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Tuesday, September 27, 2005
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY CLIMATE & WEATHER Monsoon on withdrawal mode THE anti-cyclonic circulation is bearing down on the west and northwest, creating favourable conditions for withdrawal of the southwest monsoon from these regions during the next 2-3 days. Meanwhile, Typhoon Damrey roared across the South ... More NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY Malaysia to build three palm biodiesel plants PALM biodiesel is set to become a viable alternative to petroleum diesel in the wake of soaring crude oil prices; and to derive benefit from this new development the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) will soon commence construction of three ... More COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES SC seeks explanation on `unregulated' mobile towers THE Supreme Court of India has sought explanation from all the mobile phone operators and various government and semi-government agencies over the issue of alleged `illegal' and `unregulated' constructions of mobile phone towers on top of ... More ECONOMY PM to meet Plan panel today on agriculture issues THE Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, has convened a meeting of the Planning Commission on Tuesday to discuss the problems of the agriculture sector. The meeting follows a sharp deceleration in agriculture growth from the Ninth Plan onwards ... More ENGINEERING Pak keen on buying Indian machinery for edible oil refineries Pakistan would like to take India's help for setting up the refineries and has drawn a lesson from India in going in for value-addition of edible oils. More ENVIRONMENT Fact-finding team to visit Kudremukh mines AN eight-member fact-finding team of the Jaya Sri Krishna Parisara Premi Samithi will visit Kudremukh on September 28 to assess environmental pollution there. Addressing newspersons here on Monday, Prof B.M. Hegde, President of the Dakshina ... More FOREIGN TRADE `Trade barriers deter better business ties with ASEAN' Though India and Asean signed FTA in 2003 and the former has already started rationalising its tariff structure, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam have not responded. More INFRASTRUCTURE Infrastructure growth slows to 5.7 pc in Aug The sector's growth in April-August also slowed down to 5.1 per cent (6.5 per cent). More PSU Panel visits Bharat Dynamics HYDERABAD: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence visited Bharat Dynamics Ltd (BDL), a public sector undertaking on Monday. The Chairman and Managing Director, Major General (Retd) Rajnesh Gossain, briefed them about the on-going ... More PETROLEUM `Only Centre has options to control fuel price rise' THE Centre has various options to rein in fuel prices, which it is not exercising, according to the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms J. Jayalalithaa. Intervening during the debate on the first supplementary estimates in the Assembly today, she ... More POWER NTPC seeks to include Dabhol project under tripartite pact — To lower risk of payment default THE Rs 26,000-crore National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has sought the inclusion of the erstwhile Dabhol power project under the purview of the tripartite agreement to mitigate the risk of a payment default by Maharashtra, which is to buy ... More TAXATION Seven States may participate in tax info exchange project The information exchange system would also help verify and track inter-State transactions and curtail the scope for tax evasion. More SSI 
Promoting small unitsThe Defence Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee (right), with the Minister for Small-Scale Industries and Agro & Rural Industries, Mr Mahabir Prasad, at a `National expo of small, agro & rural Industries' in the Capital on Monday. ... More TYRES Tyre exports up 26 pc in '04-05 TYRE exports surged by nearly 26 per cent during fiscal 2004-05 to touch Rs 1,834 crore, according to the Automotive Tyre Manufacturers' Association (ATMA). Exports during 2003-04 stood at Rs 1,460 crore, which represented a nearly 17 per ... More COAL Coal India chief for expediting approval for new projects THE Chairman of Coal India Ltd, Mr Shashi Kumar, has urged the Union Government to expedite the official clearance process for new coal projects to enable coal companies maximise their production. He said the perceived coal demand-supply ... More EDUCATION 
`Teachers must stimulate young minds with science'PROF Douglas Dean Osheroff, Nobel laureate in physics, wants science teachers to stimulate the imagination of young minds. "Most children are interested in natural phenomenon. If their questions are not answered, their interest withers away," ... More
