Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Saturday, September 03, 2005
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY POLLUTION 
Troubled watersThe Periyar river changes colour as it flows through the Binanipuram industrial area near Kochi. According to a study conducted by the Kerala Study Council for Science, Technology and Environment, pollution is damaging the estuarine and backwater ... More RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT Centre moots USFDA-like entity for clinical trials THE Centre has sought the help of the US Food & Drug Administration to put in place a US FDA-like entity with world-class protocols for clinical trials. The proposal mooted by the Union Ministry for Science & Technology is to get the US to .. More EMPLOYMENT Govt formulating norms for rural employment scheme Mr Singh said, at least one third of the beneficiaries are women who have registered and requested for work under the Act. More CLIMATE & WEATHER Monsoon exits West; fresh southern pulse brewing THE southwest monsoon signed off from parts of West Rajasthan while an east-west wind shear was getting established in the South in anticipation of an impending rain `pulse' on a day when mainland weather seesawed over the spatial scale. ... More NRIS NRI investment rules liberalised THE Government on Friday said that all non-resident Indian (NRI) investment proposals would qualify for the conversion of non-repatriable equity into repatriable equity under the automatic route. This facility, however, comes with a ... More NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY Govt okays coolant channel replacement of Narora plant THE Government on Friday approved the Rs 235-crore `en-massee' coolant channel replacement of Narora Atomic Power station for enhancing its life by 25 years. "After the en-masse coolant channel replacement, the unit would be suitable for ... More COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES Pleas on arbitrator appointment dismissed — `Court free to appoint one if appointing authroity fails to do so' A HIGH Court was not bound to appoint as arbitrator the person/panel stated by the parties concerned as per an agreement. The court could appoint any independent and impartial arbitrator, if the appointing authority failed to discharge its ... More ECONOMY `Warning signal' on world economy THE UN Conference on Trade & Development (Unctad) has said that as the world economy is still expanding, there are serious risks of a setback with the moderation in growth over the first half of 2005 serving as "a warning". In its 2005 Trade & More
ENGINEERING Schwing Stetter to open training centre SCHWING Stetter (India) Pvt Ltd plans to start a training school for equipment operators in association with industries. The school, which would cater to electrical and mechanical areas, would begin classes from October 1 at Chennai, Mr Anand ... More ENVIRONMENT Ministry for declaring horseshoe crab as endangered species The country has two species of the animal, which is found in Balasore in Orissa and Sunderbans in West Bengal. More
EXCISE AND CUSTOMS 
CAs may be roped in for excise audits — Finance Ministry in talks with ICAITHE 65,000-odd practicing chartered accountants may soon get more professional opportunities coming their way, with the Finance Ministry looking to leverage their expertise for excise duty reviews or audits. Faced with a sluggish growth in ... More FOREIGN TRADE Indo-Italian trade likely to cross $5 billion THE bilateral trade between India and Italy is likely to cross $5 billion this year, having crossed $4 billion in 2004 with both countries resolving to expand commercial relationship to include new joint ventures, technical collaborations and ... More
EU-India summit on Sept 7; to boost trade ties HOTELS Residency group opens hotel at Karur Located at a distance of about 4 km from the Karur railway station on the national highway, The Residency, Karur, is a property currently being refurbished to conform to the group's standards. The hotel offers 51 centrally air-conditioned ... More INFRASTRUCTURE ADB mulls $2-m assistance for urban renewable mission THE President of Asian Development Bank (ADB), Mr Haruhiko Kuroda, has said that the bank is contemplating a $2-million technical assistance scheme for capacity building under National Urban Renewal Mission. Informing this, an official ... More PETROLEUM 
ONGC, Norsk Hydro ink pact — To explore projects in Iran, Cuba: AiyarONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL), the overseas arm of ONGC, has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Norsk Hydro, a private Norwegian upstream company. Speaking to presspersons from Oslo in a teleconference here today, Mr Mani Shankar Aiyar, ... More
Decision on petro products price hike likely next week
Pipeline project: GAIL floats tenders for legal, technical advisors PLASTICS 
Up in armsMerchants dealing in plastic bags protesting in Mumbai on Friday against the Maharashtra Government's decision to ban all types of plastic bags. |
