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Wednesday, September 28, 2005
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY EMPLOYMENT 
Pro-Kannada activists demand more jobs for locals in IT sectorACTIVISTS of Karnataka Rakshana Vedike, a forum of pro-Kannada organisations, staged a symbolic protest in front of Infosys Technologies Ltd's headquarters seeking more jobs for locals in the IT sector. They wanted Infosys to give more ... More
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act — Choice of districts for implementation will be non-partisan: PM CLIMATE & WEATHER Rains confined to East, South METEOROLOGICAL authorities maintained a watch for monsoon withdrawal in Northwest India even as the prevailing western disturbance and the embedded trough brought scattered to moderate rainfall to the eastern parts of the country on Tuesday. A ... More INVESTMENTS Bajaj Capital promoting art as investment option BAJAJ Capital has begun promoting art as an important investment option. For starters, it has invested in an art gallery in Delhi. The move, a first for a company that has so far been engaged in debt mobilisation, merchant banking, and ... More ECONOMY `Holistic approach to energy sector key to growth in manufacturing' The NMCC has proposed to come out with intensive and separate studies of sectors such as textiles, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electrical and electronics, food processing and leather and handicrafts, which have immediate potential to garner a major s hare of the global market. More FOREIGN TRADE Finland envoy urges Indian private sector initiatives GREATER involvement of the Indian private sector industry is necessary to increase the volume of trade with Finland. Speaking at an interactive session organised by the Indian Chamber of Commerce, Mr Glen Lindholm, Finland's Ambassador to India, ... More
US biz opportunities HEALTH Laparoscopic surgery for thyroid now A BLOODLESS "Endoscopic Thyroidectomy" through the anterior chest (breast approach) has been successfully performed at the Apollo Gleneagles Clinic, Gariahat, here, by Dr B. Ramanna. According to him, patients, operated under GA, can leave the ... More
Blood donation drive in Thiruvananthapuram INFRASTRUCTURE Petition filed by losing consortium — Navi Mumbai SEZ hits legal hurdle The writ petition, filed by Anik Development Corporation, Gammon India and others has pleaded that the project be re-tendered. More PSU `Global Leadership' training for PSU heads TO make the top brass of public sector units stay tuned to global business trends, International Management Institute (IMI) and Standing Conference of Public Enterprise (SCOPE) are jointly conducting a programme on `Global Leadership.' The ... More PETROLEUM 
India's vote against Iran will not derail pipeline project, says AiyarTHE Petroleum Minister, Mr Mani Shankar Aiyar, said on Tuesday that India's vote against Iran at the International Atomic Energy Agency will not affect the $22-billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies from that country or the proposed ... More
Potential users of Iran gas seek watertight supply contracts PHARMACEUTICALS A lab to detect spurious medicines CONCERT, a public charitable trust and a centre for consumer education and research, has brought to India the `Drug Mini-Lab', which helps detect spurious and sub-standard quality medicine. Developed by the German Pharma Health Fund (GPHF), a ... More POWER 
KERC rationalises tariffsTHE Karnataka State Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has opted for rationalisation of power tariffs instead of the 11 per cent revision proposed by the four State Government-owned distribution companies (DisComs). The tariff order ... More TAXATION Tank lorry owners to boycott JNPT port, Toll Naka MEMBERS of the Maharashtra Tank Lorry Owners' Association from Mumbai, Maharashtra and other States have decided to boycott JNPT port and Toll Naka at the National Highway No 4B at JNPT— Panvel Road from October 5. They are protesting the ... More WATER Ken-Betwa river link project to cost Rs 4,500 cr THE Minister for Water Resources, Mr Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, today said that work on the detailed project report (DPR) for the Ken-Betwa river link was started a few days ago. "Work on DPR started about 15 days ago with the DPR preparation ... More FOODS & FOOD PROCESSING Food processing industry still divided on allowing FDI in retail sector EVEN as there is consensus within the food processing industry on the need for large-scale organised food retailing, the house is divided on the issue of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the retail sector. At a meeting between the top honchos ... More