IIPM conducts seminar in Hyderabad MEDICAL & SURGICAL EQUIPMENTS AP buys 40 lakh disposable syringes HINDUSTAN Syringes & Medical Devices Ltd (HSMD) has announced that the Andhra Pradesh Government bought 40 lakh auto disable (AD) syringes for immunisation in 22 districts of the State. In a press release here, the company said the State ... More BIO-TECH & GENETICS ABLE announces 3 regional chapters ABLE, the Association of Biotechnology Led Enterprises, has said it will start three regional chapters. These would be in Hyderabad for the South, Mumbai for the West and New Delhi for the North, a release said. Dr M. Vidyasagar, Executive ... More SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CCMB opens advanced spectroscopy facility THE Director General of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Dr R.A. Mashelkar, on Monday inaugurated a spectroscopy and proteomics facility at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB). According to CCMB, the setting ... More MINING & QUARRYING South Goa to host meet on mining industry A TWO-day international seminar on mining industry beginning on Wednesday in South Goa would evaluate the present status of iron ore industry in the country and sketch the strategies to improve the competitive edge in the domestic as well as ... More SOCIAL WELFARE Programme for tsunami-hit children A memorandum of understanding for a three-year programme to provide educational and nutritional support to tsunami-affected children in the country was signed between the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) and the Bharat Soka Gakkai ... More
CAG non-committal on issue of auditing NGO accounts RURAL DEVELOPMENT BL CLUB 
`Rural computer education a billion dollar industry'"THE next big thing in the computer industry is happening in the rural areas. Educating the rural population is a billion-dollar industry," said Mr L. Balasubramanian, President, `K-12 business', a strategic business unit of NIIT, to the students ... More EVENTS Seminar on FEMA, TDS HYDERABAD: The Sub-Chapter to the Indian branch of the Netherlands-based International Fiscal Association (IFA) has announced that it is organising a full-day seminar on `FEMA, TDS and Transfer Pricing' here on October 1. In a press ... More INCOME TAX Madurai Bench HC grants stay on chamber plea on FBT THE Madurai Bench of Madras High Court granted an interim stay on the application of Fringe Benefit Tax on the members of the plaintiff organisation - Tamilnadu Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Mr Justice K. Raviraja Pandian granted the ... More EXPORTS & IMPORTS Cashew growers in pact with insurers for `transit' cover THE Karnataka Cashew Manufacturers Association (KCMA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company Ltd and Oriental Insurance Company to underwrite marine cover for the cashew industry. Under the ... More
Rubber exports failed to pick up last year NATURAL CALAMITIES YSR orders 25 pc hike in compensation THE Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, on Monday directed the officials to enhance the norms of relief assistance by 25 per cent from the present to all the affected farmers suffered due to cyclonic storm that hit the state recently. ... More TOURISM exevo plans to tap tourists to do market research, translation — Work-holiday model in conceptual stage WHEN it comes to tapping opportunities in the emerging knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) space, companies seem to be devising novel ways. Driven by a client push to take on an increasing amount of work in foreign languages, KPO company exevo is ... More
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Looking back Sep. 18-Sep. 24 China emerges as net importer of steel Most nations prefer profit gas share in `kind': GAIL Rain belt shifting to east again `More transparent drawback system on the anvil ' Cyclone crosses Andhra Pradesh coast; brings heavy rain Rubber exports may top 40,000-tonne target — Volatility in global market dissuading exporters Iran gas pipeline project — Uncertainty over global reinsurers taking up risk cover Hung parliament spells economic blues for Germany Another drencher for Mumbai cannot be ruled out: Met Mixed performance by infrastructure sector Limit sale of subsidised LPG to poor: IOC News channels must comply with uplinking norms by month-end The Hindu Opportunities Fair on Sept 24-25 IT sector drops boycott plan of Bangalore fair Inflation up 3.53 pc due to higher fuel, food prices Edible oils turn bearish on imports, better crop PwC India advising over 130 potential carbon credit projects |
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