auditors of companies here from May 24. An official ...
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NAAC accreditation to 4 universities in Kerala
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has granted its accreditation to four universities in Kerala. According to Prof V.S. Prasad, NAAC Director, a meeting of the executive committee of the Council ...
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ELECTRICAL GOODS
Low voltage fuses, switchgear, control gear go off BIS list
COMPANIES exporting low voltage switchgears and control gear, high voltage fuses and self-ballasted lamps to India have a cause for cheer. Such entities would no longer be required to register themselves with the Bureau of Indian Standards ...
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MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS & HOSPITALS
India eyeing share in medical tourism pie
A NICE blend of top-class medical expertise at attractive prices is helping a growing number of Indian corporate hospitals lure foreign patients, including from developed nations such as the UK and the US. If a liver transplant costs in the ...
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Global agencies bid to ride on ISRO's Moon mission
AS it finalises its Moon mission payloads, ISRO has received 30 experiment proposals of various space and academic agencies from across the globe. The Rs 350-crore `Chandrayaan-1' orbiting mission around Moon is slated for 2007-08. It will ...
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Science on track
Visitors at the Vigyan Rail — an exhibition on wheels showcasing technological achievements made by the country — which reached the Cantonment Railway Station in Bangalore on Monday. Various government organisations such as the ...
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