`Kerala State has vast scope in food processing' GEMS & JEWELLERY Rough diamonds may be imported directly THE Indian diamond industry may soon begin getting rough diamonds directly from African countries, instead of from the Diamond Trading Corporation (DTC) of De Beers, which controls 80 per cent of global trade in rough diamonds. Elaborating on ... More REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION Maharashtra to scrap 757 projects flouting ULCA norms THE Maharashtra Government has decided to get tough with builders flouting the Urban Land Ceiling Act (ULCA). The Government has decided to scrap 757 housing projects promoted by private developers that have been violating the ULCA. As a ... More INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS Assocham seeks flexible interest rate policy TO meet export finance requirements, the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) has suggested that the Reserve Bank of India adopt a flexible interest rate policy and accord priority to small and medium enterprises ... More KNITWEAR & HOSIERY Hot gas solution to burn up hosiery unit pollutants The direct contact evaporation technique increases the heating efficiency or the fuel value up to 85 per cent. More SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY IAA award for U.R. Rao PROF U.R. Rao, former ISRO Chairman, has been awarded the prestigious Theodore Von Karman Award of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), Paris, for the year 2005. Prof Rao is the first from a developing country to receive the honour, ... More TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS TN: Planters, unions sign new wage accord THE stalemate between the plantation managements in the Valparai (Coimbatore), Highways (Theni) and Manjolai (Tirunelveli) regions and the trade unions has come to an end with the signing of a new wage accord. The accord, however, has been ... More EVENTS IDF-CII meet on phyto-sanitary in Salem tomorrow THE India Development Foundation (IDF) and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is holding a conference on sanitary and phyto-sanitary (SPS) measures in Salem on September 29. The conference is aimed at giving an exposure on food safety ... More
Tech-twirl at Avanthi Institute ENTREPRENEURSHIP S.P. Jain's new programme to groom students S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research has hosted `Lock, Stock & Trade', an annual event aimed at motivating young people to become entrepreneurs. The event, designed in association with National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN), will ... More EXPORTS & IMPORTS Indian shrimp prices decline in US markets Festival demand fails to spark; exporters look to Japan THE price of Indian shrimp has eased in the US markets, despite a shortage of processed shrimp in India and most of the exporters deserting the North American markets, sources in the Seafood Exporters Association of India said. "Increasingly, ... More
Cashew body plans slew of initiatives to promote exports NATURAL CALAMITIES 
Sonia visits flood-hit areas in APTHE President of the Congress party and Chairperson of the ruling United Progressive Alliance, Ms. Sonia Gandhi, visited flood-hit areas in Krishna and West Godavari districts on Tuesday. The Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, the ... More TOURISM Romancing Hussainsagar with `Khair-un-Nissa' ANDHRA Pradesh Tourism has added another cruiser, Khair-un-Nissa, to its fleet, reviving memories of a 200-year-old love story involving a Muslim girl and a British officer that has become part of the local lore. Khair-un-Nissa ... More
APTDC chief's resignation raises eyebrows
STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS Kinfra scouting for partners to run quality control labs KERALA Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Kinfra) is looking for companies to run quality control laboratories at two of its industrial parks in the State. According to Kinfra officials, the corporation is looking for partners ... More ECONOMIC OFFENCES `Attacks for financial gains on the rise' NEW modes of security threat, with a focus on financial gain, have surfaced, causing huge losses, even as malicious code attacks have become rampant. The Symantec Corporation's Internet Security Threat Report on the first half of 2005 ... More PEOPLE Chennai jeweller Tushaar Mehta passes away MR Tushaar Mehta, trustee of Mehta Jewellery and a well-known jeweller in the city, died following a sudden cardiac arrest, early today. He was 58. He leaves behind his father, Mr Surendra Mehta, a pioneer in the diamond trade, wife and two ... More
Award for financial journalist TRENDS Report on doing business in 2006: `World Bank findings present far too bleak a picture based on limited inputs' The DIPP pointed out that the Government has already initiated a number of steps to simplify and speed up the process of PAN allotment. More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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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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