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CLIMATE & WEATHER


Arabian Sea arm of monsoon catching up fast
"Conditions are favourable for its further advance into the East-Central Bay within the next 24 hours." More

SOCIAL SECURITY


LIC, UTI Bank launch annuity card
LIC has tied up with UTI bank to launch a pre-paid annuity card for disbursement of pension or annuity to customers of the corporation. The card, currently for pensioners in Mumbai, would be a debit card with validity of 10 years. It would be ... More

CEMENT


Transportation costs up 10-12 pc: IFTRT
`Cement industry claim not correct' More

ECONOMY


America's war on the yuan
Hawks in the US were expecting the latest bi-annual `Report to Congress on International Economic and Foreign Exchange Rate Policies' released by the US Treasury to brand China as a "currency manipulator." K. SUBRAMANIAN looks at the circumstances le ading to the Treasury's stand. More

HEALTH


Manipal hospital keyhole surgery for food pipe cancers
Less trauma, smaller surgical scars & less medication More

INFRASTRUCTURE


Work on Mumbai Metro to begin by June
Reliance Energy-led consortium bags Rs 2,356-cr contract More

IIFCL plans to raise Rs 10,000 cr in tranches
In discussions with overseas multilateral agencies More

PSU


KMML to export 18,000 tonne titanium dioxide this fiscal
The state-owned Kerala Minerals and Metals Ltd (KMML) at Chavara in the State's Kollam district has set an export target of 18,000 tonnes of titanium dioxide pigment during the current fiscal as against the 12,000 tonnes exported in 2005-06. ... More

IA hopeful of over Rs 100-cr net profit
Looking to dry-lease wide body aircraft More

PETROLEUM


Panel moots cheaper rates for gas transportation
From Krishna-Godavari Basin to independent power producers More

OMCs to set up over 3,000 outlets
The Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Mr Dinsha Patel, has said that state-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) — Indian Oil Corp, Bharat Petroleum Corp, Hindustan Petroleum Corp, and IBP have planned to set ... More

POWER


GMR Energy plans to buy LNG from Australian co
GMR Energy Ltd, which operates a barge mounted power generation facility off the coast of Mangalore, is in talks with an Australian company for purchase of LNG on the spot. The power unit is currently fired by naphtha and its naphtha linkage is ... More

RADIO/TV


TV18 plans shopping channel
Television Eighteen India Ltd (TV18) has announced that it would launch the country's first fully integrated Home Shopping Network (HSN) for the Indian market. The company has secured initial funding from SAIF Partners, a leading ... More

EDUCATION


Pitroda incognito
The Knowledge Commission Chairman, Mr Sam Pitroda, is a man much in demand these days. With the Commission giving a six-two verdict against reservations in institutions of higher learning, there has been a stampede to get Mr Pitroda. "I simply ... More

Cambridge enters pact with MATS
Cambridge Integrated Services, a business processing outsourcing firm, has entered into an MoU with MATS School of Business & IT, Bangalore, to create a tailor-made post graduate programme for existing and potential employees of Cambridge. The . More

MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS & HOSPITALS


Wockhardt plans chain of cardiac care units
Wockhardt Hospitals on Thursday unveiled its plan to set up a string of 25-bed intensive coronary care units starting with Bangalore, along with a newly acquired team of eight cardiologists and cardiac surgeons. Cardiac care will be the ... More

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS


Trade, industry circles' wishlist to new TN Govt
A new Government has taken over the administration in the State and the trade and industry circles here have come out with their wishlists. The Tamil Nadu Foodgrains Merchants' Association, in a statement, expressing confidence in the new ... More

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY


Over the moon on US
The lunar mission, Chandrayaan-1, is entirely an ISRO show. For 3-4 years it has sweated to conceive, script, plan, get the Rs 350-crore project off the ground. So, imagine the Organisation's chagrin when it had to share the credit for its baby ... More

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS


`Da Vinci Code' cleared with no cuts
The controversial film, The Da Vinci Code, has been cleared for screening with Adult certification. In an informal chat with newspersons, the Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Mr P.R. Dasmusi, said that the film would ... More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS


Pepper exports up 21 pc in Jan-March
Total shipments from 6 major producing countries during the period rose 13% More

ECONOMIC OFFENCES


Mumbai police hunt down jewel thieves
THE ALUKKAS ROBBERY More




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