![]() Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Thursday, July 28, 2005 |
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY POLLUTION Greenpeace activists dump sludge at PCB office entrance IN a bid to attract the attention of Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) to the chemical crisis in the neighbouring Medak district, about 30 Greenpeace activists turned up at PCB's headquarters at Sanathnagar and dumped sludge at the ... More CLIMATE & WEATHER Banks in Maharashtra to remain closed today also BANKS will remain closed in the rain-hit Maharashtra for the second day on Thursday as the State government declared holidays on Wednesday and Thursday under the Negotiable Instruments Act. Consequently, there will be no transactions and ... More
Rains hit port operations in Mumbai
LOTTERY Kerala HC upholds State ban on online lotteries THE Kerala High Court on Wednesday upheld the State Government action in prohibiting the sale of online lotteries. Mr Justice K. Balakrishnan Nair upheld the ban order while dismissing a writ petition filed by the State of Sikkim and agents of ... More SOCIAL SECURITY EPFO decision on interest rate delayed THE rain in Mumbai is also taking its toll on the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation's (EPFO) bid to fix the interest rate for the current fiscal. A meeting of the Finance and Investment Subcommittee of the EPFO scheduled for Wednesday had ... More
`Most Indians bet on family support post-retirement' ECONOMY NCAER lowers GDP forecast marginally THE National Council of Applied Economic Research (Ncaer) has marginally revised downward its forecast of the growth rate for the economy during the current fiscal from its earlier 7.2 per cent in April to 7.1 per cent now, taking due cognisance ... More HEALTH AP Govt puts malaria toll at 7 VISAKHAPATNAM: The number of deaths due to malaria in the agency (tribal) area of the Visakhapatnam district is put at seven by the State Government. Two persons died of the fever in Srikakulam and Vizianagaram districts and there are no ... More INFRASTRUCTURE Infrastructure sector grows 10.2 pc in June THE growth rate in the six infrastructure industries stood at 10.2 per cent for June 2005 - up 2.4 per cent compared to the same period last fiscal. This was mainly because of the buoyancy in steel, cement, and power sectors. The improved ... More
KSHB signs MoU for habitat centre
CII moots apex body for infrastructure expansion
Poor infrastructure hinders investment in India: KPMG
CII summit to have special session on Karnataka PETROLEUM Gas from Myanmar: Daewoo-led group plans sub-sea pipeline A consortium led by Daewoo, in which Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has 20 per cent stake, is looking to construct a sub-sea pipeline and get two liquefied natural gas (LNG) trains for transportation of the gas found in the offshore block A1 in ... More POWER Water level in Kerala hydel reservoirs up HEAVY rains in the past few days in the catchment areas of the hydroelectric projects in the State have raised the water level in all the reservoirs. The inflow has been so good that with the water level on Wednesday morning 1,586.5 million ... More
`India can generate 90 billion units with better power plant maintenance'
Seminar on energy conservation in Mangalore REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION Property Expo at Kochi KOCHI: Kerala Builders Forum, an association of builders in the State, is organising a 3-day `Property Expo' here from July 29. This is the third year in succession that KBF is holding the property show in Kochi. The KBF Chairman, Mr ... More SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
`An assured access to space'ON JULY 18, 1980, India's SLV-3 (Satellite Launch Vehicle), painted white and grey, rose from its launch-pad at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. It put a 38.5-kg satellite, Rohini, in orbit. The Project Director of that mission was A.P.J. Abdul ... More DISINVESTMENT CPI (M) raises issue of sale of Centaur Airport hotel THE issue of resale of the disinvested Mumbai airport Centaur hotel at a premium of Rs 32 crore was raised on Wednesday by an independent panel that included CPI (M) Member of Parliament, Mr Dipankar Mukherjee. Addressing a press conference ... More INCOME TAX IT returns: Deadline extended up to August 31 in Maharashtra THE Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has extended the due date for filing of returns of income to August 31 in the case of income-tax assessees in Maharashtra. A decision to extend the due date (July 31) was taken today by the CBDT after ... More EXPORTS & IMPORTS Cashew exports may be hit on withdrawal of benefits THE recent withdrawal of export benefits to cashew under the `Vishesh Krishi Upaj Yojana' (VKUY) scheme is likely to have a negative impact on its exports. Under the amended Exim policy, the Centre had included cashew in the Minor Forest ... More VENTURE CAPITAL Grab the VC's eye in a 3-min `Elevator Pitch' LEADING venture capitalists (VCs) from across the globe would assemble at the Indian School of Business (ISB) here on Thursday to screen attractive entrepreneurial ideas through `Elevator Pitch', a programme at which each entrepreneur would ... More NATURAL CALAMITIES
Mumbai is shutMUMBAI came to a shuddering halt as heavy rains (of 90 cm) over the last 24 hours stopped rail and bus traffic, silenced mobiles and land lines, tripped power lines and destroyed middle-class and slum dwellings. Financial and banking services ... More
Death toll at 99; property worth Rs 500 cr damaged
Is Konkan belt next on the hit list?
It's raining trouble for ATM users
Mumbai deluge may drain insurers on motor portfolio TOURISM Karnataka draws plans to improve tourism KARNATAKA has drawn up plans to improve the Hampi heritage tourism centre and the coastal areas in the State to improve the infrastructure to attract more foreign tourists. The Government has approached both the Japan Bank for International ... More PEOPLE QCFI chief re-elected VISAKHAPATNAM: Mr K. Ayyappa Naidu, Director (personnel) of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (Vizag Steel Plant), has been re-elected chairman of the Visakhapatnam chapter of the Quality Circle Forum of India (QCFI). He was elected unanimously ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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Looking back Jul. 17-Jul. 23 `Break monsoon' scaled down; `weak monsoon' in Steel prices likely to firm up by September: RINL chief Exports rise 19 pc in first quarter `FMCG sector to grow over 50 pc by 2010' Ma Foi predicts cooling off quarter for jobs NELP panel calls for appointment of nodal officers Indian Textile Clusters, Carrera Holdings sign pact for textile consortium No let-up in movement of ore to steel plants Rajeev Chandrasekhar may tune into FM radio Govt fixes floor price for e-auction of coal Chidambaram for `measured response' to market swings Yuan change: No major benefit seen for textile exporters Iron ore market to remain in balance till 2010 India largest recipient of World Bank aid Exim Bank to extend $400 m line of credit Firms exporting to 2 CIS nations, Francophone countries likely to benefit Textile exports to US decline in May |
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