INDUSTRY & ECONOMY
CLIMATE & WEATHER
MET SIGNS
`Excess' summer showers recorded; isolated heavy rainfall forecast in Kerala
THE Met Department has issued a warning about the likelihood of `isolated heavy rainfall' in the State during the 48 hours from Monday. The warning was contained in the Agromet Advisory issued the same day by the Met Office, ...
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ECONOMY
`Fiscal empowerment crucial for growth'
IT is possible to look at the pace and content of disinvestments differently, Dr Bimal Jalan, MP and Former Governor of Reserve Bank of India, said while addressing the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) National ...
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Ernakulam MP sets agenda
KOCHI: The newly elected Ernakulam MP, Dr Sebastian Paul, has expressed the hope that the newly formed Government at the Centre would be more benevolent towards the proposed development projects in the district. Speaking to reporters at ...
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FOREIGN TRADE
`Focus Asean' to target individual exporters
TAKING the inter-regional integration efforts (for greater trade and commerce) to the individual exporters' level is the main plank of the newly launched `Focus Asean (Association of South Asian Nations) plus 2 (Australia and New Zealand)' ...
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HEALTH
Medical camps by Kochi-based hospital
KOCHI: The Kochi-based Lakshmi Hospital, as part of its silver jubilee year, is conducting various programmes such as medical camps, awareness classes, seminar throughout the year. Aiming at imparting quality healthcare to common man, ...
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INFRASTRUCTURE
AP CM asks officials to expedite pending irrigation projects
THE Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, has directed the officials to take expeditious steps for sorting out all the issues involved in completion of the pending irrigation projects in the State. According to an official release, Dr ...
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POWER
TNEB Tiruchi project apace
MADURAI: The Accelerated Power Development and Reformation Project (APDRP), under implementation in the corporation limits of the Tiruchi Metro Circle of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board, is nearing completion, according to Mr M. ...
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EDUCATION
Inlingua plans foray into Maharashtra
WITH four centre and another two in the pipeline in Delhi and National Capital Region since it set up shop in the country in October 2002, the $ 300-million global language training major Inlingua International is now planning to enter ...
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Exam blues
Students from different parts of the country have landed in Bangalore to take the Common Entrance Test (CET) for medical and engineering college admissions, even as there is uncertainty over non-Karnataka quota. This year, 30,000 non-Karnataka ...
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Official favours exam reforms in AP
INTRODUCTION of Open Book system and the need for examination reforms in the school education have been favoured by the Principal Secretary, Education, Andhra Pradesh, Dr I.V. Subba Rao. The need to change the method of assessment in schools, ...
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Classes for engg students at Kerala State centre
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Centre for Continuing Education under the Institution of Engineers (India), Kerala, State Centre, proposes to hold classes for the benefit of engineering diploma holders appearing for lateral entry examination for ...
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MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS & HOSPITALS
AP pvt hospitals seek single-window system
WITH Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, a medical practitioner, taking over as Chief Minister, doctors in the State are hopeful of getting the problems confronting private hospitals and nursing homes remedied. The Andhra Pradesh Private Hospitals and ...
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INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
`Prescribe ceiling on export interest on absolute basis'
THE PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) has suggested that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may prescribe maximum ceiling on export interest rate in absolute term instead of linking it with the prime lending rate (PLR). In its ...
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Chambers not unduly perturbed
THE volatile fluctuations witnessed in the Indian market in the past couple of days does not seem have India Inc unduly perturbed. The Director-General (Designate) of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Mr N. Srinivasan, felt what was ...
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
US scientists' plea for changes in visa regime
THE "National Academies" in the US have joined with more than 20 other education, science and engineering groups in supporting changes to the US visa policy. The `National Academies' describe itself as "advisors to the nation on science, ...
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DISINVESTMENT
Sundram Fasteners' bid for SN Corp gets panel approval
A FOUR-member evaluation committee of the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) of the Government of Orissa, overseeing the PSU disinvestment programme of the State, has cleared the Rs 6.25-crore bid of Sundaram Fasteners Ltd for acquiring all ...
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WTO
Tariff binding not import-sensitive: Study
EVEN as negotiations for modalities for non-agricultural market access (NAMA) agreement remains to be sewed up, a new study has found that India's current binding for most lines/commodities, does not reveal a domestic sensitivity of ...
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HUMAN RESOURCES
KATA offers UAE Embassy attestation
THE Kerala Association of Travel Agents (KATA) has set up arrangements to get the qualifying certificates of job aspirants attested by the United Arab Emirates Embassy (UAE) offices in New Delhi and Mumbai. Announcing this to newspersons here, ...
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EXPORTS & IMPORTS
EC withdraws alert notification against chilli exporter
"The results of the counter samples using other methods have been favourable and the products have been released."
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